#18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE MOVIES $600: This Bill Murray "Ghostbusters" character has PhDs in parapsychology & psychology (Peter) Venkman |
#8862, aired 2023-05-02 | NONFICTION $800: Abraham Maslow's "Toward a Psychology of Being" includes his famous "Hierarchy of" these Needs |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | ANAGRAMMED COLLEGE SUBJECTS $600: Sometimes abnormal:
SHY COPY LOG psychology |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: It's a group of related, often unconscious ideas or impulses that affect a person's actions, like the Oedipus one a complex |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Around 1880 Dr. Charles Lasegue described this impulse control disorder involving theft as typical of housewives kleptomania |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | PSYCHOLOGY $300: You may have run into people with this personality disorder named for a self-involved youth who loved his own reflection narcissism (or narcissistic personality disorder) |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: The American Psychological Assoc. defines these 2 personality types as "inward & self-directed" & "outward & social-directed" introvert & extrovert |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | PSYCHOLOGY $500: These 2 psychology superstars & one-time collaborators are seen here at Clark University in 1909 before they quarreled Freud & Jung |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | HIDDEN BRAIN PODCAST $600: (Shankar Vedantam presents the clue.) A couple of weeks into 2016, we talked about the psychology of these New Year's promises & why we often failed to stick to them resolutions |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | NON-MEDICAL DOCTORS $200: Dr. Neil Clark Warren's 1967 Ph.D. in this subject has helped his service eHarmony engineer 2 million marriages clinical psychology |
#8583, aired 2022-02-23 | NOTABLE PEOPLE $2000: This Swiss man was the "father of analytic psychology" (Carl) Jung |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $800: Dr. Benjamin Rush, who wrote an 1812 textbook on mental diseases, is often called the "father of American" this medical field psychiatry |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | PSYCHOLOGY LITERATURE $1200: Named for a fallen angel, this "Effect" is the title of Philip Zimbardo's book on "How Good People Turn Evil" Lucifer (The Lucifer Effect) |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | PSYCHOLOGY LITERATURE $1600: To help us be more productive, Charles Duhigg explores why we do what we do in "The Power of" this The Power of Habit |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | PSYCHOLOGY LITERATURE $2000: This man's book "Walden Two" is a fictional account of a society based on his theories of behaviorism B.F. Skinner |
#8497, aired 2021-10-26 | BOREDOM $1200: The Boredom Lab is part of the psychology department at York University in this Canadian city Toronto |
#8463, aired 2021-08-11 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $800: In psychology, to contribute to a loved one's pathological behavior enable |
#8427, aired 2021-06-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Carl Jung popularized the use of these 2 terms to refer to outgoing & shy personality types introvert & extrovert |
#8427, aired 2021-06-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: From the Greek for "under the ribs", it's the one-word alternate name for illness anxiety disorder hypochondria |
#8427, aired 2021-06-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: For his studies in the early 20th century, this Russian scientist is considered the pioneer of classical conditioning Pavlov |
#8427, aired 2021-06-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: In psychoanalysis, this term refers to a patient projecting emotions from a previous relationship onto the therapist transference |
#8427, aired 2021-06-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $2,600 (Daily Double): According to Freudian theory, the libido originates in this one of the 3 divisions of the psyche the id |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $400: In 1986 Janet Jackson sang about this Freudian "Principle" the pleasure principle |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $800: In "Paranoid", this hard-rocking man sang, "People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time" Ozzy Osbourne |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $1200: In 1967 this man sang, "Manic depression is a frustrating mess"--what a harrowing "experience" (Jimi) Hendrix |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $1600: This Nirvana song shares its name with an element used in medications for bipolar disorder "Lithium" |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | RADIO ON THE TV $400: This title character hosted a psychology advice radio show on KACL in Seattle Frasier (Crane) |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | DR. YES (M.D., NO) $1200: Let's get real; this TV Dr. got his Ph.D. in clinical psychology but his license to practice in Texas expired in 2006 Dr. Phil |
#8335, aired 2021-02-12 | GAME THEORY $1,000 (Daily Double): If you win, switch to whatever would've beaten you for the next round, says a 2014 study on the psychology of this game Rock, Paper, Scissors |
#8308, aired 2021-01-06 | 4,4 $1000: This French phrase for a persistent thought was used in psychology for an irrational obsession a idée fixe |
#8195, aired 2020-04-03 | NOBEL LITERARY NOMINEES $2,000 (Daily Double): These 2 pioneers in psychology were nominated for literature, one in 1936 & one in 1954 Freud and Jung |
#8111, aired 2019-12-09 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $1200: An original model of something, or any unconscious idea held by all members of society an archetype |
#8111, aired 2019-12-09 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $1600: Knowing smoking is bad for your health but doing it anyway is an example of "cognitive" this, simultaneous incongruent beliefs dissonance |
#8111, aired 2019-12-09 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $2000: Most psychologists now refer to multiple personality disorder as D.I.D., or this type of "identity disorder" dissociative (*disassociative) |
#8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: G. Stanley Hall, the 19th C. founder of child psychology, said, "men grow old because they stop" doing this, not the other way around playing |
#8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: In 1938 Kurt Schneider defined hearing these as a first-rank symptom of schizophrenia auditory hallucinations (or voices) |
#8047, aired 2019-09-10 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: Freud distinguished "real" fear from this kind of fear, such as phobias; now it's an adjective for anyone anxious or just high-strung neurotic |
#7956, aired 2019-03-25 | IS IT SCIENCE? $400: A 2016 web article for the magazine this -ology Today addressed the "Is it a science?" debate & said yes psychology |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | TEXTBOOKS $1600: In 1890 this brother of novelist Henry published his classic textbook "The Principles of Psychology" William James |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of this condition, Latin for "out of one's mind" dementia |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: A psych study of high concentrated practice by Berlin violin students led to this numerical "rule" of success the 10,000-hour rule |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: A "dark triad" that leads to exploiting others is psychopathy, Machiavellianism & this selfish -ism inspired by myth narcissism |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PSYCHOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): From the Greek for "marketplace", this disorder keep many people home due to fear of panicking in a public place agoraphobia |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: A parent creating in a child the physical symptoms of illness may be exhibiting this Baron's syndrome by proxy Munchausen syndrome |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: From the Old English for "treasure", this disorder is characterized by the inability to discard things hoarding |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Ten images, like the one seen here, are used in this psychological test, first introduced in 1921 a Rorschach |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: In 2013 the American Psychiatric Assoc. dropped subtypes including "paranoid" for this mental disorder schizophrenia |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: 1908s M.I.T. researchers found that carbs must be consumed for this mood-elevating neurotransmitter to be released serotonin |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | PSYCHOLOGY $2,400 (Daily Double): It's genetics or upbringing in this classic debate of 2 words with the same second syllable nature versus nurture |
#7758, aired 2018-05-09 | DON'T GIVE UP THE RELATIONSHIP $800: Psychology Today:
You 2 aren't mind readers--this 13-letter word "is the most important part of your relationship" communication |
#7695, aired 2018-02-09 | PUN-ISHMENT $200: Even Psychology Today used the pun saying this "is not just a river in Egypt" denial |
#7680, aired 2018-01-19 | TWO-WAY ADJECTIVES $1600: This word refers to works of William in psychology or brother Henry in literature Jamesian |
#7612, aired 2017-10-17 | A NOVEL IDEA $800: Pendleton Work Farm & an "institute of psychology" are settings in this 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
#7519, aired 2017-04-27 | "O" BEHAVE! $1600: In psychology the distortion of evidence by the viewer's motives or expectations is this kind of "bias" observer bias |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: He coined the term "psychoanalysis" Freud |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: The Penguin Dict. of Psychology says, "An intense dialogue about the wallpaper" would do as well as this inkblot test the Rorschach test |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: (I'm Anderson Cooper.) In an unsettling experiment, I test a device that simulates hearing voices in your head, a symptom of this mental disorder schizophrenia |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: This Swiss mister came up with concepts like the collective unconscious & archetypes Carl Jung |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: Ivan Pavlov training dogs to salivate when a bell rings is an example of this classic type of reflex or response classical conditioning |
#7510, aired 2017-04-14 | SHALLOW THOUGHTS $1000: Do the "Leaves on a Stream" exercise to get this, defined by Psychology Today as active, open attention on the present mindfulness |
#7473, aired 2017-02-22 | ON TO GRAD SCHOOL $200: Probe the mind with a UCLA Ph.D. after getting trained in clinical, cognitive or social this field psychology |
#7467, aired 2017-02-14 | ALL KINDS OF TV $400: The "Dr."-ate of this mustached talk show host is in clinical psychology Dr. Phil |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: A division of the American Psychological Association is devoted to these, such as to gambling addiction |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Those who have this most common type of schizophrenia often suffer from delusions of persecution paranoid |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: According to David Kessler & Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the 5 stages of grief begin with this & end with acceptance denial |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: This opposite of multitasking also starts with "M" & ends with "tasking"; it used to be called "paying attention" monotasking |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: Abbreviated "SAD", this disorder can crop up at specific times of the year, like Christmas Seasonal Affective Disorder |
#7293, aired 2016-05-04 | JUNG $2000: If you passed your "A.P." classes, you know that Jung founded this school of study of the human mind analytical psychology |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | BEHAVIOR & PSYCHOLOGY $400: A treatment called exposure & response prevention tries to ease this type of behavior, the "C" in OCD compulsive |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | BEHAVIOR & PSYCHOLOGY $600: Sleepwalking is also called this -ism somnambulism |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | BEHAVIOR & PSYCHOLOGY $800: From the Greek for "self law", it's the ability of an individual to behave independently of others' control autonomy |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | BEHAVIOR & PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Dr. Abraham Maslow worked to understand human behavior by relating it to his "hierarchy of" these needs |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | CELEBRITY ALMA MATERS $1600: This TV personality earned a master's degree & a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Texas Dr. Phil |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Emmy-nominated animal psychologist Cesar Millan is better known as this to TV viewers the "Dog Whisperer" |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: An impulse-control disorder, it's the compulsion to steal in the absence of any real economic motive kleptomania |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: This 2-word term has its origins in a hostage taking that followed a botched 1973 robbery of a Swedish bank Stockholm syndrome |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: From the Sanskrit for "circle", in Jungian psychology, it's a symbol for the effort to unify the self a mandala |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: Musical term for a mental state in which someone is conscious of his actions but retains no memory of them a fugue (state) |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: A delusion that your life is scripted & being filmed has been named by doctors after this Jim Carrey film The Truman Show |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Adjective for info received by the brain on an unconscious level, from the Latin for "below the threshold" subliminal |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: Sometimes used in police work, hypermnesia is the technique of increasing a person's memory using this hypnosis |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: It's "de" treatment of a phobia by gradual exposure to the source of the fear desensitization |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | PSYCHOLOGY $3,000 (Daily Double): Ablutomania is an obsession with doing this washing |
#7004, aired 2015-02-12 | A TEXTBOOK CATEGORY $800: "Personality Disorders" is a chapter in Butcher, Hooley & Mineka's "abnormal" this psychology |
#6984, aired 2015-01-15 | EXISTENTIALISM $800: Zurich's Daseinsanalytic Institute takes a holistic approach as part of the existential school of this psychology |
#6920, aired 2014-10-17 | 14 LETTERS OR MORE $2,400 (Daily Double): In psychology this means to separate conflicting feelings as if into different boxes in order to cope compartmentalize |
#6902, aired 2014-09-23 | CELEBRITY ORIGINS $800: (I'm Cesar Millan.) My teachers in canine psychology were dogs on my grandfather's farm in Sinaloa, a state in western Mexico, bordering this sea the Sea of Cortez |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Long-term types of this include episodic, semantic & procedural memory |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Dracula had alliumphobia, fear of this plant garlic |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: A 1980s experiment using this, EEG for short, seemed to show the brain starting an action before a conscious decision is made electroencephalogram |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: This psychiatrist became enamored with inkblots in high school & later published his research in a 1921 book (Hermann) Rorschach |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: In 1971 former encyclopedia salesman Werner Erhard held the first of these 3-letter seminars est seminars |
#6722, aired 2013-12-03 | -OLOGIES $2000: Max Wertheimer founded & brought to the U.S. the Gestalt school of this -ology psychology |
#6541, aired 2013-02-11 | COLLEGE RECOMMENDATIONS $400: Volunteer as a test subject at this Cornhusker school that created the first undergraduate psychology lab Nebraska |
#6521, aired 2013-01-14 | DR. JOHN $2,400 (Daily Double): This Ph.D. in psychology wrote the seminal 1913 article "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It" Dr. John Watson |
#6516, aired 2013-01-07 | UCLA CELEBRITY ALUMNI $200: This blonde beauty who reprised her role as Amanda on the new "Melrose Place" was a psychology major Heather Locklear |
#6387, aired 2012-05-29 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: French for "already seen", it's the feeling that you've experienced something before deja-vu |
#6387, aired 2012-05-29 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Symptoms of this syndrome named for a French physician may include facial tics & compulsive cursing Tourette's |
#6387, aired 2012-05-29 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: The id is driven by this alliterative "principle" of immediate gratification the pleasure principle |
#6387, aired 2012-05-29 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Noun for feeling as shown by facial expression or body language; it may be "flat" in people with schizophrenia affect |
#6387, aired 2012-05-29 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: When one abandons adult behaviors for more childlike patterns, he is exhibiting this defense mechanism regression |
#6366, aired 2012-04-30 | DOUBLE "F" $1600: In the dictionary this word comes before calculus, equation & psychology differential |
#6311, aired 2012-02-13 | COLLEGE COURSES $400: At the U. of Iowa, electives for this major include "Introduction to Clinical" & "Introduction to Cognitive" this Psychology |
#6247, aired 2011-11-15 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1000: German for "shape" gives us this name of a school of psychology Gestalt |
#6220, aired 2011-10-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BRAIN GAMES $600: Virtual reality & psychology are used to rewire the brain of war vet Jerry, who suffers from PTSD, short for this post-traumatic stress disorder |
#6162, aired 2011-05-31 | SUMMER SCHOOL AT YALE $400: "Introduction to" this explored its "approaches to the biological, cognitive, social, and emotional bases of behavior" psychology |
#6138, aired 2011-04-27 | THE DOG WHISPERER $1000: (Cesar Millan snaps his fingers and makes a short vocal sound to a dog before giving the clue.) Operant conditioning is a fancy way of saying learning from consequences, like the simple act of correction; it is part of this school of psychology that deals with actions, not inner states, so it works well with dogs behavioralist/behaviorism |
#5990, aired 2010-10-01 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $1000: A Harvard prof, this brother of novelist Henry is known as the "father of American psychology" William James |
#5931, aired 2010-05-31 | WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS $1600: In psychology when a 40-year-old acts like a 10-year-old, it's called this regression |
#5925, aired 2010-05-21 | CAUSED BY... $800: Affective, in psychology emotions |
#5689, aired 2009-05-07 | PSYCH! $1000: This school of psychology with a German name emphasizes the study of whole, not partial, experiences Gestalt |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | "B" PREPARED $1600: Dr. John B. Watson originated this school of psychology, influencing B.F. Skinner behavioral |
#5621, aired 2009-02-02 | ANNA-GRAMS $800: Born in 1895, she followed her father into the psychology biz Anna Freud |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | TV PSYCHOLOGY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS $400: Narcissistic personality disorder includes snobbery... Sounds like this Seattle radio host to me Frasier Crane |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | TV PSYCHOLOGY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS $800: (An image of America Ferrera is displayed.) Clearly this current prime-time fashion assistant has issues with approval-seeking, especially self-esteem; look at the title of her show Ugly Betty |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | TV PSYCHOLOGY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS $1200: After she stabbed Angel & sent him to Hell, she was quite depressed & had to leave Sunnydale-- I hope she got some help Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | TV PSYCHOLOGY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS $1600: (An image of Ken Osmond is displayed.) Social psychologists studying ingratiation have a perfect case in the way this friend of Wally Cleaver acted toward adults Eddie Haskell |
#5533, aired 2008-10-01 | TV PSYCHOLOGY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS $2000: This saloon owner on "Gunsmoke" repressed her real needs by not telling Marshal Dillon her feelings for him Miss Kitty |
#5461, aired 2008-05-12 | COLLEGE COURSES $400: Major in this -ology at Colgate & you'll take "Human Condition" or "Learning and Cognition" before you're a senior psychology |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: 2-word term for a psychoanalytic method that has the patient reveal all thoughts as they occur free association |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Founded in Topeka in 1925, this psychiatric clinic is named for physician Charles & his sons Karl & Will the Menninger Clinic |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: Psychologists classify phobias as this type of disorder; phobic people spend much time worrying about their fears anxiety (disorder) |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: A psychologist at Stanford University devised a new intelligence test based on the work of this Frenchman (Alfred) Binet |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $2,700 (Daily Double): The retrograde type of this condition applies to events prior to a head injury; anterograde, to events after it amnesia |
#5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ACTRESSES ON TV $800: We are "desperate" for you to name this actress seen here, who has a master's degree in psychology Marcia Cross |
#5419, aired 2008-03-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Brought to the U.S. in the 1930s, this movement's name is German for "pattern" or "shape" gestalt |
#5419, aired 2008-03-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Noted behavioral psychologist in the photo seen here (Ivan) Pavlov |
#5419, aired 2008-03-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: It took 8 years for this 1899 Freud work to sell the initial 600 copies printed, earning him about $250 in royalties The Interpretation of Dreams |
#5419, aired 2008-03-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: Known for his "box", he wrote "Walden Two", a 1948 fiction work about operant conditioning B.F. Skinner |
#5419, aired 2008-03-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: In 1935 he founded the Swiss Society for Practical Psychology & became its president Carl Jung |
#5332, aired 2007-11-13 | IT'S ALL BLACK & WHITE TO ME $2,000 (Daily Double): Famous for his B&W images used in psychology, as a youth he was named "Kleck", German for "inkblot" (Hermann) Rorschach |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | MONROE $200: See Marion Monroe train as a child psychology & co-write the books starring this unexciting boy-girl pair Dick & Jane |
#5262, aired 2007-06-26 | STATES OF MIND $200: In vintage psychology talk, anxiety is a type of neurosis; schizophrenia is a type of this -osis psychosis |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | RADCLIFFE GRADS $600: Before moving to Paris & meeting Alice, she studied psychology at Radcliffe under William James Gertrude Stein |
#5152, aired 2007-01-23 | YOU GOT SOME SPLEENING TO DO $1600: In olden medicine & psychology, the spleen was said to produce the melancholy humor, a fluid of this color black |
#5142, aired 2007-01-09 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Legal insanity defenses generally rest on the inability to distinguish these 2 opposites right and wrong |
#5142, aired 2007-01-09 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Melancholia, an old word for what's now called this, is still part of the clinical definition of some forms of it depression |
#5142, aired 2007-01-09 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Whoopi Goldberg & Tom Cruise are among sufferers from this learning disability that causes trouble reading dyslexia |
#5142, aired 2007-01-09 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Meaning "lenient", this one of Diana Baumrind's 3 parenting styles produces impulsive, demanding adults permissive |
#5142, aired 2007-01-09 | PSYCHOLOGY $3,400 (Daily Double): Think the queen is trying to kill you?
Delusions of persecution.
Think you are the queen?
Delusions of this grandeur |
#5068, aired 2006-09-27 | ENDS IN "TION" $1000: In psychology, a strong attachment to a person or thing that often persists throughout life a fixation |
#5044, aired 2006-07-13 | IT'S AN ILLUSION $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows an optical illusion on the monitor.) The duck-rabbit figure with a duck's bill here & a rabbit's nose here was first commented on by Joseph Jastro, who studied the brain's role in perception as one of America's first professors of this psychology |
#4962, aired 2006-03-21 | EGGHEADS $800: In 1921 psychology prof Karl Jaspers became a professor of this instead; he went on to be a major existentialist philosophy |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | DUKE UNIVERSITY $600: Got ESP? Then you know in the '20s J.B. Rhine began his famous studies at Duke in this science that researches ESP parapsychology (paranormal psychology accepted) |
#4883, aired 2005-11-30 | -OLOGY WHIZ $400: At Cornell, "Intuitive Judgment" & "Comparative Cognition" are courses in this department psychology |
#4874, aired 2005-11-17 | IN COLLEGE $200: One of the 3 main divisions of the mind in Freudian psychology ego |
#4867, aired 2005-11-08 | CELEBRITY ALUMNI $1600: This actress who played Amidala studied psychology at Harvard Natalie Portman |
#4774, aired 2005-05-12 | COMMON BONDS $400: David Bowie's astronaut Tom;
psychology or journalism;
a person of legal age major |
#4757, aired 2005-04-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: 1-word name of the brain disease marked by delusions that's the largest cause of admission to mental hospitals schizophrenia |
#4757, aired 2005-04-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Giving a treat to a rat after it presses a bar is this type of "reinforcement" positive |
#4757, aired 2005-04-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: Psychologist Carl Rogers favored this word over "patient"; perhaps he counted his billable hours client |
#4757, aired 2005-04-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: In the mind, it's coming to associate a behavior with a stimulus; in the body, it helps you get in shape conditioning |
#4757, aired 2005-04-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: Behaviorist Clark Hull reduced motivations to needs like hunger, which he gave this "transporting" term drives |
#4496, aired 2004-03-08 | MAGAZINE DEBUTS BY DECADE $400: Rolling Stone,
Psychology Today,
New York the 1960s |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Mom, you're gonna give me this, a group of associated ideas, like the Oedipus one a complex |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: The image of this man, born in Switzerland in 1875, has entered our collective unconscious Carl Jung |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $1200: About 40% of schizophrenics belong to this subtype having delusions of persecution paranoid |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: From the Latin angere, "to torment", it's defined as the anticipation of danger or problems anxiety |
#4428, aired 2003-12-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: Leon Festinger said people who smoke knowing it's not healthy experience "cognitive" this dissonance |
#4364, aired 2003-07-17 | -OLOGIES $400: William James wished that "by treating" this discipline "like a natural science" it would help it to become one psychology |
#4273, aired 2003-03-12 | FUN WITH THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM $200: You may find "Nietzsche is Peachy" graffiti in the 100s section, shared by psychology & this field philosophy |
#4263, aired 2003-02-26 | -OLOGIES $400: The abnormal branch of this field studies mental disorders, deviance & just plain weirdness psychology |
#4188, aired 2002-11-13 | TALK TV $800: An Oprah regular, this expert in "Psychology and Human Functioning" got his own show in 2002 Dr. Phil McGraw |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | LITERARY LINGO $400: The term "stream of" this first appeared in William James' 1890 textbook "The Principles of Psychology" consciousness |
#4026, aired 2002-02-18 | I DO IMPRESSIONS $1000: Hallo, I"m zis sex therapist, born Karola Siegal, who studied psychology at the Sorbonne Dr. Ruth |
#3991, aired 2001-12-31 | PSYCH 102 $2000: 1912 was a big year in psychology; we heard about IQ testing & gestalt, & this man was writing his behaviorist paper John Watson |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | SINGLE-NAMED CELEBRITIES $400: This Greek-born musician seen here has a psychology degree from the University of Minnesota Yanni |
#3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: This founder of analytical psychology will never get old Carl Jung |
#3736, aired 2000-11-27 | FAMOUS FRENCHMEN $500 (Daily Double): Here's an IQ test: He was responsible for the first French psychology journal Alfred Binet |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | MEDICAL PEOPLE $200: Havelock Ellis' 7-volume work on "The Psychology of" this was at first considered pornographic & only for doctors sex |
#3370, aired 1999-04-09 | THE SOCIAL SCIENCES $2,000 (Daily Double): From the Greek for "soul", this social science has clinical, developmental & social branches Psychology |
#3314, aired 1999-01-21 | EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES $200: Psi Chi is an honor society in psychology; Chi Psi is one of these Greek letter societies Fraternity |
#3221, aired 1998-09-14 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $200: Freudian term that referred originally to the id's sexual energy but later to all human drives Libido |
#3221, aired 1998-09-14 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $400: These 2 types of behavior, desiring pain & seeking to inflict it, are both named for novelists Sadomasochism or Sadism & Masochism |
#3221, aired 1998-09-14 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $600: An abnormal attachment or the process of becoming set in place Fixation |
#3221, aired 1998-09-14 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $800: 5-letter word that's similar to guilt, but results more from violating social expectation Shame |
#3221, aired 1998-09-14 | PSYCHOLOGY JARGON $1000: The "excess" type of this is defined as things we can't see about ourselves that get in our way Baggage |
#3112, aired 1998-02-24 | BACKWARDS $400: In psychology it's the process of reverting to an earlier, childlike form of behavior regression |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: From 1896 to 1899 Freud might have spent some sleepless nights writing "The Interpretation Of" these Dreams |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Term for a graphic representation suggesting how fast a person acquires knowledge Learning curve |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: This term has replaced "psychopath" for a callous, lying & often lawbreaking personality Sociopath |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: It's the shift of attitudes toward one's parents onto one's analyst Transference |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: This syndrome named for a French physician may involve barking & continuous cursing Tourette's Syndrome |
#2976, aired 1997-07-07 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: The name of this psychology movement is German for "form" or "shape" Gestalt |
#2938, aired 1997-05-14 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $1000: "Final Analysis" is a column found in the magazine of this field "Today" Psychology Today |
#2936, aired 1997-05-12 | -OLOGIES $1000: Abnormal, clinical & comparative are major fields of this discipline Psychology |
#2909, aired 1997-04-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Displacement, denial & rationalization are examples of these mechanisms Defenses |
#2909, aired 1997-04-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Extroverts & introverts are opposing types in this Swiss psychiatrist's theory Carl Jung |
#2909, aired 1997-04-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Early psychologists identified 4 basic skin sensations: warmth, cold, pressure & this Pain |
#2909, aired 1997-04-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Abrreviated PTSD, it can affect anyone who has survived any terrible ordeal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
#2909, aired 1997-04-03 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Ritalin use for children has increased greatly for the treatment of this hyperactive disorder ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) |
#2774, aired 1996-09-26 | CELEBRITY ALUMNI $200: John Ritter was a psychology major at this "Trojan" school before he switched to drama USC |
#2612, aired 1996-01-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): This American studied psychology with Wm. James before moving to Paris with her brother Leo in 1903 Gertrude Stein |
#2611, aired 1996-01-01 | LEFTOVERS $400: 175 papers carry the advice column of this woman who earned her Ph.D. in psychology at Columbia Dr. Joyce Brothers |
#2356, aired 1994-11-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology defines this as "imagery during sleep" dreams |
#2356, aired 1994-11-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: In this test 5 inkblots are black & white, 2 have some color & 3 are various colors a Rorschach test |
#2356, aired 1994-11-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $300: The post-traumatic type of this memory loss can be caused by physical or psychological injury amnesia |
#2356, aired 1994-11-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: The M'Naghten Rule is a British precedent for this type of legal defense insanity |
#2356, aired 1994-11-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $500: It's a vivid & recurrent recollection of a traumatic experience, or a technique used in movies a flashback |
#2238, aired 1994-05-04 | PSYCH 101 $1,000 (Daily Double): Kurt Koffka was a leader in this system of psychology whose name is German for "form" or "shape" gestalt |
#2117, aired 1993-11-16 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: A method of trying to predict the future scientifically was named for this oracle Delphic oracle |
#2117, aired 1993-11-16 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Dementia pugilistica is so named because it often affects people in this sport Boxing |
#2117, aired 1993-11-16 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Ailurophobia is the fear of these pets Cats |
#2117, aired 1993-11-16 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: This philosophical movement associated with Sartre inspired a form of psychotherapy Existentialism |
#2117, aired 1993-11-16 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: This syndrome is characterized by involuntary tics, odd noises & shouted obscenities Tourette's Syndrome |
#2078, aired 1993-09-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: A person suffering from hypersomnia does this more than most people sleep |
#2078, aired 1993-09-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Stress management programs try to help personality types identified by this letter A |
#2078, aired 1993-09-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: From the Greek "sanctuary", it's an institution for the care of the mentally ill asylum |
#2078, aired 1993-09-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: It's the "principle" by which the id operates pleasure |
#2078, aired 1993-09-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: This Swiss psychoanalyst gave us the term collective unconscious...or maybe we had it all along (Carl Gustav) Jung |
#2016, aired 1993-05-17 | MAGAZINES $800: After folding 2 years before, this behavioral science magazine made a comeback in January 1992 Psychology Today |
#1918, aired 1992-12-30 | FOUNDERS $600: He broke with Freud to found analytic psychology (Carl) Jung |
#1903, aired 1992-12-09 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $200: Rosina Pagan called this medical field "a terrible waste of our couches" psychiatrist (psychiatry) |
#1682, aired 1991-12-17 | NAME'S THE SAME $400: The founder of Behaviorist Psychology, or Sherlock Holmes' trusted assistant Dr. Watson |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Feelings of inadequacy & insecurity are characteristic of this "complex" inferiority |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Common in schizophrenia, it's a false belief, usually of grandeur or persecution delusion |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Periods of extreme elation followed by despondency are symptomatic of this type of behavior manic depression |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: The 2 personality types described by Carl Jung, one socially outgoing, the other withdrawn introverts & extroverts |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Max Wertheimer co-founded this movement which began in Germany in the early part of the 20th century Gestalt |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | -OLOGIES $400: Once a branch of philosophy dealing with the mind, it's now considered the science of behavior psychology |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: From the Latin for "given over to", it's the term for a hard habit to break an addiction |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: An average child whose mental age & chronological age are equal have this number IQ 100 |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: This Greek heroine's name describes the complex in which a daughter is attracted to her father an Electra complex |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | PSYCHOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): A therapeutic discharge of emotion, classical tragedy strives for one catharsis |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: This author of "The Primal Scream" later wrote "Imprint" about the effects of fetal stress Arthur Janov |
#1453, aired 1990-12-19 | "A" IN PSYCHOLOGY $200: This condition is not medically diagnosed until at least 10% of body weight has been lost due to food abuse anorexia |
#1453, aired 1990-12-19 | "A" IN PSYCHOLOGY $400: Dustin Hoffman won an Oscar in 1989 for playing a man fighting this alienating condition autism |
#1453, aired 1990-12-19 | "A" IN PSYCHOLOGY $600: The kind of counter-conditioning used to stop maladaptive behavior, like smoking averse conditioning |
#1453, aired 1990-12-19 | "A" IN PSYCHOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): In contrast to claustrophobia, it's the fear of open spaces agoraphobia |
#1453, aired 1990-12-19 | "A" IN PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Jung's term for the inner part of the personality, as opposed to the "persona" the anima |
#9, aired 1990-08-11 | PSYCH 103 $2500: John B. Watson founded this school of psychology that studies human actions and reactions behaviorism |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Many consider a genius to be someone who scores 140 or better on a standard one of these IQ Test |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Term for a physical illness caused or worsened by psychological factors Psychosomatic |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Field of psychology that centers on the study of work & work environments Industrial Psychology |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: An adult who returrns to a childhood level of behavior is exhibiting this defense mechanism Regression |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Oliver Sacks wrote a book about one of his patients called "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For" this For a Hat |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: In general, people learn more quickly when the right response is reinforced with this a reward |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Type of ceremony a necrophobic would try to avoid a funeral |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $300: A reverie; The Monkees sang about a believer in it a daydream |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: An effect or image retained from an experience, or Rich Little doing George Burns an impression |
#1223, aired 1989-12-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $500: When playing a role you "put on" one of these, from Latin for the mask worn by actors in dramas a persona |
#1185, aired 1989-10-27 | "LOCK"s $1000: Psychologist whose "Studies in the Psychology of Sex" was banned in turn-of-the-century England Havelock Ellis |
#1120, aired 1989-06-16 | SINGERS $500: With a masters in psychology, he might use "We're In This Love Together" to counsel couples Al Jarreau |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: Carl Jung thought this "Father of Psychoanalysis" had a father complex Freud |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: This term for thought-reform through propaganda & intimidation is from the Korean War era brainwashing |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $300: Pavlov's dogs exhibited this conditioned reflex at the sound of a bell salivating |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $400 (Daily Double): French for "already seen", it's that funny feeling you've lived through something before deja vu |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $500: The false belief that everybody's picking on you paranoia |
#1072, aired 1989-04-11 | U.S.A. $300: According to Psychology Today, the stress level in these 2 Nevada cities is the highest in the U.S. Reno & Las Vegas |
#1062, aired 1989-03-28 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $100: According to Reader's Digest, psychology was named for this Greek goddess who personified the soul Psyche |
#1056, aired 1989-03-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: He was in analysis in "Annie Hall" & has been in real life for more than 30 years Woody Allen |
#1056, aired 1989-03-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: To become a psychiatrist you must hold this degree MD |
#1056, aired 1989-03-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $600 (Daily Double): In experiments, one group is called the experimental group, the other is called this the control group |
#1056, aired 1989-03-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Burrhus Frederic are the first & middle names of this author of "Walden Two" B.F. Skinner |
#1056, aired 1989-03-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: 1st achievement of this Swiss psychologist was to differentiate between "extroverts" & "introverts" Carl Jung |
#924, aired 1988-09-15 | "G" WHIZ $600: 20th c. German psychology which emphasizes that the whole experience is greater than the sum of its parts gestalt |
#898, aired 1988-06-29 | PSYCH 101 $400: Considered by some a form of psychology, it's the study of handwriting to determine personality graphoanalysis (graphology) |
#898, aired 1988-06-29 | PSYCH 101 $500: Field of psychology associated with Jean Piaget, Erikson & Anna Freud childhood psychology (child psychology) |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Alexia is the inability to understand this form of language written |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Though it's named from Greek meaning "split mind", its symptoms seldom include split personality schizophrenia |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Psychiatric term for anxiety an infant may experience when removed from its mother separation anxiety |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: 1st of Freud's psychosexual stages, fixation here can mean satisfaction thru smoking or sarcasm oral |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: An example of this type of competition is a big brother who demands a bigger present because he's older sibling rivalry |
#592, aired 1987-03-17 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $600: She studied psychology with William James at Radcliffe before she founded the "Lost Generation" Gertrude Stein |
#560, aired 1987-01-30 | AUTHORS $200: West Virginian who taught psychology, divorced a missionary, & wrote novels about China Pearl Buck |
#495, aired 1986-10-31 | 1890's $400: In 1896, the director of the Sorbonne's psychology lab, Alfred Binet, devised this test I.Q. test |
#449, aired 1986-05-29 | GOLF $500: Stanford psychology grad who, in 1980, became 1st player to win over $½ million in 1 year Tom Watson |
#428, aired 1986-04-30 | LANGUAGES $400: Original language responsible for giving us the letter "Y" as a vowel as in "psychology" Greek |
#422, aired 1986-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: In the psychology of learning, it’s “the retention of association”; in “Cats”, it’s a showstopping song memory |
#422, aired 1986-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: According to psychoanalytic theory, it’s part of the personality which balances the id & superego the ego |
#422, aired 1986-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $300: Standard test of responding to a key word with the 1st words which come to your mind word association |
#422, aired 1986-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Character from group therapy on old Bob Newhart show who checked into St. Elsewhere this season Mr. Carlin |
#422, aired 1986-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $500: Founder of “individual psychology”, he broke with Freud in 1911 Alfred Adler |
#381, aired 1986-02-24 | HODGEPODGE $600: Appropriately, Sigmund Freud's youngest child, Anna, made her career in this field child psychology |
#193, aired 1985-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: A mental institution,
a record company,
or Richard Simmons' place an asylum |
#193, aired 1985-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Garment put on the insane, it's bound to keep the wearer uptight a straitjacket |
#193, aired 1985-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $300: Psychologically revealing verbal faux pas or what Sigmund might have worn in drag a Freudian slip |
#193, aired 1985-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Psychiatrist's degree which separates him from a psychologist an M.D. |
#193, aired 1985-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $500 (Daily Double): Word, meaning of unsound mind, it is strictly a legal term & not a medical one insane (insanity) |
#176, aired 1985-05-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: The opposite of an introvert an extrovert |
#176, aired 1985-05-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: Frequent treatment before tranquilizers, patients got jolts from its volts the shock treatment |
#176, aired 1985-05-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Term for what occurs when a 6-year-old boy fights for the attention given his little sister sibling rivalry |
#176, aired 1985-05-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Meaning "of split mind", its forms are simple, acute, catatonic, hebephrenic & paranoid a schizophrenic |
#176, aired 1985-05-13 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Freud's term for the sexual drive the libido |
#136, aired 1985-03-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: Founder of psychoanalysis Freud |
#136, aired 1985-03-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: Psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers won $134,000 on TV quiz shows as an expert on this boxing |
#136, aired 1985-03-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: Tests devised by psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach involve the use of these inkblots |
#136, aired 1985-03-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): This song shares its title with a book by Dr. Eric Berne:
"I walk around / I can't hear a sound / Folks talking loud / But I don't see" "The Games People Play" |
#136, aired 1985-03-18 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Psychoanalyst who wrote best-selling "Escape from Freedom" & "The Art of Loving" Erich Fromm |
#104, aired 1985-01-31 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $200: Werner Erhard's seminar training est |
#104, aired 1985-01-31 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $400: Repeating a mantra silently for 20 minutes transcendental meditation |
#104, aired 1985-01-31 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $600: They are based on the physical, emotional & intellectual cycles in the human body biorhythms |
#104, aired 1985-01-31 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $800: Tarzan's yell was good model for this method of reliving childhood pain primal therapy |
#88, aired 1985-01-09 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: What happens to wool washed in hot water, or slang for psychiatrist shrink |
#88, aired 1985-01-09 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: On over 60 stations nationwide, she was 1st radio call-in psychologist Dr. Toni Grant |
#88, aired 1985-01-09 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: Method of psychotherapy dealt with in "Games People Play" & "I'm OK, You're OK" transactional analysis |
#51, aired 1984-11-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: A bad one is biting your fingernails, a good one is calling mom once a week a habit |
#51, aired 1984-11-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: The opposite of a dominant trait recessive |
#51, aired 1984-11-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $600: 1 who suffers from periods of depression alternating with periods of excitement manic depression |
#51, aired 1984-11-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $800: The common name for somnambulism sleepwalking |
#51, aired 1984-11-19 | PSYCHOLOGY $1000: The ego resolves conflicts between this & the superego the id |