Faculty
This professor studies heart rate variability, physiological psychology, and psychopharmacology.
Who is Dr. Fred Shaffer?
The amygdala is crucial for processing this type of emotion, especially in response to threats
What is fear?
This building on campus houses the Department of Psychology and Counseling.
What is Barnett hall?
This Austrian psychologist is known as the father of psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The "Little Albert" experiment, conducted by John Watson, attempted to condition a fear response using this small, furry animal. (answer what animal was used)
What is a white rat?
Who is Dr. Katrina Schmerold?
This neurotransmitter is commonly associated with pleasure and reward, playing a key role in addiction.
What is dopamine?
Before becoming Truman State University, the institution was known by this name from 1972 to 1996
What is Northeast Missouri State University?
This behaviorist is famous for his experiments with dogs and classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This 1971 experiment had to be shut down early when participants assigned as guards became abusive toward those playing prisoners
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This professor has a reported 81 citations and research focusing on medication, personality, and cognitive psychology.
Who is Jeffery Vittengl?
Damage to this lobe of the brain can affect reasoning, decision-making, and personality
What is the frontal lobe?
In 1996, the university adopted its current name to honor this U.S. President from Missouri.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This American psychologist is known for the "Skinner box" and his work in operant conditioning.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
In the 60's, this controversial obedience experiment had participants administer what they believed were electric shocks to "prisoners".
What is the Milgram Obedience Experiment ?
Who is Mark Hatala?
This brain-imaging technique measures electrical activity and is often used to study sleep and epilepsy.
what is an EEG?
What happened in April 2023 that prevented students from doing online coursework for several days?
what was the Cyberattack ( I kind of miss it )
This psychologist created the hierarchy of needs, placing self-actualization at the top
Who is Abraham Maslow?
The Monster Study of 1939, conducted on orphaned children, attempted to alter this ability through harsh criticism, causing lifelong psychological harm.
What is speech (or stuttering)?
Which professor has conducted research into research into aviation psychology?
Dr. Robert Tigner
This area of the brain, located at the back of the head, is primarily responsible for processing visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
What is bubblegum?
Known for his studies on observational learning and the "Bobo doll" experiment, this psychologist contributed to social learning theory.
Who is Albert Bandura?
In the 1940s, researchers at the University of Minnesota subjected volunteers to extreme caloric restriction in this study, which left lasting physical and psychological effects.
What is the Minnesota Starvation Experiment?