Professor Fun Facts
This professor once fed an alligator marshmallows.
Who is Professor Rowan
In a 1972 experiment, Walter Mischel offered children one of what “M” confectionery, water and gelatin whipped to a solid-but-soft consistency, or two of these items if they could wait 15 minutes? Children who chose to wait were claimed to have better life skills going forward.
What is a marshmallow
On average, how much does the human brain weigh?
It weighs 3 pounds, on average, and is made up of 73% water
This type of variable is manipulated by the researcher to determine its effect on behavior
What is the independent variable
This professor's favorite food is mac and cheese, and was voted 'best musician' in high school.
Who is Professor Stevens
This professor prides themself on doing all of their car repairs on their own.
Who is Professor Reynolds
In 1920, John Watson used behavioral stimuli to condition a baby known as Little WHO to be afraid of mice? Hint: He shares an A-name with a famous physicist.
Who is Little Albert
What are the 3 parts of Freud's theory of personality?
What are the Id, Ego, and Superego
This procedure ensures that participants have an equal chance of being placed in either the control or experimental group
What is random assignment
Oliver Sacks, a neurologist, wrote a book of case descriptions called “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A” WHAT in 1985.
What is hat
This professor went skydiving while studying abroad in Australia
Who is Professor Witkow
What late 19th- and early 20th-century Russian psychologist famously proved that responses could be conditioned by association, such as a dog drooling at the sound of the bell that rang before the animal was fed? His “P” name has become vernacular for someone reacting to a seemingly neutral thing.
Who is Ivan Pavlov
Name 2 conditions necessary for operant conditioning to occur.
What is... 1) The learner must make a response 2) The reinforcer should depend upon the learner's response
This statistic, denoted by r, measures the strength and direction of a relationship between two variables
What is a correlation coefficient
Frequently caused by a stroke or head trauma, the inability to comprehend or formulate language goes by what A-word from the Greek for "speechless"?
What is Aphasia
This professor hosts an independent community radio devoted to experimental music from around the world and has been a radio host for over 25 years.
Who is Professor Noftle
Fake inmates and fake prison guards both got a mere $15 bucks a day to participate in Philip Zimbardo’s infamous 1971 psych experiment at what university?
What is Stanford University
This bodily function can cause the brain to shrink.
What is sweating
The board that must approve all research studies involving human participants
What is the IRB (Institutional Review Board)
The four major lobes of the human brain are the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, the occipital lobe, and what T-word lobe?
What is the temporal lobe
This professor was once a limo driver in Los Angeles, but the duty of discretion forbids them from disclosing anything further.
Who is Professor Stewart
What 20th-century psychologist, herself the child of a famous psychoanalyst, expanded upon the way in which psychology can be applied to children, such as 1956’s “Indications For Child Analysis?”
Who is Anna Frued
The branching neuron structures that receive neural impulses from other neurons and convey them toward the cell body are called _____.
What is nerves
In a normal distribution, this percentage of scores falls within one standard deviation of the mean
What is 68%
The MMPI is a standardized psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology. The first “M” in MMPI stands for which U.S. state, the location of the university where the test was first developed?
What is Minnesota