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  It's All Happening Inside Your Head   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
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We're all a little bizarre, That's simply how we are, It's true enough, Even when it's rough, Our differences no one can bar!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, beergirllaura, Sep 25 15
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Help  Theyre Cutting My Hair
  Help! They're Cutting My Hair!   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
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My young grandson, "G", HATES to have his hair cut. After my first attempts that left both of us shaking and trembling, I decided to put my knowledge of psychology to good use!
Average, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Jan 23 16
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  Psychoanalyze This!   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Put your diagnostic skills to the test and help me psychoanalyze the characters from A.A. Milne's popular children's story, 'Winnie the Pooh'!
Average, 10 Qns, Barbiegurl676, Jul 22 12
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  Famous Psychotherapists   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
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In this quiz, the aim is to match the names of famous psychotherapists with the type of therapy that they are most closely associated with.
Average, 10 Qns, agentofchaos, Sep 05 21
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Sep 05 21
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  Does the Name Pavlov Ring a Bell? editor best quiz   best quiz  
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If it does, then you may well be interested in research into animal behaviour. How much do you know about some of the experiments that have enhanced our understanding of the world's wonderful fauna?
Average, 10 Qns, ajwtimperley, Oct 07 12
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  Psychology Definitions   great trivia quiz  
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This is a quiz that tests your knowledge of some basic definitions in different areas of psychology.
Average, 10 Qns, tongababy, May 23 09
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  Psychologists   top quiz  
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Here are ten psychologists that made major contributions to their field. Match the psychologist to their theory or field.
Average, 10 Qns, Rehaberpro, Feb 17 17
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  Remember the Time   popular trivia quiz  
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Our memory is what allows us to separate what happened in times past from things that we have only imagined. Yet, sometimes the boundary between them can become blurred. This quiz looks at some fascinating aspects of human memory.
Average, 10 Qns, agentofchaos, Jun 02 20
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Jun 02 20
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  Psychology Schools    
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match the founder to the school of thought
There are dozens of schools of psychotherapy and it is becoming even harder to sort them all out., This quiz is about matching the particular school to the founders or main proponents of that school.
Average, 10 Qns, grisham, Jan 18 23
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Jan 18 23
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  When Your World Goes Dark... Then What?   great trivia quiz  
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Death. All of us have strong feelings and opinions about dying and what happens next. Some believe we simply cease to exist while others believe in an afterlife. This quiz is a look at the scientific research on the field of near death experiences.
Tough, 10 Qns, BigTriviaDawg, Jan 10 22
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Jan 10 22
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trivia question Quick Question
What is the name for a partial or complete loss of coordination of voluntary muscular movement?

From Quiz "Common Mental Illnesses and Treatments"




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  Think About Thinking    
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Let's talk about your thoughts.
Average, 10 Qns, Ilona_Ritter, Mar 28 22
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Mar 28 22
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  Logotherapy of Viktor Frankl    
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Logotherapy has often been been recognized as one of the three Viennese schools of psychology - the first two of course being the schools of Freud and Adler. It is also the least known, so this quiz is a chance to learn a bit about logotherapy.
Tough, 10 Qns, grisham, May 25 23
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May 25 23
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  Memory    
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Upon reviewing for a Psychology AS exam, I have made a revision resource for anyone wanting to revise memory... or just wanting to know about memory in general.
Tough, 10 Qns, Purling, Aug 16 14
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  Depression, Anxiety and Metacognitive Therapy    
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Cognitive therapy for depression and anxiety has been around for half a century. Metacognitive therapy is a much more recent development based on a different theory. What do you know about this treatment?
Tough, 10 Qns, drx3dan, May 25 19
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Psychology Trivia Questions

1. Who came up with the 'Multi-Store Model of Memory'?

From Quiz
Memory

Answer: Atkinson and Shriffin

Atkinson and Shriffin developed this model, describing memory as a fixed, linear process of stores - from our sensory memory, to our short-term memory, to our long-term memory.

2. Ivan Pavlov is most famous for his demonstrations of classical conditioning. Which household pet did he use for his experiments?

From Quiz Does the Name Pavlov Ring a Bell?

Answer: Dogs

Pavlov noticed that dogs started to salivate when there was a stimulus that they associated with food. In the most famous experiment, Pavlov struck a bell when the dogs were given their food. After a few repetitions, the dogs began to associate the sound of the bell with being given their food. The dogs would then start to salivate just on hearing the sound of the bell.

3. In psychoanalysis, this term refers to when a patient directs his or her emotions for someone else (such as love or hatred for a parent) towards the therapist.

From Quiz Psychology Definitions

Answer: transference

Another example of transference would be a wife feeling hatred towards the psychoanalyst when in reality her hatred is for her husband.

4. When did Frankl first professionally develop logotherapy?

From Quiz Logotherapy of Viktor Frankl

Answer: 1920s

Frankl, born in 1905 started formulating his theory from a very young age. He had already written many articles in the 1920s and 1930s and then a full, book-length, manuscript by 1941 but that manuscript was confiscated by the Nazis upon his being taken to a concentration camp. After he left Adler's academy in 1927, his work on logotherapy proceeded in earnest, developing methods to go along with the theory.

5. Memory researchers have identified a number of factors that can foster false memories. For example, simply imagining an event can boost a person's confidence that they actually experienced it, a phenomenon known by what name?

From Quiz Remember the Time

Answer: Imagination inflation

Studies have also found that imagining events can increase the effects of suggestion in creating false childhood memories. Researchers think that when people are deciding whether a mental event represents a real memory or not, they may rely on cues, such as how much sensory and contextual information the mental event contains. Vividly imaging an event can simulate sensory and contextual cues that may lead to confusion about whether what is imagined actually happened, fostering false memories. Other studies have found that showing people doctored photos of supposed past events that did not actually happen can induce at least some people to report that they remember the event. For example, in one study, people who were shown a doctored photo of President Obama shaking hands with the Iranian President (which did not actually happen) with an accompanying bogus news story later claimed that they had previously seen this photo on the news. These are all examples of what memory researchers call source monitoring errors, i.e., when a person becomes confused about where they acquired particular information and attribute it to their own personal experience.

6. Remember Freud, Jung and Skinner? They made important contributions, but unrelated to metacognitive therapy. Who pioneered metacognitive therapy in depression and anxiety?

From Quiz Depression, Anxiety and Metacognitive Therapy

Answer: Adrian Wells

Dissatisfied with psychoanalysis, Aaron Beck from Philadelphia pioneered cognitive therapy for the treatment of depression in the 1960s. Isaac Marks was an important British behavioral therapist. Max Hamilton was a British psychiatrist who created two popular rating scales for depression and anxiety. At the time of writing, Adrian Wells is Professor of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology at the University of Manchester. In 2009 he published a seminal book titled 'Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression'.

7. Miller (1956) researched the capacity of our short-term memory. What did he say was the capacity of short-term memory?

From Quiz Memory

Answer: 5 to 9 items

Miller suggested that short-term memory could hold 9 items (or seven plus or minus two), suggesting that if chunking were used, these items could be words, and not just letters. Chunking is a strategy to help improve the capacity of short-term memory by grouping singular letters or numbers. For example 1234567890 could become 12 34 56 78 90.

8. Piglet, Pooh's close friend and neighbor, is afraid of nearly everything. Just getting him out of the house is a chore. What could we diagnose him with?

From Quiz Psychoanalyze This!

Answer: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Piglet often experiences near panic attacks when he leaves his house. His inability to enjoy the outside world points to a generalized anxiety disorder that encompasses many factors.

9. This term refers to our ability to improve or enhance our performance of well learned tasks when in the presence of others.

From Quiz Psychology Definitions

Answer: social facilitation

When in front of other people, we want to show off what we know! However, an improved performance will likely not occur with tasks that are very difficult and not yet mastered. We are likely to mess up even more on these tasks when in front of others.

10. Research has found that eye-witness memory is not as reliable as people might think. What is it called when someone's memory of an event is influenced by information provided by a co-witness after the event occurred?

From Quiz Remember the Time

Answer: Memory conformity

Information that a person is exposed to after an event that they have personally witnessed, even if it is inaccurate, can influence how the person subsequently remembers the event. Specifically, discussing the event with a co-witness can affect what an eyewitness subsequently remembers, and may even lead them to report things that did not actually happen. Research has found that some individuals are more inclined to accept misinformation than others.

11. Once you become familiar with it, the theoretical basis of metacognitive therapy feels almost intuitive. In the framework of metacognitive therapy, what is the main type of persistent negative thinking in depression?

From Quiz Depression, Anxiety and Metacognitive Therapy

Answer: Rumination

An obsession is a distressing, unwanted and repetitious idea, impulse or image originating in the person's own mind. For example, an excessive concern about contamination with germs. Compulsions are repetitious behaviors that occur in response to obsessions and are meant to protect the person with the obsessions or other people. For example, repeated hand washing to ward off contamination. In the framework of metacognitive therapy, rumination can be seen as persistent negative inner speech uselessly focused on past events that cannot be undone. Rumination is most likely to occur in depressed people who often reduce their level of activity, which in turn gives them more time to ruminate. Rumination can be perceived as uncontrollable. If persistent, it can prolong and worsen the emotional distress of depressed people.

12. What was the role of the Central Executive in the Working Memory Model?

From Quiz Memory

Answer: It acts as an 'allocator of resources' and deals with the problem-solving and reasoning tasks

Baddeley and Hitch created this model on the principle that the short-term memory can be split up into components that work simultaneously. The Central Executive sends information to other components in this model, and is key to this model. This model conflicts with Atkinson and Shriffin's Multi-Store Model, which suggests that the memory is split into compartments that work separately.

13. Pooh and Piglet share a neighbor, the blue donkey, Eeyore. He often doubts his helpfulness and abilities. His chronic depression can be categorized as what?

From Quiz Psychoanalyze This!

Answer: Chronic Dysthymia

There are many different levels of depression. Long-term mild depression is known as Chronic Dysthymia, and is best treated with anti-depressants and talk therapy.

14. This type of therapy, developed by Carl Rogers, uses active listening and an empathetic environment to help the client.

From Quiz Psychology Definitions

Answer: client-centered therapy

This is a humanistic therapy in which the therapist is supposed to be totally genuine and accepting of the client. It is also known as as Person-Centered Therapy.

15. The term 'Logotherapy' is taken from which ancient language?

From Quiz Logotherapy of Viktor Frankl

Answer: Greek

The term 'logotherapy' is one that Frankl built from the ancient Greek. Logos = meaning. Therapy = healing So, logotherapy would mean 'healing through meaning'. (I didn't argue with his knowledge of Ancient Greek.)

16. At what age does metacognition start to develop?

From Quiz Think About Thinking

Answer: birth

According to David Whitebread (2007) in his PhD on the subject in England, research shows that children develop metacognition skills from birth. This is enhanced by communication, especially with open-ended questions that encourage a child to think about things more. Also, discussing feelings is a good thing so that a child can learn to recognize how they are feeling at any given time.

17. The 2000 movie "Memento" was a about a man who had lost his ability to form new memories as a result of brain damage. What is this condition called?

From Quiz Remember the Time

Answer: Anterograde amnesia

In this film, the protagonist developed anterograde amnesia as a result of a severe head injury he received while being attacked by two men. To cope with his condition, he uses tactics like leaving himself notes and polaroid photos about things he needs to remember later and even has tattoos to permanently store certain pieces of vital information. People with this condition can maintain information in short-term memory for short periods lasting from 30 seconds to several minutes but cannot consolidate this information into permanent long-term memories.

18. Depression and anxiety coexist frequently, but it is useful to develop a theoretical basis only for the metacognitive therapy of anxiety. In the framework of metacognitive therapy, what is the main type of persistent negative thinking in anxiety?

From Quiz Depression, Anxiety and Metacognitive Therapy

Answer: Worry

Filtering, jumping to conclusions and catastrophizing are types of depressive cognitive distortions that are addressed in cognitive therapy and not in metacognitive therapy. In the framework of metacognitive therapy, worry can be seen as persistent negative inner speech consisting of trains of thoughts and questions about possible future threats. Worry can be perceived as uncontrollable and it can have untoward effects on concentration and sleep. If persistent, it can prolong and worsen the emotional distress of anxious people.

19. Which component did Baddeley add into the Working Memory Model that acts as a general store?

From Quiz Memory

Answer: Episodic Buffer

The Episodic Buffer is a general store that holds information that does not fit into the other components, and holds extra space for both visual and acoustic information. This store was added after the Working Memory Model was first suggested by Baddeley.

20. Poor Owl - he is obviously bright, but overcompensates for his inability to read. What is the name for those who have difficulty reading, especially when the letters are transposed?

From Quiz Psychoanalyze This!

Answer: Dyslexia

There are many forms of dyslexia. According to recent research, it affects between 5 and 17 percent of the population. Just because someone has dyslexia does not mean they are unable to learn - it is rumored that Einstein was dyslexic.

21. What is the name of the book written by Viktor Frankl which describes logotherapy and his use of it in the concentration camps?

From Quiz Logotherapy of Viktor Frankl

Answer: Man's Search for Meaning

This book was originally written by him anonymously in 1947 under a different title - 'Existential Psychology in the Concentration Camps'. It is an autobiographical account of his life prior to and during his experiences as a prisoner in four different camps. He includes also a primer on logotherapy. He was later convinced by friends to publish his own name which gave the book even more prominence. "The Choice", by Dr. Edith Eger, and "Night", by Elie Wiesel are also autobiographical accounts of the Holocaust. "Faith After the Holocaust" was written by Eliezer Berkowitz about theological questions after the Holocaust.

22. For a memory to become permanent, it must be transferred from short-term to long-term memory. What seahorse-shaped component of the brain's limbic system seems to play a critical role in this process?

From Quiz Remember the Time

Answer: Hippocampus

In a famous medical case in 1953, a patient known as "HM" had his hippocampus surgically removed to control severe epileptic seizures. The operation was partially successful in terms of his epilepsy but had the unfortunate side-effect of leaving him unable to permanently form new episodic memories. For example, he was permanently unable to recognise or recall the names of staff members in the hospital he resided in, even after interacting with them daily for many years. Other cases since then have confirmed that accidental or surgical damage to the hippocampus has this detrimental effect on memory.

23. Loftus and Palmer did a study about misleading information and its effect on eyewitness testimony. What did they find about the descriptive word used in questioning eyewitnesses about an event?

From Quiz Memory

Answer: The stronger the word, the more influence it had on eyewitnesses' perception

Loftus and Palmer suggested that the stronger the word used by police, the more dramatically the event would be remembered. Because the police need to know exactly what happened during a crime, even the words that they use to ask questions to eyewitnesses could affect what they say they saw, leading to misleading information. In a study, they asked participants to view a clip of a car accident. They split them into two groups. Group 1 was asked how fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other. Group 2 was asked how fast were the cars going when they hit each other. A week later, the participants were asked if there was any glass. They found that the word 'smashed' had a bigger impact on the participants' perceptions, and participants who heard that word were more likely to say there was glass because it is a stronger word. However, the word 'hit' had less of an impact on perceptions and that group was less likely to say there were broken glass.

24. What is the first step in developing metacognition?

From Quiz Think About Thinking

Answer: Identifying what you know

You need to know what you know before thinking about what you know. To do this, write two lists, "What I know about (topic)" and "what I want to learn about (topic)."

25. According to Bruce Greyson, which demographic of people is most likely to have a near-death experience (NDE) after a traumatic injury?

From Quiz When Your World Goes Dark... Then What?

Answer: NDE happen at the same rate to every group

Amazingly, after collecting thousands of experiences, Dr. Greyson writes that all groups of people have an equal likelihood to have a near-death experience. Interestingly, the person who judges they were not doing as well as they should in life are usually the ones who completely change their life to focus on doing better. Almost all believe the experience was very real and take it as a sign of how they should live the rest of their lives. Greyson, B (2014) "chapter 12: "Near-Death Experiences. Cardenza, E. et. Al. "Varieties of Anomalous Experience: examining the scientific evidence." Pp 333-367.

26. In metacognitive therapy a certain treatment technique plays a major role and must be practiced on a daily basis. What is the name of this technique?

From Quiz Depression, Anxiety and Metacognitive Therapy

Answer: Attention training technique

Attention training is a technique developed by Professor Adrian Wells. This technique aims at weakening the cognitive attentional syndrome and enhancing awareness of attention control. The duration of the technique is about twelve minutes. The person focuses actively on diverse sounds in various locations while simultaneously attempting to decrease distraction and preserve selectivity. In addition to attention training, to further weaken the cognitive attentional syndrome the patient learns novel approaches in relating to negative thoughts and beliefs and is helped to gradually give up metacognitive beliefs that generate disadvantageous ways of thinking. Balanced thought is the goal of completing thought records, typically used in cognitive therapy for depression and anxiety. Autogenic training is a relaxation technique developed by the German psychiatrist Schultz. Relaxation breathing is a type of calming breathing.

27. What term did Loftus (1979) use to describe the belief that anxiety about a weapon affected the accuracy of eyewitness testimony?

From Quiz Memory

Answer: The Weapon Focus Effect

Loftus (1979) asked participants to wait outside a laboratory, where they overheard what they believed to be a real incident. Half of the participants heard a friendly argument and saw a man come out with a greasy hand holding a pen. The other half heard a hostile argument and the sound of furniture breaking. They then saw a man come out with a bloody hand carrying a knife. Participants were asked to identify the man out of 50 photos. They found that those who overheard the more peaceful argument had better accuracy than those who heard the hostile argument. Loftus believed it was because the anxiety of seeing a weapon (i.e. the bloody knife) narrowed the focus of the participants and took the attention away from the face.

28. Tigger could be diagnosed with many different mental disorders. He is impulsive, hyper, and gregarious. What is one disorder he wouldn't be diagnosed with?

From Quiz Psychoanalyze This!

Answer: Major Depressive Disorder

Tigger is very rarely in a 'low' mood. He is always bouncing around and seems to love life, almost too much. If he were to have low days, he might be considered Bipolar, but the majority of his experiences are seen through heightened awareness, which means he is probably not suffering from Major Depressive Disorder.

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