This university was home to the first American psychological clinic, which Lightner Witmer founded when treating a teenager with spelling difficulties. The “good subject” effect where experimental participants help confirm the researcher’s hypothesis is sometimes named for a hypnotics specialist at this university, Martin Orne. One psychologist at this university was inspired to develop his “disputing” technique by a longtime colleague who created a 21-question (*) depression inventory and founded an Institute for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The founder of Character Lab is a psychologist from this university who popularized the concept of “grit,” Angela Duckworth. For 10 points, the PERMA theory of well-being is promoted by the Positive Psychology Center founded at what Ivy League university by Martin Seligman? ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 12 | 83% | 0% | 33% | 89.40 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Mukherjee | Floridovician | BHSU X | 65 | 10 |
| Akshar Goyal | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 66 | 10 |
| Dylan Minarik | The RAND Coöperation | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | 66 | 10 |
| John Marvin | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 68 | -5 |
| Fern Fang | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 70 | -5 |
| Matt Bollinger | BHSU B | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 91 | 10 |
| Jaimie Carlson | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | Halifax Shipping Services | 92 | 10 |
| Munir Siddiqui | Big is moving to Evanston! | Do re mi fa serving negs | 93 | -5 |
| Anuttam Ramji | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | Broken Socal Scene | 93 | -5 |
| William Golden | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 93 | 10 |
| Benjamin Chapman | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 93 | 10 |
| Will Alston | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | It's not X, but... defenders | 93 | 10 |
| Aseem Keyal | Broken Socal Scene | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 117 | 10 |
| Seth Ebner | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 118 | 10 |