Fun Psych Facts
Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis and studied the unconscious mind and dream interpretation.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Freud proposed the id, the ego, and the -------
What is the superego?
The University of Tulsa's mascot
Who is Gus T?
A study on delayed gratification in which children were asked to choose between one marshmallow now or two later if they waited.
What is the marshmallow experiment?
President of Psych Club!
Who is Nura?
The photoreceptor cells in the eye's retina are called rods and -----
What are cones?
A psychoanalyst famous for Erikson's stages of psychosocial development.
Who is Erik Erikson?
University of Tulsa colors
What is blue and gold (and crimson)?
A study by Harry Harlow that demonstrated the importance of contact comfort by placing an infant monkey in a cage with a wire "mother" that provided food and with a cloth "mother" that provided comfort.
What is the Harlow Monkey Experiment/the Wire Mother vs Cloth Mother Study?
Vice president who believes that Cars 2 is the best Cars movie. (This exec member also used a tablecloth as a sword once.)
Who is Carter?
The part of the brain that processes emotional responses.
What is the amygdala?
Established the first psychology lab and has initials W.W.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
Hub for students to study, hang out and buy meals and convenience store food.
What is the Allen Chapman Student Union/ACAC/ACSU?
This study demonstrated social influences on human behavior. Children watched an adult figure treat a Bobo doll aggressively or gently and were more likely to imitate the behavior that they saw when placed in the room with the doll.
What is the Bobo doll experiment?
She loves Sour Straws and her favorite psych experiment is Harlow's monkey experiment!
Who is Alexis?
Dreams are most frequent during this stage of sleep
What is REM sleep
This professional association for psychology was established in 1892 and has the abbreviation APA.
What is the American Psychological Association?
Arts and culture hub in the Tulsa Arts District that has special events every first Friday of the month.
What is 101 Archer?
Study that demonstrated classical conditioning by showing that a neutral stimulus (a white rat) could evoke fear when paired with a loud and frightening noise.
What is the Little Albert Experiment?
She loves chocolate colored pretzels and is pre-med!
Who is Sopreita?
People feel a strong urge to yawn when people with an emotional connection (friends and family) yawn because of these neurons that fire when a person performs an action or the action is observed.
What are mirror neurons?
Sigmund Freud's birthday.
What is May 6?
The year that the University of Tulsa was established.
What is 1894?
This study demonstrated the power of group pressure on individual judgment in a line matching test. Many participants chose the incorrect but most popular opinion despite the fact that the correct answer was obvious.
What is the Asch conformity test?
She is the Outreach Coordinator and is not a fan of Braums!
Who is Kanyinsola?