Brain
One of the four major lobes of the human brain, alongside the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, and the occipital lobe.
What is the temporal lobe?
The feel-good chemical in the brain that is targeted by SSRIs to treat depression.
What is serotonin?
This patient helped scientists understand memory after his hippocampus was removed to treat epilepsy.
Who is H.M?
The "unconditioned stimulus" in Pavlov’s famous experiment with dogs
What is Food?
The forbidden action in the Diag.
What is stepping on the M?
A neurotransmitter heavily involved in "bonding," trust, and social connection (often called the "cuddle hormone").
What is oxytocin?
A stimulant drug that increases dopamine and is commonly prescribed for ADHD.
What is adderall?
The baby that was conditioned to be afraid of mice in an experiment run by John Watson.
Who is Little Albert?
In this type of study, neither the participants nor the researchers know who is receiving the treatment.
What is a double-blind study?
This Greek letter, Ψ, is commonly used as a symbol for psychology.
What is Psi?
The brain region damaged in the case of Phineas Game, leading to a profound change in personality.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
A class of medication, including Xanax and Ativan, that can be prescribed for anxiety, seizures, or to help a patient relax before a medical or dental procedure
What are benzodiazepines?
A pyramid-like theory developed by psychologist Abraham Maslow to outline five levels of human motivation.
What is the Hierarchy of Needs?
This type of conditioning involves externally reinforcing or punishing a behavior
What is Operant Conditioning?
A couple must do this (according to UMICH legend) to get married.
What is kiss under the West Hall Engineering Arch at midnight?
The brain region that coordinates balance and fine motor skills.
What is the cerebellum
A psychoactive street drug developed by Merck in 1912 and used as an enhancement for psychotherapy as late as the 1970s
What is MDMA (or ecstasy or molly)?
One of the Big Five (OCEAN) personality traits, alongside openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness.
What is Neuroticism?
This type of validity refers to how well an experiment measures what it is intended to measure.
What is construct validity?
The year that Nu Rho Psi or Psi Chi was founded (choose one!)
What is 2006 or 1929?
The brain structure consisting of the caudate nucleus and putamen.
What is the striatum (or basal ganglia).
A brain region central to the reward circuit and heavily involved in dopamine release during addiction.
What is the nucleus accumbens?
The year that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed homosexuality from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), declaring sexual orientation to no longer be considered a mental health disorder.
When is 1973?
This threat to internal validity occurs when participants drop out of a study over time in a non-random way.
What is attrition (or experimental mortality)?
This UM alumni, a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, was a candidate for the President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries
Who is Ben Carson?