Research
Terms
People/Careers
Perspectives
History
100
Researchers manipulate this variable
What is independent
100

Studies behavior and mental processes

What is psychology

100
Did the famous "shock experiement" to test obedience
Who is Stanley Milgram
100

School of psychology associated with Freud that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and internal childhood conflicts in determining behavior

What is psychoanalysis

100

Name any Roman Emperor other than Augustus or Julius Caesar

Answers will vary

200

The variable likely to change as a result of the introduction of another variable.

What is dependent

200

Another word for any behavior that is clinically harmful to oneself or others

Maladaptivity

200

Established the first psychology laboratory

Who is Wilhelm Wundt

200

Perspective that emphasized the growth and potential of people. Focused on self-image/self-esteem as a means of growth.

What is humanistic

200

What river did Julius Caesar cross when he was rebelling against the Roman Senate?

The Rubicon

300

Type of study where the researcher directly tests a variable in a controlled environment

Experiment

300

Theory that focuses on examining how thought processes and intelligence impact human behavior:

Cognitive

300

Medical doctor who has clinical training and can treat neurological illnesses and can treat them with prescription drugs

What is a psychiatrist

300

The perspective of psychology interested in the influence of the nervous system, hormones, neuroscience, and genes

What is biological bases of behavior

300

VICTORIAN ERA QUESTION: Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe was named after what British explorer:

Cecil Rhodes

400

Ensuring your tests measures what it is intended to measure:

Validity

400

Theory that posits that behavioral problems result from unconscious sexual and aggressive urges

Psychoanalytic

400

Trained to diagnose and treat using psychotherapy/talk therapy

What is a clinical psychologist

400

Pseudoscience that used measurements of skulls to try to describe human behavior/intelligence

Phrenology

400
Modern Era Question: What is the name of the law that allows the government to spy on phone calls if suspected of illegal activities

Patriot Act

500

Famous experiment that involved the use of rats in boxes to determine whether they would learn from rewards and punishments (who was it made by)

B.F. Skinner

500

Type of psychoanalytic therapy that focuses on trying to garner an emotional reaction from clients by challenging their anxieties:

Transference

500

Creator of the conformity experiment that tested lengths of lines and group pressure:

Who is Soloman Asch

500

Perspective that psychology should be an objective science and study observable behavior. Name the theory and it's founder

What is behaviorism/John B. Watson/B.F. Skinner

500

His father was Phillip of Macedon

Alexander the Great