Acronyms

Question 1

BD

Answer 1

Bipolar Disorder

Question 2

DSM-5

Answer 2

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th Edition)

Question 3

BII

Answer 3

Blood Injury Injection (phobia type)

Question 4

GAD

Answer 4

Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 5

PD

Answer 5

Panic disorder

Question 6

SAD

Answer 6

Social anxiety disorder (social phobia)

Question 7

LH

Answer 7

Lateral Hypothalamus
Concerned with hunger & damage to this area can lead to starvation

Question 8

VMH

Answer 8

Ventromedial Hypothalamus
Plays role in satiation

Question 9

G factor

Answer 9

General factor - psychologist Charles Spearman refers to a large set of intellectual skills

Question 10

IQ

Answer 10

Intelligence Quotient

Question 11

RIASEC (Holland’s Hexagon)

Answer 11

Realistic
Investigative
Artistic
Social
Enterprising
Conventional

Question 12

OCEAN (BIG 5)

Answer 12

Openness to experience
Contentiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

5 factor model of personality

Question 13

ASD

Answer 13

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Question 14

OFC

Answer 14

Orbital frontal cortex
Supports positivity with others

Question 15

ToM

Answer 15

Theory of Mind

The human capacity to understand minds, a capacity that is made up of a collection of concepts & processes.

Question 16

NHST

Answer 16

Null Hypothesis Significance Testing

Question 17

US

Answer 17

Unconditioned stimulus

Question 18

UR

Answer 18

Unconditioned response

Question 19

CS

Answer 19

Conditioned stimulus

Question 20

CR

Answer 20

Conditioned response

Question 21

STM

Answer 21

Short term memory

Question 22

IV

Answer 22

Independent Variable

Question 23

DV

Answer 23

Dependent Variable

Question 24

MDD

Answer 24

Major depressive disorder

Question 25

MDE

Answer 25

Major depressive episode

Question 26

PDD

Answer 26

Persistent depressive disorder / dysthymia