Psychology Jeopardy! Alexis Rea EDUC485 Class of 2019

1. Psychology Jeopardy!Alexis ReaEDUC485Class of 2019

2. Terminology 10 20 30 40 50 Famous Psychologists 10 20 30 40 50 Disorders 10 20 30 40 50 Neuro Psychology 10 20 30 40 50 Branches of Psychology 10 20 30 40 50

3. Category 1 questions follow

4. An intense emotional response caused by the preconscious recognition that a repressed conflict is about to emerge into consciousness 10 Category 1

5. Anxiety 10 Category 1

6. The process of starting, directing, and maintaining physical and psychological activities; includes mechanisms involved in preferences for one activity over another and the vigor and persistence of responses 20 Category 1

7. Motivation 20 Category 1

8. The convergence of the expectations of a group of individuals into a common perspective as they talk and carry out activities together 30 Category 1

9. Norm crystallization 30 Category 1

10. A behavioral therapeutic technique that exposes a client to anxiety-provoking stimuli, through his or her own imagination, in an attempt to extinguish the anxiety associated with the stimuli 40 Category 1

11. Implosion Therapy 40 Category 1

12. Stimuli that act as predictors of reinforcement, signaling when particular behaviors will result in positive reinforcement 50 Category 1

13. Discriminative Stimuli 50 Category 1

14. Category 2 questions follow

15. Most famously associated with the field of Neuropsychology. Studied hysteria and sexuality, did a significant amount of work on dream and dream analysis, and defined the Oedipus Complex 10 Category 2

16. Sigmund Freud 10 Category 2

17. Did work in classical conditioning, where he conditioned dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell rather than at the sight of food. 20

18. Ivan Pavlov 20 Category 2

19. Developed a theory about the stages of moral development. He enjoyed it because it was an uncommon field of study. 30 Category 2

20. Lawrence Kohlberg 30 Category 2

21. Known as the father of positive psychology and pioneer of the “learned helplessness” theory. 40 Category 2

22. Martin Seligman 40 Category 2

23. Studied Cognitive Learning Theory and human cognitive Psychology pertaining to educational psychology. Also did work in philosophy and history 50 Category 2

24. Jerome Seymour Bruner 50 Category 2

25. Category 3 questions follow

26. A mood disorder characterized by intense feelings of depression over an extended time, without the manic high phase of bipolar depression. 10 Category 3

27. Major Depressive Disorder 10 Category 3

28. A mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania. 20 Category 3

29. Bipolar Disorder 20 Category 3

30. Severe form of psychopathology characterized by the breakdown of integrated personality functioning, withdrawal from reality, emotional distortions, and disturbed thought processes 30 Category 3

31. Schizophrenia 30 Category 3

32. A chronic organic brain syndrome characterized by gradual loss of memory, decline in intellectual ability, and deterioration of personality 40 Category 3

33. Alzheimers disease 40 Category 3

34. An anxiety disorder in which an individual feels anxious and worried most of the time for at least six months when not threatened by any specific danger or object. 50 Category 3

35. Generalized Anxiety Disorder 50 Category 3

36. Category 4 questions follow

37. A nerve cell; the basic building block of a nervous system 10 Category 4

38. Neuron 10 Category 4

39. Formation of new nerve cells 20 Category 4

40. Neurogenesis 20 Category 4

41. Associated with thought and pleasurable feelings. Parkinson’s disease is one illness associated with deficits in dopamine, while schizophrenia is strongly linked to excessive amounts of this chemical messenger 30 Category 4

42. Dopamine 30 Category 4

43. Associated with memory, muscle contractions, and learning. A lack of acetylcholine in the brain is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. 40 Category 4

44. Acetylcholine 40 Category 4

45. Associated with emotions and pain perception. The body releases endorphins in response to fear or trauma. These chemical messengers are similar to opiate drugs such as morphine, but are significantly stronger. 50 Category 4

46. Endorphins 50 Category 4

47. Category 5 questions follow

48. Looks at abnormal behavior and psychopathology, such as obsessive compulsive disorder 10 Category 5

49. Abnormal Psychology 10 Category 5

50. Focuses on how the brain influences behavior 20 Category 5