The Human Mind & Psychology Quiz

Question 1

What is the 'placebo effect'?

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Improvement in a patient's condition due to belief in the treatment rather than the treatment itself

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A real drug working unusually quickly

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A side effect of medication

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A form of surgery

Question 2

What is 'confirmation bias'?

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The tendency to search for and favour information that confirms our existing beliefs

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Bias toward new information

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Being biased toward authority figures

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Remembering only positive events

Question 3

Sigmund Freud developed which theory of the mind?

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Psychoanalysis

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Behaviorism

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Cognitive theory

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Humanistic psychology

Question 4

What is 'classical conditioning', demonstrated by Pavlov's dogs?

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Associating a neutral stimulus with a natural response

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Teaching through reward and punishment

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Learning by observing others

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Improving memory through repetition

Question 5

Abraham Maslow is best known for developing what?

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The hierarchy of needs

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The theory of operant conditioning

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The cognitive model of depression

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The stages of grief

Question 6

What is 'cognitive dissonance'?

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The mental discomfort from holding contradictory beliefs or behaviours

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Difficulty concentrating

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Memory loss in old age

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Inability to process emotions

Question 7

What are the 'Five Big' personality traits (OCEAN)?

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Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

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Openness, Consciousness, Extroversion, Anger, Neuroticism

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Optimism, Calm, Empathy, Assertiveness, Novelty

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Only four traits exist in the Big Five model

Question 8

What is the 'bystander effect'?

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The tendency to be less likely to help in an emergency when others are present

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Being influenced by what bystanders think

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Being more likely to act heroically with an audience

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Imitating the behaviour of bystanders

Question 9

What type of memory stores facts and events that can be consciously recalled?

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Explicit (declarative) memory

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Procedural memory

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Implicit memory

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Working memory

Question 10

What is the 'Dunning-Kruger Effect'?

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People with low ability overestimate their competence; experts underestimate theirs

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More knowledge leads to more confidence

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People always rate themselves as average

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Experienced people are better teachers

Question 11

What is 'operant conditioning'?

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Learning through consequences — reward increases behaviour, punishment decreases it

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Learning through association of stimuli

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Learning by watching others

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Learning through sleep and dreaming

Question 12

Which psychologist developed the stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance)?

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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Carl Jung

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Viktor Frankl

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Carl Rogers

Question 13

What is 'social proof' as a psychological principle?

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The tendency to follow others' behaviour as evidence of what is correct

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Proving your ideas to a social group

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Being more persuasive in groups

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The psychological impact of social media

Question 14

What does 'IQ' stand for?

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Intelligence Quotient

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Intellectual Quality

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Individual Quantification

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Innate Quickness

Question 15

What is 'emotional intelligence' (EQ)?

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The capacity to recognise, understand, and manage one's own and others' emotions

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The ability to memorise emotions

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Having a high IQ and being emotional

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Only being empathetic

Question 16

In Milgram's obedience experiment, what did participants believe they were doing?

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Testing learning and memory by administering electric shocks to a learner

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Participating in a debate exercise

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Testing leadership skills

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Conducting a personality assessment

Question 17

What is a 'phobia'?

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An intense, irrational fear of a specific object, situation, or activity

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A strong general anxiety disorder

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Fear of all social situations

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Avoidance of all physical activity

Question 18

What is 'neuroplasticity'?

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The brain's ability to change and reorganise itself by forming new neural connections

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The flexibility of the skull

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Being resistant to stress

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The plastic nature of brain cells

Question 19

What is 'gaslighting'?

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A manipulation tactic causing someone to question their own reality

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Excessive praise to manipulate someone

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Aggressive confrontation in a relationship

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Ignoring someone completely

Question 20

What did Stanford's famous prison experiment (1971) study?

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How people conform to social roles — specifically guard and prisoner roles

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How prisoners rehabitated

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How isolation affects the brain

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Whether criminals could be reformed