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 belief about who or what controls the outcomes in your life—either yourself or outside forces.
What is locus of control?
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
Assuming you know what others are thinking without any real evidence.
What is mind-reading?
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.
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 South African leader spent 27 years in prison before becoming president and working to end apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
400
Focusing only on the negative parts of a situation and ignoring the positives.
What is mental filtering?
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)?
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 were not fully in your control.
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?