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He was involved in an accident in which a rod was pushed through his cheek and brain. He survived, but because of the accident, both his personality and his ability to learn new skills were affected.
Who is Phineas Gage.
When a person's behavior is determined by repressed unconscious conflicts. (Hint: Two meetings ago)
What is psychoanalytic theory?
This famous experiment on authority cast students in the roles of prisoners and prison guards.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment.
A hormone that gives you feelings of reward, pleasure, satisfaction, and motivation.
What is dopamine.
A social phenomenon in an emergency situation in which the people witnessing the emergency do not offer help because they believe someone else will.
What is the bystander effect?
An experiment that conditioned a nine-month-old child to have an irrational fear of fuzzy white things.
What is the Little Albert experiment?
Controls decision-making, judgment, creativity, and social appropriateness.
What is the frontal cortex.
A pre-conceived notion about social stereotypes. Most commonly seen as implicit racism, homophobia, or sexism.
A very common legal depressant that induces relaxation, slows brain activity and dilutes the senses. (Hint: Commonly seen at parties!)
What is alcohol?
This was implemented to prevent participants from acting differently in a research study because they know they are being observed.
What is a placebo?
The brain's ability to reorganize itself after traumatizing events or damage.
What is neuroplasticity?
A major controversy that centers around the contributions of genetics and environmental factors to human development.
What is nurture vs. nature debate?
This type of aphasia is characterized by the inability to produce language with meaning, but is otherwise fluent.
What is Wernicke's aphasia.