Brain Tea
This brain structure helps you not fall over when you walk.
What is the Cerebellum?
He said your childhood explains everything.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
You remember your first kiss. That’s this type of memory.
What is Episodic Memory?
Your friend swears they’re “just stressed,” but they’ve been excessively worrying about everything for 6+ months and can’t control it.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder ?
You change the amount of caffeine people drink to see if it affects memory. What’s the fancy research term for the thing you changed?
What is Independent Variable ?
This lobe lets you see memes.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
He scared a baby with a rat.
You only believe TikToks that match your opinions. That’s this bias.
What is Confirmation bias ?
Someone pulls three all-nighters, starts 10 business ideas, feels invincible, then crashes into a deep depressive episode weeks later.
What is Bipolar l Disorder?
You follow the same 50 people from freshman year to graduation to see how stress changes. What kind of study are you running?
What is Longitudinal Study ?
This almond-shaped structure goes off when you get jump-scared.
What is the Amygdala ?
He made fake prisoners and guards and things went… left.
Who is Philip Zimbardo ?
You think everyone noticed your awkward moment.
What is Spotlight effect?
After a serious car accident, someone avoids driving, has flashbacks, nightmares, and exaggerated startle responses for months.
What is PTSD?
You got excited about your results… but you accidentally rejected a true null hypothesis. What mistake did you make?
What is Type l error?
If you can’t make new memories but remember old ones, this structure is likely damaged.
What is Hippocampus ?
He convinced people to “shock” strangers because an authority told them to.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
You assume someone is rude because they’re a bad person, not because they’re having a bad day.
what is Fundamental attribution error ?
After a group talks about what happened at a party, everyone’s memory starts matching… even the wrong details. What’s that phenomenon called?
What is Memory conformity ?
Participants suddenly behave better in your study once they realize they’re being observed. What classic effect just showed up?
What is Hawthorne Effect?
This thick bundle of nerve fibers lets the left and right hemispheres talk. Split-brain research by Roger Sperry involved cutting it.
What is Corpus callosum ?
He proved kids copy aggressive behavior after watching adults hit a doll.
Who is Albert Bandura?
You try harder in front of others on easy tasks but choke on hard ones.
What is Social facilitation ?
This person idolizes you on Monday, feels betrayed on Wednesday, and fears you’ll abandon them by Friday. Their emotions are intense and relationships unstable.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder ?
Your p-value is .01. Be precise: This means there is a 1% chance of observing your data (or more extreme) assuming what is true?
What is The Null Hypothesis is true?