This is the science of behavior and mental processes
What is Psychology
100
This is the general term for having a fear of something specific
What is a phobia
100
This is the term used to describe an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
What is personalitiy
100
This is the term to describe the moment the sperm reaches the egg
What is conception
100
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
What is stress
200
This has been Psychology's biggest and most persistent issue, it is the controversy over the relative contributions of biology and experience to the development of our traits and behaviors.
What is the Nature vs. Nurture Issue
200
Some symptoms of this disorder include extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
200
If you look at the glass being "half full" your are considered this kind of person
What is optimistic
200
This disorder, that is currently increasing is marked by social deficiencies, and repetitive behaviors. This disorder is typically diagnosed during childhood
What is Autism
200
There are two types of these, which are white blood cells that are apart of the body's immune system.
What are lymphocytes
300
This Greek naturalist and philosopher who lived from 384-322 B.C. theorized about learning and memory, motivation and emotion, perception and personality
Who is Aristotle
300
Howie Mandel, the game show host of Deal or No Deal, is famous for living with this disorder
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
300
This defense mechanism is refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities
What is denial
300
These are harmful agents, such as viruses and/or drugs that can harm a baby
What are teratogens
300
These are unpredictable large scale events, such as a wars or natural disasters, that nearly everyone appraises as threatening
What are catastrophes
400
The birth of Psychology as we know it took place in Germany after experiments were conducted by this professor
Who is Wilhelm Wundt
400
This disorder is displayed by someone who has severe mood swings from a state of mania, to a state of depression
What is Bipolar Disorder
400
This test aims to provide psychological "x-rays" by asking test takers to describe a story
What are projective tests
400
This psychologists theory proposed that children progress through four stages of cognitive development, each with distinctive characteristics that permit specific kinds of thinking
Who is Jean Piaget
400
This kind of exercise is a sustained exercise, such as jogging, swimming, and biking. These activities improve cardiovascular fitness
What is aerobic exercise
500
This was the first woman to receive her Ph.D. in 1921 and also was the first female president of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1905
Who is Margaret Floy Washburn
500
Sybil Dorsett, based on after the movie "Sybil", lived with this disorder
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
500
The Rorschach test is better known as this kind of test
What is an inkblot test
500
This refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
What is cognition
500
This Canadian scientist is associated with this syndrome that he discovered,"body's adaptive system was so general-like a single burglar alarm that sounds no matter what intrudes"