Experiements
Brain Anatomy
Cognition
Disorders and Treatment
Social Psychology
100

What conservetial experiment took place at Stanford?

What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?

100

What part of the brain is in charge of your decision making/planning, and does not fully developed until you are 25?

What is the Frontal Lobe?

100

What is a mental shortcut that can speed up problme solving, but cause errors?

What is a Heuristic?

100

What disorder involes extreme mood swings between depression and mania?

What is Bipolar Disorder?

100

What is it called when you reduce effort in a group setting, thinking others will do it?

What is Social Loafing?

200

What experiment practice obedience, using shocks?

What is the Milgrim Experiment?

200

What part of the brain stimulates fear and emotional responses?

What is the Amygdala?

200

What type of memory involes actions, or skills, like riding a bike?

What is Procedural Memory?

200

Low levels of this neurotransmitter, are related to depression?

What is Serotonin?

200

Improved group decision-making because of diverse viewpoints is the opposite of what?

What is Groupthink?

300

Observational research method in which data is gathered from the same subjects reapeatedly, over a period of time

What is a Longitudinal Study?

300

What part of the nervous system activates your "fight-or-flight" response?

What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?

300

What concept explains why we are more likely to remember the first and last items in a list the best?

What is the Serial Position Effect?

300

Hallucinations and delusions, are what type of symptoms?

What are Positive Symptoms?

300

Who is known for the Hierarchy of needs?

Who is Abraham Maslow?

400

What experiment tested comformity, with line judgements?

What is the Asch Conformity Experiment?

400

The ability for the brain to change and adpat?

What is Neoruplasticity?

400

What is the smallest unit of sound in speech?

What is a phoneme?

400

Unconditional positive regard to encourage self-acceptance is apart of what treatment method?

What is Client Centered Therapy?

400

What occurs when a group discussion strengthens initial opinions?

What is Group Polarization?

500

In what study did the participants develop role internalization?

What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?

500

What neurotransmitter gets depleted during Parkinson's Disease?

What is Dopamine?

500

What is the tendency to recall emotionally charged events in your life vividly?

What is a Flashbulb Memory?

500

Stimulants increase what neurotransmitters?

What is Dopamine and Norpinephrine?

500

What is it called when you present a stong, logical arguement, to change ones attitudes?

What is the Central Route Persuasion?