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The average weight of the human brain (closest guess)
3 lbs
This Austrian neurologist is known as the "father of psychoanalysis" and is credited with the popularly used phrased "Oedipus Complex"
Sigmund Freud
A disorder characterized by a set of inflexible, maladaptive behavior patterns that keep a person from functioning appropriately in society
Personality Disorder
The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms
Conformity
These drugs used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense mood swings, especially manic episodes in bipolar disorder
mood stabilizers
The "body" of the neuron
soma
A contemporary of Freud, and also known as the first feminist psychologist
Karen Horney (horn-EYE)
This mood disorder is characterized by episodes of depression and mania
Bipolar Disorder
This highly unethical experiment was run using a prisoner-guard scenario
Stanford Prison Experiment
This stimulant, a popular study aide, increases the amount of dopamine in your brain
This fatty substance insulates the axon of the neuron
myelin sheath
This psychologist created a Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow
This neurotransmitter is implicated in schizophrenia
Dopamine
That ONE group member that slacks off...
social loafer/social loafing
This psychedelic drug binds to serotonin receptors
LSD
This part of the brain is the "bridge" between the left and right hemispheres
corpus callosum
This American behaviorist created an operant conditioning chamber using a mouse and a box
BF Skinner
disorganized thinking, logic and speech patterns of people with schizophrenia
formal thought disorder
The phenomenon whereby a person is less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when others are present
diffusion of responsibility
This specific mood stabilizer is a common treatment for bipolar disorder
Lithium
The name of the enzyme that is usually involved in the degradation of most neurotransmitters
monoamine oxidase
This Austrian psychologist coined the term "inferiority complex"
Alfred Adler
The fear of heights
acrophobia
These cultures prioritize the community above the individual
collectivistic cultures
This drug is given to Parkinson's patients to increase dopamine precursors
Levadopa/L-dopa