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The man considered the father of psychology
Who is Willhelm Wundt?
A role-play simulation (prison guards and prisoners) conducted by Zimbardo to examine the effects of situational variables on participants’ reactions and behaviors
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
A neurotransmitter that is associated with depression and antidepressants
What is Serotonin?
The scientific study of all mental activities such as perceiving thinking, and memory.
What is the cognitive approach?
Involved in speech production
What is Broca’s Area?
The psychologist that established the school of psychoanalysis and believed that unconscious thoughts, internal conflicts, and early childhood experiences influence behavior
Who is Sigmund Freud?
It was carried out by John B. Watson and he demonstrated that classical conditioning could be used to create a phobia.
What is the Little Albert Experiment?
A neurotransmitter responsible for the addictive nature of cocaine and other amphetamines
What is Dopamine?
Based on measurable facts and views behavior as a byproduct of learning
What is the behavioral approach?
Coordinates voluntary movement
What is the Cerebellum?
An American behaviorist who conducted behavior research using punishment and reinforcement
Who is B.F. Skinner?
A study to determine whether an individual would conform to a group’s decision, even if the individual knew it was incorrect
What is the Asch Conformity Study?
The neurotransmitter that is the body’s natural opiate
What are Endorphins?
Looks at the functions, and physical makeup as well as the chemistry of the brain.
What is the biological approach?
Plays a vital role in controlling many motivated behaviors, like eating, drinking, and sexual activity
What is the Hypothalamus?
One of the most notable founders of the humanistic approach to psychology.
Who is Carl Rogers?
This experiment was conducted by Albert Bandura regarding social learning. Using a dummy, he tested whether children witnessing acts of aggression would copy them
What is the Bobo Doll Experiment?
Alcohol acts on the receptors for this neurotransmitter
What is GABA?
The approach that views the brain as adapting to changing opportunities and environmental challenges.
What is functionalism?
Responsible for the sleep-wake cycle
What is the Reticular formation?
Psychologist who analyzed consciousness into its basic elements and investigated how elements were related (structuralism
Who is Edward Titchener?
Subjects, who had already been conditioned to expect a light electric shock if they heard a bell, would sometimes give up after another negative outcome, rather than searching for the positive outcome. Conducted by Martin Seligman
What is the Learned Helplessness Experiment?
The neurotransmitter Alzheimers patients have a deficiency of.
What is Acetylcholine?
This approach takes into consideration all the aspects of a person’s biological, psychological, and cultural influences that shape thoughts and behaviors.
What is the biopsychosocial approach?
Works with the cerebellum and cerebral cortex to control voluntary movements
What is the Basal Ganglia?