History
The father of modern psychology, his studies focussed on reaction time.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
The Building Blocks of the Nervous system.
What are neurons?
The long held debate on whether our genetics or our environment shapes us.
What is Nature vs. Nurture?
DAILY DOUBLE
Discovered by Albert Hoffman in 1943 when he was synthesizing chemicals from Ergot, it absorbed through his skin and he had quite an interesting bike ride.
What is Lysergic Acid Diethyl-amide (LSD)?
Morgan's Blue Screen whenever we do an iClicker question is an example of this concept.
What is Classical Conditioning?
Had an obsession with the unconscious, and was the founder of Psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
A drug that occupies a receptor and activates it
What is an Agonist?
A fertilized egg becomes this after fertilization?
What is a Zygote?
Also known as neuroadaptation, this concept is needing more of a substance to achieve the same effect as before.
What is Tolerance?
Taking away a child's toy if they don't do their chores is an example of this Conditioning Concept.
What is Negative Punishment
Famous for a kind of box that is used in the Operant Conditioning of rats.
Who is B.F. Skinner
The branch of the nervous system that includes the Brain and Spinal Cord
What is the Central Nervous System (CNS)
What is Environment Enrichment?
What is Caffeine?
This poor baby was made to fear rabbits and fluffy things for the personal gain of John B. Watson.
Who is Little Baby Albert?
Belonged to the Functionalism school of thought
Who is William James?
DAILY DOUBLE
This branch of the nervous system is responsible for an experience colloquially known as "Fight or Flight"
What is the Autonomic Nervous System?
His theory of Stages of Human Development have stood the test of time.
This Hallucinogenic Drug is found in some Funky Fungi, and is used to treat Depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
What is Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms)
These boxes usually have a lever, a food and water dispenser, and methods of adding stimulus to a rat's environment.
What is a Skinner Box?
Was famous for training some good boys with a bell
Who is Pavlov?
Whereas the Nervous System is fast with the use of electrical impulses, this system use a slower, chemical method of sending messages throughout the body.
What is the Endocrine System?
A child who things the same liquid in two different shaped glasses is two different volumes might not have developed this mental function yet.
What is conservation?
Abuse of any substance can lead to withdrawls. However, withdrawls of this substance without proper guidance and help, can kill you.
What is reinforcement?