Theories and Theorists
This psychologist proposed the hierarchy of needs, culminating in self-actualization.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This disorder is characterized by at least one manic episode.
What is bipolar I disorder?
This statistical error occurs when you incorrectly reject a true null hypothesis.
What is Type I error?
The faculty member with the current longest tenure in the psychology department?
Who is David Jobes?
He is Taylor Swift's current boyfriend and a Tight End for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Who is Travis Kelce?
He introduced the concept of the collective unconscious and archetypes.
Who is Carl Jung?
This DSM diagnosis replaced what was formerly known as multiple personality disorder.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
This measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme values.
What is the mean?
This faculty member, if they were not a psychologist, is most likely to open a bakery bookshop.
Who is Christina Sharkey?
This director directed Jurassic Park.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This theorist developed classical conditioning after working with dogs.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This disorder involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors performed to reduce distress.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
This term refers to the consistency of a measure over time.
What is reliability?
In terms of distance, this faculty member lives the furthest from Catholic University.
Who is Dr. Sandra Barrueco (30 miles approx)?
This 80's actor played Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
This psychologist is most associated with the concept of self-efficacy.
Who is Albert Bandura?
This trauma-related disorder includes re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal symptoms.
What is PTSD?
This design randomly assigns participants to conditions to infer causality.
What is an experimental design?
This is the oldest building on campus, built and dedicated in 1888.
Caldwell Hall
This city is the location where the marathon world record was recently broken in a time of 1:59:30.
What is London on April 26, 2026.
This theorist proposed that children develop through stages including sensorimotor and formal operational.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This neurotransmitter is commonly linked to depression and is targeted by many antidepressants.
What is serotonin?
This effect occurs when participants change their behavior because they know they are being observed.
What is the Hawthorne effect?
This is the year when the first psychology lab was founded at Catholic University by Fr. (later Monsignor) Edward Pace?
What is 1892?
This TV show introduced characters Eleven, Mike, and Dustin.
What is Stranger Things?