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• BBehavioral Psychology
• CCognitive Biases
• DDevelopmental Psychology
• PPsychology used in Espionage
• SSocial Psychology
• TThe Psychology of Carl Jung
• TThe Psychology of Negotiation
• TThe Psychology of Trauma

Sample Psychology Quiz Questions

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1. 1.This Russian physiologist discovered that dogs could learn to salivate at the sound of a bell after it was repeatedly paired with food.

   Difficulty: Easy
   • Ivan Pavlov
   • B.F. Skinner
   • John Watson
   • Albert Bandura

   From Behavioral Psychology Trivia →

2. 2.When we value something more highly simply because we own it, we're demonstrating this effect.

   Difficulty: Medium
   • Status Quo Bias
   • Loss Aversion
   • Endowment Effect
   • Possession Attachment

   From Cognitive Biases Trivia →

3. 3.This researcher proposed that infants have innate representations of goal-directed agency and distinguish agents from physical objects.

   Difficulty: Hard
   • Andrew Meltzoff
   • Alison Gopnik
   • Michael Tomasello
   • György Gergely

   From Developmental Psychology Trivia →

4. 4.This fundamental spy skill involves creating a connection of trust and mutual understanding with a target to make them more willing to share information.

   Difficulty: Easy
   • Rapport building
   • Interrogation
   • Surveillance
   • Cryptanalysis

   From Psychology used in Espionage Trivia →

5. 5.College students privately doubted heavy drinking norms but went along because they incorrectly believed everyone else genuinely endorsed the behavior.

   Difficulty: Medium
   • Social proof
   • Conformity bias
   • False consensus effect
   • Pluralistic ignorance

   From Social Psychology Trivia →

6. 6.This alchemical term refers to the raw, undifferentiated material that serves as the starting point for transformation.

   Difficulty: Hard
   • Prima materia
   • Lapis philosophorum
   • Aurum nostrum
   • Opus contra naturam

   From The Psychology of Carl Jung Trivia →

7. 7.This negotiation outcome occurs when both parties leave with more value than they started with, often called a "win-win."

   Difficulty: Easy
   • Integrative agreement
   • Distributive agreement
   • Zero-sum agreement
   • Positional agreement

   From The Psychology of Negotiation Trivia →

8. 8.This therapy developed by Marsha Linehan combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness and was originally created for borderline personality disorder but is now used for trauma.

   Difficulty: Medium
   • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
   • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
   • Gestalt Therapy
   • Person-Centered Therapy

   From The Psychology of Trauma Trivia →

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