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Psychology Knowledge Challenge
Test your knowledge of psychology with our exciting quiz! This quiz covers various aspects of psychological concepts, theories, and practices. Whether you're a student, educator, or just passionate about psychology, this quiz is designed to engage and challenge you!
- 30 thought-provoking questions
- Multiple-choice format
- Learn while you play!
Wilhelm Wundt’s lab later became known as _____
Institute for the Study of Human Behaviour
Institute of Psychological studies
Institute for Cognitive Psychology
According to the Information Processing Model of Memory, the ______ receives information from the environment and holds briefy before sending it on to the ________
Sensory Register; Working Memory
Sensory Register; Long Term Memory
Working Memory; Short TermMemory
Short Term Memory; Long TermMemory
In Classical Conditioning, the _______ is the stimulus which previously did not elicit and response but now elicits a desired response after being paired with another stimulus
Conditioned stimulus
Natural stimulus
Conditioned response
Unconditioned stimulus
“A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy”. This statement was used to _____
Kick against the use of animals in psychological research
Support the use of animals in psychological research
Show that animals are di"erent from humans
Show that animals benefit from psychological research
One way in which the Classical Conditioning theory of learning is applied in business is by ______
Making celebrities advertise products
Scratch-and-win-promotions
Making sure every employee has a written contract
Giving bonuses during promotions
A police officer has the ability to use a criminal’s handwriting to predict his personality and track him down. What Pseudo-psychological practice does this ability reflect?
Graphology
Palmstry
The handwriting technique
Palmology
In the psychology of learning, evidence shows that _____
Intrinsically motivated learning is often more effective than extrinsically motivated learning
Extrinsically motivated learning comes from the inside of the individual
Intrinsically motivated learning comes from the outside of the individual
Extrinsically motivated learning is often more effective than intrinsically motivated learning
Joan says that she believes there is a ghost in an empty room in her rented apartment. She says this is because she has been hearing noises, and sometimes some violent kicking in there and yet when she opens the door there is not one in there. Joan is probably experiencing
Poltergeist Phenomenon
Psychokinesis
Survival Phenomenon
Near Death experience
When information is retrieved from the Long-Term Memory it is often sent to the ____
Working memory
Declarative memory
Sensory memory
Sensory Register
A Trigram is a ______
Three-letter combination of a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant
Three-sided forms of memory
Multi-model of memory made up of three distinct memory stores
Three-letter combination of a Vowel-Consonant-Vowel
Dansoaa is 5 years old and yet she is unable to do many of the things children of her age normally do. Her mother’s friend advises her to take Dansoaa to see Dr. Farida because she is a psychologist who specialises in the changes that occur in people from birth to death. Dr. Farida is a
Developmental Psychologist
Clinical Psychologist
Forensic Psychologist
Cognitive Psychologists
In the, John B. Watson argued that Psychologists need to study observable behaviour
1920s
1900s
1940s
1930s
Johny told his friend that a road accident is going to happen the following week in their neighbourhood and 10 people would die in that accident. The friend did not believe him. The following week, the accident happened and 10 people died. What parapsychological field explains Johny’s prediction?
Precognition
Prophetic psychology
Psychokinesis
Clairvoyance
It was a psychologist called ______who argued that psychologists need to adopt the scientific method to study observable behaviour so that the field of psychology could be seen as ascience.
John B. Watson
Sigmund Freud
B.F. Skinner
Wilhelm Wundt
. Which area in psychology would be most likely to study the phenomenon of "peer influence"?
Social Psychology
Comparative Psychology
Physiological psychology
Educational Psychology
In classicalconditioning, _____
The Neutral Stimulus and the Unconditioned Stimulus are often presented together
The Unconditioned Stimulus is often presented before the Neutral Stimulus
There is no difference between the Conditioned Response and the Neutral Response
. The Neutral Stimulus is often presented before the Unconditioned Stimulus
Nana is three years old. He has been crying for the past 30 minutes telling his mother that he wants chocolate. His mother finally gives the chocolate after Nana has cried for another 10 minutes. Nana takes the chocolate and throws it away. Nana’s behaviour can be described as _____
Frustration Behaviour
Conditioned Behaviour
Goal-directed Behaviour
Reflex Behaviour
Soul or spirit after the death of the body returns to life in another human body - this is called ____
Reincarnation
After death experience
Apparitional experiences
Rebirth
In memory studies, Encoding refers to _____
The conversion of sensory information into storage codes
The conversation of words into sound
The conversation of sounds into words
The conversion of storage codes into sensory information
If a person says that she wants to specialize in an area of psychology where she can use scientific approaches to try to treat psychological and behaviour problems, them it is likely she wants to be a ____
Clinical Psychologist
Industrial and organizational psychologist
Forensic Psychologist
Social Psychologists
The practice of using the bumps on a person’s head to tell something about their personality is called______
Phrenology
Physiology
Astrology
Clairvoyance
Another name for Operant Conditioning is Instrumental Learning. This is because ____
The Learner is considered to play an instrumental part in the learning process
The learning involves the use of instruments for experiments
The Learning process is not possible without the use of psychological instruments
The Learner responds to instruments that have been paired together over a long
In Ghana, some Christian leaders are called Prophets because it is believed that they can see events that will happen in the future before those events happen. In Psychology, this prediction of future events would be described
Precognition
Prophetic psychology
Clairvoyance
Psychokinesis
Which of the following is NOT part of the definition of psychology?
Therapy
Science
Behaviour
Mental process
Which of the reasons best explains why we study psychology?
To understand and predict human behavior
To have the answers to all of life's questions.
To be able to view the human mind and how itworks.
To learn how to manipulate others.
One of the following is a learner factor that can affect the effectiveness of human.
Maturity
The learning environment
Content
The teaching and learning aides used
Stimuli associated with information stored in memory that can aid in retrieving that information later are called _____
Retrieval cues
Interfering cues
Semantic Memory
Episodic Memory
. A mining company says that they are having problems with the way their workers are behaving at work. Someone advises them to go and see Dr. Aboagye because he is a psychologist who has expertise in understanding people’s behaviour at work. Dr. Aboagye is likely
Industrial and Organizational psychologist
Clinical Psychologist
Social Psychologists
Forensic Psychologist
Unlike the science of psychology, pseudo-psychology:
Is false psychology
Has not been subject to critical review
Is interested in the science of human behaviour
Is based on science
Astrology, Palmistry, and Graphology are examples of which of the following?
PseudoPsychology
Unconscious
ParaPsychology
Biochemistry
In the Solomon Asch studies, the control groups in which a different set of ordinary participants were asked to give their responses alone recorded _____
5% errors
76% errors
37% errors
7% errors
One way to assess your own self-esteem is to use _____
A self-report technique
A projective technique
A behavioral trace-report
Direct observation
One key argument of the operant conditioning theory of learning is that _____
The organism’s behaviour is governed by the anticipated consequences rather than automatic response
The organism’s behaviour is governed by its motivation rather than the anticipated consequences
The organism’s behaviour is governed by the strength of the natural stimulus presented
The organism’s behaviour is governed by the laws of natural learning
Prince has moved into a new town for his National Service and is not liking the environment at all. He tried to get his dad to use his links to change his posting but his dad refused. Princes has decided to just get used to that environment and enjoy his National Service. In the Change approach to stress coping, Prince is coping by______
Changing his reaction
Changing positively
Changing Negatively
Changing the situation
In order to reduce pressure that can result in strain, one needs to______
Distinguish between the “shoulds” and the “musts.”
Withdraw from family and friends
Reduce social activities
Wait to see how the pressure builds
One synonym of stress is _____
Pressure
Anger
Joy
Emotions
The difference between Declarative memory and Episodic Memory is that _____
Episodic Memory is a type of Declarative memory
Episodic memory is unforgettable while declarative memory can be forgotten
Declarative memory is short-term while episodic memory is long term
Declarative Memory is a type of Episodic memory
Between the Sensory Memory and the Long-term Memory, _____
The Long-term memory has a bigger capacity
The Sensory Memory has a bigger capacity
The Long-term memory stores more visual codes
The sensory memory stores more visual codes
In conformity, the change in behaviour could be caused by _____
Real or imagined pressure
Real pressure
Imagined pressure only
Individual pressure
Which of the following elements is involved in receiving a message?
Decoding
Encoding
Choosing words
Communicating
In the Kellermann (1996) definition of interpersonal conflict, conflict occurs when
Two individuals are unwilling or unable to fulfill expectations of each other
One person does not like the other
Two people are incompatible or agree only on some issues
Two people are interested in the same scarce resources
Your memory of facts such as the name of the capital city of Nigeria is an example of _____
Declarative Memory
Sensory Memory
Procedural Memory
Working Memory
One type of learning goes beyond the forming of associations to include the integration of knowledge skills etc. This type of learning is called_____
Complex learning
Cognitive learning
Associative learning
Self-regulatory learning
Some psychologists argue that the physical or mental state in which a person is, can influence how they store and retrieve information. This view is often referred to as ____
State-dependent memory
Declarative memory
Context-dependent memory
Person-dependent memory
In order to cope with a stressful situation she is facing, Koshi has decided to either avoid the stressful situation altogether, or alter that stressor. In the change approach, Koshi is responding to the stress by___
Changing the situation
Changing positively
Changing her reaction
Changing regularly
The psychological process of pushing out painful experiences from our memories is called____
Repression
Conscious forgetting
Suppression
Forgetting
Communicating by using noticeboards is an example of______
Verbal communication
Interpersonal communication
Non-verbal communication
Decoding of communication
. One way to use communication to reduce the tension when a conflict occurs is to____
Ask gentle, probing questions
Ignore the other person’s outbursts
Let the other person speak first
Be stern in asking your questions straight forward
Which of the following types of interpersonal relationship would often involve emotional and physical bonding/deep attachment, passion, trust, and respect?
Romantic relationship
Acquaintanceship
Platonic friendship
Friendship
One of the guidelines to effective communication is to _____
Speak for yourself
Put people down.
Speak for others
Try to decode what others are thinking using your assumptions
Which type of memory holds information that we cannot readily remember where and when we acquired it?
Semantic memory
Procedural memory
Short-term memory
Episodic Memory
The sensory memory holds ______
Visual information for less than a second and auditory information for a few seconds
Auditory information for less than a second and visual information for a few seconds
Auditory information for 15 seconds and visual information for 7 seconds
Both Auditory and visual information for 5 seconds
According to psychologists, a good interpersonal relationship is
One in which the interactions involved are satisfying to and healthy for those involved
One in which the interactions involved are determined by the initiator
One in which the interactions involved are satisfying to at least one of those involved
One in which the man is the master and the woman is his subordinate
Osmond met and interacted with Antonia during one lecture. Since then, Osmond and Antonia interact only when they meet in class. The relationship between these two can be described as _____
Acquaintanceship
Friendship
Platonic friendship
Dating
Operant conditioning is a_____
Neo-Behaviorist theory of learning
Neo-Functionalist theory of learning
Cognitive theory of learning
Functionalist theory of learning
One way to communicate non-verbally is ______
Through the use of personal space
By chatting on WhatsApp
By writing letters
By using poster boards
An ice cream seller realizes that the children in her community like Scooby Doo a lot. In order to get them to buy her ice cream, she decorates her ice cream shop with Scooby Doo pictures and names her ice cream “Scooby Cream”. In classical conditioning, the Scooby decorations would represent _____
Conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response.
Unconditioned stimulus
Neutral stimulus
One unhealthy way of stress coping is ______
Withdrawing from friends, family, and social activities
Focusing on the stressor
Staying with family and friends
Engaging in social activities
In the psychology of communication, “Encoding” implies _____
Putting the message into words
Interpreting the message for meaning
Considering possible barriers
Hearing or seeing the message
Information that is not rehearsed/used in the Short-term Memory is ___
Lost/ forgotten at the Short-term Memory stage.
Automatically transferred to the Long-term Memory
Kept in the Short-term memory without being transferred to the Long-term Memory
Sent back to the Sensory memory for further processing
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