Psychology
You may have run into people with this personality disorder named for a self-involved youth who loved his own reflection
What is narcissism?
To raise hope & awareness, a pink ribbon is the symbol of this disease
What is breast cancer?
Making baby boomers blanch, a 2019 survey found this weekly stipend from Mom & Dad to a kid averages about $30
What is an allowance?
For an astronaut, an "umbilical" is a type of connection used on one of these excursions
What is a space walk?
In real life, it can slow the spread of flames and smoke; in your digital life, it blocks unauthorized access to your private data
What is a firewall?
Psychology's "Hierarchy of" these says that more basic ones like food must be met before loftier ones
What are needs?
Pakistan is the source of most of the pink seasoning known as Himalayan this
What is salt?
This type of close watch or security comes from the French for "to watch over"
What is surveillance?
In November 2000 Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Krikalev & William Shepherd became its first residents
What is the ISS (International Space Station)?
From a word for "hidden", it's the process of making digital data unreadable to the unauthorized
What is encrypted?
The American Psychological Assoc. defines these 2 personality types as "inward & self-directed" & "outward & social-directed"
What are introvert & extrovert?
Conjunctivitis is the formal name for the condition also called this
The French for "change direction" gives us this word referring to an alternate route
What is a detour?
The last year humans stood on the Moon was during the Apollo 17 mission in this presidential election year
What is 1972?
It's the term for malicious software that holds data "hostage" until a payment is made--or until Mel Gibson gets it back for you
What is ransomware?
David Levy popularized this 2-word term that came in handy for analyzing the Roy family's dynamic on TV
What is sibling rivalry?
The pink family of flowers is also known as this family of flowers, & they go great with white sport coats
What are carnations?
Whew! The tumor is this non-cancerous type, a borrowing from French & ultimately partly from Latin for "well"
What is benign?
In 2021 Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of the first American in space, went up on this colorful co.'s New Shepard
What is Blue Origin?
It's the government department that includes CISA, the official federal cybersecurity agency created in 2018
What is Homeland Security?
CBT is short for this therapy; psychotherapists use it to change negative thinking patterns
What is cognitive behavioral?
Syd Barrett was the founder & namer of this psychedelic British rock band
What is Pink Floyd?
Along with Bulgaria & even Cuba, Hungary was part of the "Soviet" this 4-letter word from the French
What is bloc?
A Russian astronaut is called a cosmonaut, & a Chinese astronaut is called one of these, from Chinese for "outer space"
What are taikonauts?
Those inscrutable letter combos and pesky login puzzles? Two examples of these tools, which discern real users from bots
What is a CAPTCHA?