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| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Jung | 9 | The grandfather of this psychiatrist founded the Institute of Hope, a mental hospital in Basel |
| 2 | Sigmund Freud | 6 | In "The Seven Percent Solution", this Austrian neurologist treated Sherlock Holmes |
| 3 | schizophrenia | 5 | Though it's named from Greek meaning "split mind", its symptoms seldom include split personality |
| 4 | amnesia | 5 | Gregory Peck's characters in "Mirage" & "Spellbound" both suffered from this, remember? |
| 5 | the id | 5 | Of Freud's major personality systems, the one that operates on the pleasure principle |
| 6 | Pavlov | 5 | Noted behavioral psychologist in the photo seen here |
| 7 | B.F. Skinner | 5 | In the 1940s this American behaviorist designed his first "baby box" |
| 8 | anxiety | 5 | Psychiatric term for anxiety an infant may experience when removed from its mother |
| 9 | Rorschach | 5 | Because he liked to sketch in school, he was nicknamed Kleck, which means "inkblot" |
| 10 | sibling rivalry | 4 | An example of this type of competition is a big brother who demands a bigger present because he's older |
| 11 | memory | 4 | A person experiencing a fugue state loses this & may leave home & may assume a new identity |
| 12 | The Interpretation of Dreams | 3 | The Academic American Ency. says this 1900 major work by Freud earned him only $209 in royalties |
| 13 | Stockholm Syndrome | 3 | This 2-word term has its origins in a hostage-taking that followed the botched 1973 Norrmalmstorg bank robbery |
| 14 | the Rorschach test | 3 | This test uses 10 inkblots in the study of personality disorders |
| 15 | manic depression | 3 | Periods of extreme elation followed by despondency are symptomatic of this type of behavior |
| 16 | inferiority complex | 3 | A paralyzing fixation on one's inadequacies is this type of complex |
| 17 | a phobia | 3 | A type of neurosis, it's an irrational fear of something |
| 18 | work | 2 | Dobie Gillis' beatnik buddy, Maynard G. Krebs, had a marked case of ergophobia, fear of this |
| 19 | transference | 2 | It's the shift of attitudes toward one's parents onto one's analyst |
| 20 | the pleasure principle | 2 | The id is driven by this alliterative "principle" of immediate gratification |
| 21 | the control group | 2 | Term for reference group to which experiment results of the treated group are compared |
| 22 | Sybil | 2 | This 1973 book & subsequent TV movie popularized the study of multiple personality disorder |
| 23 | regression | 2 | An adult who returrns to a childhood level of behavior is exhibiting this defense mechanism |
| 24 | pleasure | 2 | It's the "principle" by which the id operates |
| 25 | paranoid | 2 | About 40% of schizophrenics belong to this subtype having delusions of persecution |
| 26 | pain | 2 | Early psychologists identified 4 basic skin sensations: warmth, cold, pressure & this |
| 27 | Narcissism | 2 | This self-absorbed personality disorder is named for a mythical youth who loved his reflection |
| 28 | Kleptomania | 2 | Around 1880 Dr. Charles Lasegue described this impulse control disorder involving theft as typical of housewives |
| 29 | inkblots | 2 | The name Rorschach is indelibly associated with tests using these irregular shapes |
| 30 | hypochondria | 2 | Originally the part of the abdomen where melancholy sat, it now refers to imaginary illnesses |
| 31 | hypnosis | 2 | Freud stopped using this technique to bring out hidden memories when he turned to free association |
| 32 | hydrophobia | 2 | Term for both the disease, rabies, & the fear of water |
| 33 | horses | 2 | Hippophobia is fear of these animals |
| 34 | hoarding | 2 | From the Old English for "treasure", this disorder is characterized by the inability to discard things |
| 35 | grandeur | 2 | A false belief that one is very important or famous is usually called a delusion of this |
| 36 | Ghosts | 2 | Phasmophobia is the fear of these, friendly or not |
| 37 | gestalt | 2 | Max Wertheimer co-founded this movement which began in Germany in the early part of the 20th century |
| 38 | fog | 2 | A homichlophobic doesn't fear pea soup but rather the pea soup type of this weather phenomenon |
| 39 | dust | 2 | Amathophobia is a fear of this, something everyone returns to & Pledge gets rid of |
| 40 | Dreams | 2 | The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology defines this as "imagery during sleep" |
| 41 | dissonance | 2 | Leon Festinger said people who smoke knowing it's not healthy experience "cognitive" this |
| 42 | denial | 2 | Anna Freud wrote, "The infantile ego resorts to" this behavior "in order not to become aware of some painful impression" |
| 43 | delusion | 2 | A false belief, of grandeur, for example |
| 44 | blood | 2 | A hematophobic is afraid of the sight of this |
| 45 | agoraphobia | 2 | It's the fear of being in public places—perhaps in an ancient Athenian marketplace |
| 46 | affect | 2 | Noun for feeling as shown by facial expression or body language; it may be "flat" in people with schizophrenia |
| 47 | acrophobia | 2 | We assume Tenzing Norgay didn't have this phobia whose name is from the Greek for "topmost" |
| 48 | a placebo | 2 | An inactive drug given in place of a real one; it might work on the power of suggestion |
| 49 | the reward | 2 | E Thorndike found that an animal learned its way through a maze better if this was involved |
| 50 | the libido | 2 | Freud's term for the sexual drive |