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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!

61 Questions15 MinutesCreated by ExploringMind77

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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