Who am I?
This Austrian neurologist is known as the father of psychoanalysis and developed the theories of the id, ego, and superego.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This 2015 Pixar movie follows a young girl named Riley whose emotions—Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust—try to navigate her move to a new city.
What is Inside Out?
This bizarre condition makes people feel as though they have already experienced a situation that is happening for the first time.
What is déjà vu?
A researcher repeatedly paired food with a neutral stimulus until dogs began salivating in response to the stimulus alone.
What is Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment?
This person refuses to go near the edge of a tall building, gets extremely anxious on balconies, and takes the stairs rather than an elevator with glass walls because they are terrified of heights.
What is Acrophobia (Specific Phobia)?
This American psychologist became famous for his work with operant conditioning and demonstrated his ideas using a famous box containing rats or pigeons.
Who is B. F. Skinner?
This 1998 book-turned-film follows a man whose entire life is unknowingly being filmed for a television audience, raising questions about free will, reality, and social control.
What is The Truman Show?
You're walking down the street and see someone collapse. Even though you would normally help, you become less likely to intervene when a large crowd is also watching.
What is the bystander effect?
Participants were instructed by an experimenter to administer what they believed were increasingly painful electric shocks to another person when that person answered questions incorrectly.
What is the Milgram obedience experiment?
This person repeatedly checks that the door is locked, even though they know they already checked it. They feel overwhelming anxiety unless they perform these rituals.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
DAILY DOUBLE: This psychologist is famous for his experiments with a Bobo doll and for developing Social Learning Theory.
Who is Albert Bandura?
This 2015 song by Twenty One Pilots became an anthem for a generation struggling with anxiety and self-doubt, lyrics reading "Wish we could turn back time to the good old days
When our mama sang us to sleep, but now we're _____."
What is “Stressed Out”?
You wake up and briefly feel like you can't move your body, sometimes while seeing or hearing things that aren't actually there. What is this phenomenon called?
What is sleep paralysis?
A researcher conditioned a young child to fear a previously harmless white rat by repeatedly pairing it with a loud, frightening noise.
What is the Little Albert experiment?
This person experiences periods of unusually elevated mood and energy, barely sleeps without feeling tired, talks extremely quickly, and makes impulsive decisions. At other times, they experience major depressive episodes.
What is Bipolar I Disorder?
This woman founded Hull House in Chicago, becoming one of the most influential figures in the history of American social work and winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
Who is Jane Addams?
This 1963 novel follows a young woman whose deteriorating mental health is intertwined with her experiences at a psychiatric hospital.
What is The Bell Jar?
Some people experience one sense automatically triggering another—for example, seeing specific colors when they hear certain musical notes. What is this phenomenon called?
What is synesthesia?
In this controversial 1971 study, college students were randomly assigned to different roles in a simulated environment, but the researchers ended the study after only six days because participants' behavior became increasingly extreme.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This person’s relationships and self-image can change dramatically, and they have an intense fear of being abandoned. They may act impulsively and experience sudden, intense shifts in emotion, including episodes of anger.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
This psychologist developed the hierarchy of needs, famously represented as a pyramid, and studied human motivation and self-actualization.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Russell Crowe portrayed a mathematician with this name in A Beautiful Mind, a film depicting his struggle with schizophrenia and his eventual return to academic life.
Who is John Nash?
You hear your name being called in a crowded room even though nobody actually said it—or perceive meaningful words in random sounds. What is this tendency to find recognizable patterns in ambiguous stimuli called?
What is pareidolia?
DAILY DOUBLE: In this experiment, participants were asked to identify which of three lines matched a standard line. Despite an obvious correct answer, many participants gave an incorrect answer when everyone else in the group did so.
What are Asch's conformity experiments?