Duplicate of PSY101 Trivia Night

Question 1

What is compliance?

Accepted Answer

Changing your behavior because others ask or direct it.

Question 2

The type of Conditioning that pairs behavior and response

Accepted Answer

Operant Conditioning

Question 3

Which one of the following is NOT one of the three psychological needs?

Accepted Answer

Need for speed

Question 4

What does PTSD stand for

Accepted Answer

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Question 5

Who is Bobo?

Accepted Answer

A mistreated inflatable clown doll

Question 6

Who developed Psychoanalysis?

Accepted Answer

Sigmund Freud

Question 7

What is Charles Spearman’s g factor? A genetic intelligence exists that forms from...

Accepted Answer

the foundation out of which all intellectual abilities rise.

Question 8

What is the Dependent Variable?

Accepted Answer

The outcome which is being measured to see the effect.

Question 9

What is prejudice?

Accepted Answer

Attitude towards a person based on their affiliations

Question 10

Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology?

Accepted Answer

the science of behavior and mental processes

Question 11

What are the 3 components of attitude?

Accepted Answer

Affective, Behavioral, Cognitive

Question 12

What is social psychology?

Accepted Answer

The study of different people in a group

Question 13

What system enters your body into “fight or flight” mode?

Accepted Answer

Sympathetic Nervous System

Question 14

Which of these functions are not attributed to the cerebral cortex?

Accepted Answer

Movement

Question 15

What is a T-test used for?

Accepted Answer

Determine if theres a significant difference between 2 means

Question 16

What is the purpose of the id?

Accepted Answer

Controls the basic instinctive drives without a schedule

Question 17

In this type of appraisal a person estimates the severity of the stressor?

Accepted Answer

Primary

Question 18

What is the smallest unit of sound?

Accepted Answer

Phonemes

Question 19

What is cognitive dissonance?

Accepted Answer

When one's thoughts and behaviors do not match up

Question 20

What is the Independent Variable?

Accepted Answer

The variable that determines the outcome of another variable

Question 21

What is emotional intelligence?

Accepted Answer

Capability of being aware of, control& express one’s emotion

Question 22

How does a piece of information move from your sensory memory to your short term memory?

Accepted Answer

Simply by paying attention to it

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 goals of psychology?

Accepted Answer

Experiment

Question 24

What is the purpose of the ego?

Accepted Answer

To please the id within reasonable methods

Question 25

Learning is a change in behavior as a result of experience. (True or False)

Accepted Answer

False, True

Question 26

What is the function of the amygdala?

Accepted Answer

Fear Response

Question 27

In this type of stress appraisal a person estimates the amount of resources that he or she has?

Accepted Answer

Secondary

Question 28

Neo-Freudians built theories that supported Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories. (T or F)

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What is sociology?

Accepted Answer

The study of different groups of people

Question 30

Complete the order of Maslows hierarchy of needs from bottom to top:Physiological, Safety, Love

Accepted Answer

Esteem Cognitive Aesthetics Self-Actualization Transcendence

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT one of the big 5 personality traits?

Accepted Answer

Emotion

Question 32

What is extrinsic motivation?

Accepted Answer

Motivation stemming from external rewards.

Question 33

Which one of these BEST describes consciousness?

Accepted Answer

The state of being awake and aware of one’s surroundings

Question 34

What is a primary drive?

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A biological or survival need.

Question 35

Schizophrenia can be characterized by disorganized and disturbed perceptions. (True or False)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

What are the 3 different types of conflict?

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Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Unconscious

Question 37

What is self-efficacy?

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An individual’s belief in their ability to achieve goals.

Question 38

Who Opened first experimental laboratory in psychology?

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Wilhelm Wundt

Question 39

What is discrimination?

Accepted Answer

The actions against a group of people

Question 40

Who was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in Psychology?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Floy Washburn

Question 41

An emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat...

Accepted Answer

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 42

List the three parenting styles from most strict to least strict

Accepted Answer

authoritarian, authoritative and permissive

Question 43

Psychology is cool (True or False)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

What is “personality?”

Accepted Answer

The unique and stable ways people think, feel, and behave

Question 45

What is the humanistic view of psychology?

Accepted Answer

The belief that one is essentially good.

Question 46

Who is responsible for the “little albert” experiment?

Accepted Answer

John B. Watson

Duplicate of PSY101 Trivia Night

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Duplicate of PSY101 Trivia Night

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