Interesting Class Material
Riveting Class Material
Enlightening Class Material
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Random Trivia
100
Systematic errors in our perception of reality.
Cognitive bias
100
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Mindfulness
100
A substance present in cereal grains, especially wheat, that is responsible for the elastic texture of dough. A mixture of two proteins, it causes illness in people with celiac disease.
Gluten
100
A food marketing buzzword that is relatively meaningless.
To qualify the product must have no added colors, artificial flavors, and/or synthetic substances. Lemon Oreos make the cut.
Natural
100
Psalm, Chicago, Saint...who is missing?
North
200
Cognitive bias where we depend too heavily on a particular piece of initial information when making decisions and judgements.
Hint: Redwood tree
Anchoring
200
We have a tendency to resist accepting new evidence that conflicts with our core beliefs AND become more convinced of our previous beliefs.
Hint: Cartoon birds
Backfire Effect
200
If you are on Reddit's Change My View thread, you would use this symbol to indicate that your mind has been changed.
Delta
200
A marketing term to be skeptical of, defined as: "nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being."
Superfood
200
In season 3, episode 3, Rick Sanchez turns himself into this fermented food item.
Pickle Rick!
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300
Individuals continue a behavior or endeavor as a result of previously invested resources (time, money or effort).
Hint: Printing press
Sunk cost fallacy
300
DAILY DOUBLE!
Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
300
A diet of a type traditional in certain European countries, characterized especially by a high consumption of vegetables and olive oil and moderate consumption of protein, and thought to confer health benefits
Mediterranean
300
A harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect. Oddly enough, it helped treat a patient with IBS.
Placebo
300
John, Paul, Ringo...who is missing?
George
400
A practice in which an individual uses a technique – such focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Meditation
400
Although being aware of and concerned with the nutritional quality of the food you eat isn’t a problem in and of itself, people with this condition become so fixated on so-called ‘healthy eating’ that they actually damage their own well-being.
Orthorexia
400
Every published research manuscript begins with this section. A short summary of the paper, usually about a paragraph, that highlights the key aspects of the study.
Abstract
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Juices and smoothies are delicious, but unfortunately, the process to make these food items significantly reduces the amount of this important nutrient.
400
Mirror, mirror on the wall, is this not the most perfect kingdom of them all?
Lord Farquaad rules over this fairy tale city-state.
Duloc
500
A cognitive bias wherein a person overestimates their own qualities and abilities, in relation to the same qualities and abilities of other people.
Dunning-Kruger Effect or Illusory Superiority
500
A field of study that bridges the gap between classic economics and psychology. It suggests that humans do not always act in a rational manner, and, as a matter of fact, predictably display cognitive biases.
Behavioral Economics
500
Although vegetarians typically have better health, they need to be conscious of deficiencies in this vitamin.
Vitamin B
500
A type of study considered to be the gold standard (AKA the best) in terms of design.
Participants are randomly assigned into an experimental group or a control group.
As the study is conducted, the only expected difference between the control and experimental groups is the outcome variable being studied.
HINT: the only type of study that can determine true cause-and-effect relationships
RCT
500
Standing since 1983, this war-comedy drama television show has the most viewed series finale of all time.
MASH