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How much do you know about the human mind?
Think you know what makes us humans tick? Take this quiz to find out just how much you know about the basics of psychology.
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Psychology is the study of...
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. It examines topics like social pressures, biological influences, and the impact of environmental factors on a person's thinking, feelings, and actions.
What two disciplines did psychology emerge from?
Psychology derived from physiology(biology) and philosophy. The word itself was formed from the Greek words 'psyche' for soul and mind, and 'logos' for science.
According to Sigmund Freud, the personality is made up of id, ego and _____?
According to Freud, the id is the primitive part of the mind. The super-ego is the moral conscience and the ego is the realistic mediator between the two.
Which psychological evaluation makes the use of dark printed shapes?
The inkblot or Rorschach test reveals how the mind perceives images. It was developed in 1921 by Hermann Rorschach.
Who created the hierarchy of needs?
Although Maslow's hierarchy is now considered to be outdated, it's still useful for personal development and growth in the workplace.
Which philosopher hypothesized that the mind and soul were separate from the body?
Aristotle had a number of hypotheses in addition to this one. He believed that mankind was alone in the universe and that the Earth did not move.
The Barnum effect helps explain people's belief in all of the following, EXCEPT?
The Barnum effect is described as people's tendency to regard certain information, like horoscopes, as true, even though the information is so vague that it could apply to anyone.
Which of theses is NOT a Big Five trait?
The Big Five Personality theory, also known as the OCEAN model, helps us understand others by describing why we act as we do according to five traits: extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
Which pseudoscience involved observing and feeling the skull to determine one's psychological attributes?
Developed by Franz Joseph Gall in 1796, Phrenology involved measuring bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. By the 1840s it was discredited as a scientific theory.
According to Piaget the process of taking new information into one's existing schema is called...
Think of assimilation as changing new information to fit into what we already know. For example, as children, we learned the word for dog. We would then call all four-legged animals dogs. That's assimilation.
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