Disorders
Treatments; Research
Life Stage; Motivation
Misc.
100

The man who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998, suffered from Schizophrenia, and who's life inspired the film 'A Beautiful Mind'

Who is John Nash?

100

Personality traits that describe how people gain energy and recharge

What are Extroversion and Introversion? 

100

A strict parenting style with rigid rules, high expectations, and low warmth.

What is Authoritarian Parenting?

100
The scientific study of human thought, behavior, and experiences

What is Psychology? 

200

One symptom of a phobia

What is an intense fear of something/ or an adversion that has made your life disfunctional? 

200

This is a type of physician trained in both mental and physical health, who can write perscriptions for medication and administer talk therapy. 

What is a Psychiatrist? 

200

The first stage of cognitive development in a child's life, and is characterized by the use of senses and motor skills to learn about the world that occurs, according to Piage from ages 0-2. 

What is the sensorimotor stage? 

200

The rapid electrical signal that occurs in a cell membrane; how neurons communicate.

What is an Action Potential? 

300
The name the disorder Paula struggled with (formerly multiple personality disorder)

What is D.I.D-- Dissociative Identity Disorder?

300
A common treatment method for phobia 
What is Exposure Therapy? 
300

The Psychology in the ealy 1900s who coined the term "Zone of Proximal Development" (ZPD) as part of his theory of learning. 

Who is Lev Vygotsky? 

300

The five letter acronym for Martin Seligman's theoretical understanding for achieving happiness

What is the PERMA Model?

400

The group of disorders that Panic Disorder (PD); General Anxiety Disorder (GAD); and phobias would fall under.

What are Anxiety Disorders? 

400

The name for the tendency for people to drop out of a longitudinal research study (a study that follows people as they develop)

What is Selective Attrition? 

400

The stage, according to Piage, everyone in this room is currently in (11+)

That is the formal operational stage? 

400

The number of chromosome pairs in each nuculus 

What are 23 pairs? 

500

The fraction of Americans who will develop a mental illness or experience a disorder at some point in their lives? 

What is 1/4 of Americans? 

500

A psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its trajectory, as the result of an interaction between a predispositional vulnerability (diathesis) and (stress caused by) life experiences.

What is the Diathesis Stress Model of Mental Illness?

500

These are Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

What are: Basic Survival Needs; Safety Needs; Belonging Needs; Esteem Needs; and Self-Actualization?

500

The number of students in this class who had birthdays this semester. 

How many is 5 students?