Psych Concepts & Treatment Terms
Famous Figures Who Overcame Hardship
Cognitive Distortions
Fun Facts & Random Trivia
Strange but True
100
The type of therapy focused on how thoughts affect feelings and behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
100
This scientist struggled in school as a child and was thought to have a learning disability, but later developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
Thinking in extremes, like “everything is good” or “everything is terrible.”
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
100
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
100
The blue alien character who says “Ohana means family” in a popular Disney movie.
Who is Stitch?
200
The coping skill best used for when you are resisting reality, responsibility, and/or consequences to your actions. When you're resisting reality and it's making things worse.
Radical Acceptance
200
This U.S. leader contracted polio and used a wheelchair while serving four terms as president during the Great Depression and World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
Making assumptions without any real evidence. "My friend didn't text me back - they probably think I'm annoying."
What is jumping to conclusions?
200
The animal known as the “king of the jungle.”
What is the lion?
200
The video game franchise with characters like Link and Zelda, but NOT Mario.
What is The Legend of Zelda?
300
True or False: Your brain is more active when you're asleep than when you're watching TV.
True.
Because sleep—especially deep sleep and REM sleep—is a highly active, restorative process, while passive TV watching requires very little brain engagement.
During sleep, the brain:
Strengthens memories (memory consolidation)
Processes emotions
Repairs neural connections
Clears waste products through the glymphatic system
300
This basketball legend was cut from his high school team before becoming one of the greatest NBA players of all time.
Who is Michael Jordan?
300
Expecting the worst outcome even when there’s no proof it will happen. "My parents found out I got in trouble at school, my life is ruined."
What is catastrophizing?
300
The only U.S. state that starts with the letter P.
What is Pennsylvania?
300
This fruit is actually a berry, but a strawberry is not.
What is a banana?
400
This chemical helps regulate mood and is often linked to feelings of calm and well-being.
What is serotonin?
Helps stabilize emotional signals. Low serotonin = mood swings can feel stronger and harder to control. Balanced serotonin = steadier, calmer mood.
400
This famous singer from the UK suffers from severe anxiety, panic attacks, and stage fright. She has even cancelled performances before due to anxiety. Her last four albums are titled 19, 21, 25, 30, and has a song called "Rolling in the Deep."
Who is Adele?
400
Assuming feelings reflect objective truth. "I feel anxious about the future, so something bad must be about to happen."
What is emotional reasoning?
400
The fastest land animal.
What is the cheetah?
400
This body part is the only one that can’t heal itself because it has no blood supply.
What is a tooth (enamel)?
500
A type of therapy that teaches mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal skills.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
DBT targets emotional dysregulation, impulsivity/self-destructive behavior, unstable relationships, and chronic distress/invalidation
500
This tech entrepreneur was adopted, dropped out of college, and was even fired from his own company before returning to build it into a global giant.
Who is Steve Jobs?
500
Blaming yourself for things that you're not fully in control of. "My friend did not pass his test; I must have distracted him from studying for it."
What is personalization?
500
The first video ever uploaded to YouTube was filmed at one of these.
What is a zoo?
500
This organ in the human body is mostly water—about 75%.
What is the brain?