An excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory.

An explanation using set principles that predicts behaviors or events, producing testable hypotheses.

Began the first psychological lab, seeking to measure "atoms of the mind" - known as the father of psychology.

Used to attain self-reported behaviors of a particular group, anonymous and cheap but also with the potential for false data.

Tendency to believe, after an outcome, that you'd known it all along.

An area of the brain in the left temporal lobe in charge of speech comprehension.

Theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating.

Conducted the line experiment testing conformity, in which a subject was tested among a group of confederates over the length of lines.

Displays brain activity through glucose consumption.

Unconscious activation of certain associations, predisposing someone's response.

A nerve network travelling through the brainstem and thalamus that helps control arousal.

Theory that a physiological need creates an aroused state, or drive, that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.

First to hold an American educational course on psychology - functionalist and avid Darwin fanboy.

The widely-used American revision of Alfred Binet's mental age test, by Lewis Terman.

An optimal period early in life when exposure to stimuli or experiences produces normal development in organisms.

The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all genetic material in their chromosomes.

Theory that emotion is experienced after physical arousal and conscious labeling of the emotion.

Supported a social-cognitive perspective on psychology, emphasis on the interaction between a person and their environment - held the Bobo doll experiments.

A patient expresses their personality and interests through the stories they create about random pictures and scenes.

An unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus, such as salivation of a dog at sight of food.

Agents that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm, like viruses or chemicals.

Theory that the spinal cord serves as a neurological gate for pain signals, opened by sensory activity and closed by a brain signal.

We hate him.

The most widely-used personality test, originally to identify emotional disorders that happens to have to do with Minnesota.

A concept of framework that organizes and interprets information, proposed by Piaget for how we make sense of experiences.