Psychology Definitions Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz that tests your knowledge of some basic definitions in different areas of psychology.

A multiple-choice quiz by tongababy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tongababy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
310,147

Updated
Dec 03 21

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1. 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. Hint

naturalistic observation

aggression

transference

social facilition

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

attribution theory

social loafing

social facilitation

group polarization

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

cognitive therapy

client-centered therapy

systematic desensitization

behavior therapy

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4. This is known as the tendency to overestimate how much other people share our own ideas and beliefs. Hint

false consensus effect

hindsight bias

replication

group polarization

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5. The term hindsight bias refers to one's belief that he or she can accurately predict the future based on what has already occurred in the past.

True

False

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6. In an experiment, a double blind procedure means that the experimenters are testing for two specific outcomes.

True

False

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7. The mere-exposure effect is the idea that if one is repeatedly exposed to certain stimuli, his or her fondness of these stimuli will increase.

True

False

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8. This test detects brain activity using a radioactive form of glucose. Hint

CT (Computed Tomography) Scan

EEG (Electroencephalogram)

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan

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9. In statistical measures, a correlation between two sets of numbers implies causation.

True

False

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10. This procedure was once commonly used to treat violent or uncontrollable patients. It involved severing the nerves between the frontal lobes of the brain.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 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.

Answer: transference

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

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

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.

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

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.

4. This is known as the tendency to overestimate how much other people share our own ideas and beliefs.

Answer: false consensus effect

We often think that our own ideas are the correct and widely accepted ones. However, each individual has his or her own ideas with which other people may not agree.

5. The term hindsight bias refers to one's belief that he or she can accurately predict the future based on what has already occurred in the past.

Answer: False

Hindsight bias is the belief that after learning the outcome of an event, one should have been able to foresee this outcome. It is also known as the "I knew it all along theory."

6. In an experiment, a double blind procedure means that the experimenters are testing for two specific outcomes.

Answer: False

A double blind procedure refers to a situation in which neither the experimenters nor the participants know which of the participants have received certain treatments and/or placebos. Both the experimenters and the participants are unaware of the particulars in the experiment.

7. The mere-exposure effect is the idea that if one is repeatedly exposed to certain stimuli, his or her fondness of these stimuli will increase.

Answer: True

It is said that 'familiarity breeds fondness." People tend to become attached to the people and places with which they are most familiar.

8. This test detects brain activity using a radioactive form of glucose.

Answer: PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan

The PET scan provides a visual display of where the glucose travels as the brain performs certain tasks, thus showing which parts of the brain are responsible for certain tasks.

9. In statistical measures, a correlation between two sets of numbers implies causation.

Answer: False

Correlation does not mean causation! Just because two sets of numbers may have a relationship to one another, it does not necessarily mean that one causes the other.

10. This procedure was once commonly used to treat violent or uncontrollable patients. It involved severing the nerves between the frontal lobes of the brain.

Answer: lobotomy

Lobotomies are now rarely performed as medications and other safer procedures have been developed to treat those with behavioral or emotional problems.

Source: Author tongababy

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