The Braniacs
What is the largest part of the human brain?
The Cerebrum
Which psychologist was a functionalist who believed that behaviors, including psychological ones, should be understood based on their purpose and function for human adaptation.
William James
What is the name of the manual used by clinicians when assessing a client in the diagnoses of a psychological disorder?
DSM-5 TR
Bonus: What does DSM stand for?
Irving Janis coined this term for flawed decision making that occurs when groups value harmony over accuracy.
Groupthink
This is the brain lobe primarily responsible for vision.
Which part of the brain controls muscle coordination and balance?
The cerebellum
Operant condition was first developed and coined by this behavioral psychologist
B.F. Skinner
This type of therapy focuses on improving mental health by changing negative thought patterns, which in turn changes behavior.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT
This term refers to when an individual changes or aligns their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors to match a group to either gain acceptance or avoid rejection.
conformity
This is a snail-shaped, fluid filled structure in the inner ear where sound waves are converted into neural impulses.
Cochlea
What structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain and allows communication between them?
The corpus callosum
In this famous experiment, Albert Bandura demonstrated that children learn aggressive behaviors through observational learning.
Bobbo Doll Experiment
This psychological disorder has the highest prevalence rate.
Major Depressive Disorder
The three components of social attitude also known as the ABC model of attitude:
Cognitive, affective, behavioral
The process by which our brain organizes and processes sensory information is called this:
Perception
Which part of the brain is primarily involved in forming new long-term memories?
The hippocampus
This Psychologist created the Hierarchy of needs, which proposes that human needs are arranged in a five tiered pyramid.
Bonus: What are the those five needs?
Maslow
1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Love & Belonging
4. Esteem
5. Self Actualization
This is a mental health condition characterized by a loss of touch with reality. Typically involves experiencing delusions and delusions.
Psychosis
This is the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other and by groups.
These photoreceptors in the eyes are extremely sensitive to light and are used primarily in low light conditions. These receptors are not useful in perceiving color and detail.
Rods
This disease occurs due to dysfunction in the basal ganglia, which regulates voluntary motor movements, procedural learning, etc.,.
Parkinson's disease
This was a series of psychology experiments conducted in the early 1960s, where they studied obedience and conformity by having participantsact as "teachers" and administer a "shock" that increased in voltage, to a "learner" every time the learner gave an incorrect response.
Milgram Experiment
This subtype of schizophrenia involves severe disturbances in motor behavior.
Catatonic
This famous experiment investigated conformity and demonstrated how group pressure could influence an individual to conform to a incorrect answer, even on an obvious task.
Asch Line Experiment
The binocular cue for depth perception that compares slightly different images received by each eye.
Retinal Disparity