Random Psych
What is the name of the stress hormone?
Cortisol
This person might work in a courtroom, jail, or police station. What is their title?
Forensic Psychologist
Which category of disorders affects the most people?
Anxiety Disorders
Which psychologist used dogs and bells in a famous study on conditioning?
Pavlov
What does the acronym "BIPOC" stand for?
Black Indigenous People Of Color
You are less likely to receive help when there are more people around. What is this effect called?
The bystander effect
This person is an expert in how brain injuries and conditions affect your behavior, mood, and thinking skills. What is their title?
Neuropsychologist
What was the original, now retired name of Dissociative Identity Disorder?
Multiple Personality Disorder
Who developed operant conditioning and coined the term BLANK box to prove his theories?
B.F. Skinner
Where was MLK's famous speech delivered?
Washington D.C.
What are the four major parenting styles?
Authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and neglectful.
What is the major difference between a Psychologist and a Psychiatrist?
Psychiatrists can prescribe meds, psychologists cannot.
How many adults (percentage) in the U.S. have ADHD?
6%
Which psychologist developed the "strange situation" to help understand attachment?
Mary Ainsworth
Which Billie Holiday song gained popularity for its undercover metaphor for lynching?
Strange Fruit
What does the acronym SSRI stand for?
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
What is the average wait time in the U.S. to see a Psychologist?
67 days
Name that disorder: typically diagnosed in early adulthood. Consists of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and behavior.
Schizophrenia
What is Psychologist Carl Rogers credited for pioneering in the therapy setting?
client-centered therapy
What was the name of the political activist black power group in Oakland California? Hint- think cats
The Black Panthers
If you’re paranoid, you think the world is out to get you. What term is used to describe the opposite—when you’re convinced the universe is conspiring to help you?
Pronoia
This person studies how the brain interacts with drugs and the effects they have on mood, sensation, behavior and more. What is their title?
Psychopharmacologist
Name that Disorder: loss of function in a part of the body that can’t be explained by physical disease or injury.
Conversion Disorder. Also known as functional neurological symptom disorder/FND.
Which famous psychologist died by physician-assisted suicide?
Sigmund Freud
What town in Maine was the last stop on the Underground Railroad before slaves were transported to Canada?
Fort Kent