Psych 2.0
This tiny almond-shaped structure in the brain is primarily associated with emotional regulation and the processing of fear.
What is the amygdala?
Challenger is infamous for the live broadcast of the spacecraft’s explosion that killed all seven astronauts, including a teacher, in 1986. However, this space shuttle disintegrated during its reentry into the atmosphere in the 2003 disaster.
The 1971 hit American Pie is considered one of the greatest songs ever written, and the lyrics reference the death of this famous singer in 1959, citing “the day the music died”.
Who is Buddy Holly?
This Killing Eve character says the quote: “You should never tell a psychopath they’re a psychopath. It upsets them.”
Who is Villanelle? <3
OG scream queen Jaime Lee Curtis from Halloween paid homage to her mother’s role from this 1960 Hitchcock classic.
What is Psycho?
This term describes the combination of more than one mental health condition, such as the combination of depression, anxiety, and substance use disorder.
What is comorbidity?
Oh the humanity! This 1937 disaster occurred when a German airship caught fire while landing. Stay clear of Miles Bron’s Klear (with a K).
What is Hindenburg?
Hozier’s album Unreal Unearth is inspired by this epic poem that describes Dante’s journey through hell guided by the Roman poet Virgil, and his lyrics use imagery of the 9 circles of hell.
What is Inferno?
There are 3 challenges in GBBO: a signature bake, a technical challenge, and [this final bake].
What is the show-stopper?
This actress made a Zoom cameo in Glass Onion which was released a month before her passing, however she is no amateur detective – just watch her in Murder, She Wrote.
Who is Angela Lansbury?
Pavlov’s dog identified this type of learning that associates an unconditioned stimulus that produces a reflexive response with a neutral, conditioned stimulus so that it produces the same response.
What is classical conditioning?
Facing a similarly tragic fate, this OceanGate sub was used to explore the Titanic wreckage and also shared the name of the gods in Greek mythology that ruled before the Olympians overthrew them.
What is Titan?
In Hozier’s Talk, he references this musician from Greek mythology, singing, “I’d be the choiceless hope in grief that drove him underground. I’d be the dreadful need in the devotee that made him turn around. And I’d be the immediate forgiveness in Eurydice.” (Way down Hadestown!)
Who is Orpheus?
Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Fleabag affectionately speaks to the audience as confidantes, but this character is the only person in the show to see that she breaks the fourth wall.
Who is Priest / Hot Priest?
What’s your favorite scary movie? Drew Barrymore starred in the promotional material only to famously be killed off in the opening scene of this 1996 satirical slasher film.
What is Scream?
This theory refers to the change in attitude, belief, or behavior to reduce the mental discomfort from conflicting beliefs and actions (e.g., spending money on clothes is bad & I thrift → money on clothes is fine OR I stop thrifting)
What is cognitive dissonance theory?
The five sailor brothers of the Sullivan family were tragically killed in action when their ship was torpedoed in 1942, enacting the US War Department to create this policy which partially inspired Speilberg’s 1998 film Saving Private Ryan.
What is the sole survivor policy?
Gang of Youths’ epic song Achilles Come Down uses French excerpts from The Myth of Sisyphus by this writer and philosopher, most famously known for The Stranger (1942) and his contributions to existentialism.
Who is Albert Camus?
Mark Gatiss was not only the co-creator and writer of BBC Sherlock but also played this character in the show as Sherlock’s archnemesis, aka Sherlock’s brother.
Who is Mycroft Holmes?
Billie Lourd plays Chanel No. 3 in the tv series Scream Queens, and her trademark earmuffs paid tribute to her mother for this iconic character.
Who is Princess Leia?
Named after the lead researcher, this Yale study tested individuals’ obedience to authority but led to a larger conversation on ethical research due to the great distress of the study’s participants, thus sparking shockwaves in the psychology research community (only figuratively of course)
What is the Milgram study?
Arguably more sinister than the 1972 Andes flight tragedy, this 1846-1847 disaster occurred when a group of pioneers and their families were trapped in the Sierra Nevada and resorted to cannibalism for survival.
What is the Donner Party?
Lana del Rey’s Happiness is a Butterfly is inspired by this American author who wrote, “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” However, he is more well known for his works such as The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
BBC Sherlock is not the only time Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman appeared in the same project, such as the appearances in the Marvel franchise as well as The Hobbit Trilogy, specifically Cumberbatch as the dragon Smaug and Freeman as this charming hobbit.
Who is Bilbo Baggins?
The main antagonist of Jordan Peele’s Nope is given this name from one of the Haywood horses, and it is also a classic wardrobe staple.
What is Jean Jacket?