Psychology in everyday life
The Brain
Psychology Terms
Psi Chi
Healing Minds
100

When you see someone yawn and then start yawning yourself, you may be experiencing this phenomenon  

What is contagious yawning?

100

This part of the brain is primarily responsible for processing vision

What is the occipital lobe?

100

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

What is psychology?

100

This organization is classified as the international honor society in psychology

What is Psi Chi?

100

Healing Minds was founded by this psychology major who is currently enrolled in a post-graduate program and leads our alumni board.

Who is Jashan Gill?

200

You become more comfortable around someone simply because you encounter them frequently.

What is mere-exposure effect?

200

This neurotransmitter is strongly associated with reward, motivation, and movement

What is dopamine?

200

A relatively stable pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving that makes someone unique

What is personality?

200

Psi Chi was founded in this year

What is 1929?

200

Healing Minds promotes this intervention strategy and will help connect students with resources to find individuals in this practice.

What is therapy?

300

The tendency to attribute your own behavior to circumstances but other people's behavior to their personality is called this

What is fundamental attribution error?

300

This brain structure plays a major role in forming new long-term memories

What is the hippocampus?

300

The process by which a behavior becomes more likely after a consequence

What is operant conditioning?

300

This club serves as a stepping stone for students to get into Psi Chi in the future. 

What is the Psychology Club?

300

True or false, Healing Minds host events to give students a safe place to relax and meet new people as well as learn about mental health resources on and off campus.

True
400

The tendency for individuals to attribute their successes to luck, error, or charm rather than to their own ability. 

What is the impostor phenomenon?

400

The “fight-or-flight” response is strongly associated with activation of this branch of the nervous system

What is the sympathetic nervous system?

400

A mental shortcut used to make judgments or decisions quickly

What is heuristic?

400

Psi Chi's mission centers on recognizing and promoting excellence in this field through research, education, and service.

What is psychology?

400

Healing Minds spreads awareness regarding this stigmatized topic and creates a safe place for students to ask questions and gain resources.

What is mental health/mental disorders?

500

This everyday mental process helps you take in information, focus on what matters, and ignore distractions.

What is attention?

500

This part of the brain helps regulate breathing, heart rate, and other vital functions

What is the medulla oblongata?

500

This personality disorder is often characterized by a lack of empathy for others, regular run-ins with the law, and a grandiose sense of self

What is antisocial personality disorder?

500

Psi Chi was founded at this university. 

What is Yale university?

500

Usually through tabling events or seminars, Healing Minds discusses various types of these to deal with stressors and regulate emotions.

What are coping mechanisms?

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