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100
Body ______ Disorder is when how a person sees their body does not align with reality.
Dysmorphia
100
What psychoactive street drug, known to some as molly, was developed by Merck in 1912, and was used as an enhancement for psychotherapy as late as the 1970s?
MDMA!
100
What is the name of the main character in Inside Out (2017)?
Riley
100
what's the oldest park in the U.S.?
Boston Common
100
What's the longest River in the world?
the nile
200
Fake Inmates and fake prison guards both got a mere $15 bucks a day, to participate in Philip Zimbardo infamous 1971 psych experiment at what university?
Stanford
200
During a clinical assessment, it is common that a psychiatrist may use a brain imaging technique known as a PET scan. What does PET stand for?
Positron Emission Tomography
200
What Marvel superhero was a renowned neurosurgeon before an accident damaged his hands, ending his career?
Dr. Strange
200
In what neighborhood is the Paul Revere House?
The North End
200
What's the strongest muscle in the human body?
Massester (jaw muscle)
300
Who is known for obedience to authority research?
Stanley Milgram
300
Oliver Sacks, a neurologist, wrote a book of case descriptions called “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A ______” in 1985.
Hat
300
Russell Crowe delivers an Oscar-winning turn as John Nash, the brilliant mathematician who struggles with paranoid schizophrenia in what movie?
A Beautiful Mind
300
What's the name of the chain of parks designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead in Boston & Brookline?
Emerald Necklace
300
who painted "the scream"?
Edvard Munch
400
The MMPI is a standardized psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology. The first “M” in MMPI stands for which U.S. state, the location of the university where the test was first developed?
Minnesota
400
Who won the 1906 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for establishing the neuron, or nerve cell, as the basic unit of nervous structure?
Ramon Cajal
400
Where does Hitchcock's 1960 thriller "Pyscho" take place?
Bates Motel
400
What is the most popular (sees the most people per day) stop on the T?
South Station
400
What is the most streamed song on Spotify of all time?
Blinding Lights
-The Weeknd
500
What's the name of the phenomenon in which high expectations lead to improved performance in a given area and low expectations lead to worse performance?
Pygmalion Effect
500
What is the name of cranial nerve IX?
Glossopharyngeal
500
What's the highest grossing movie ever from the psychological thriller genre?
Joker
500
The what dessert was created in Boston at the Omni Parker House in 1865 for its grand opening?
Boston Cream Pie
500
Who was the 19th US president?
Rutherford B. Hayes