Self-Esteem
Which attachment style is negatively correlated with self-esteem levels?
Anxious attachment style
Name the neurotransmitter associated with the reward pathway.
Dopamine (DA)
What was the nature of the correlation between upward comparisons on social media and self-esteem as found by Midgley et al. (2020)?
Negative correlation
In her song, "Stay," Rihanna sings: "Something in the way you move makes me feel like I can't live without you / It takes me all the way / I want you to stay." Which attachment style is embodied from this part of the song?
Anxious attachment
The Merlion is a mythical creature with the head of a ... and the body of a ...
Lion / Fish
The self that is marked by one's responsibilities and duties is called the ... self.
Ought Self
... stimuli are sensory stimuli below an individual's threshold for conscious perception.
Subliminal stimuli
What was the dependent variable in the studies conducted by Midgley et al. (2020)?
State self-esteem
The movie Joker showcases the inability of the main character to realise many of his goals. In psychological terms we can say that joker has a lot of ...
Frustrations
Who was the founder of Singapore?
Sir Stamford Raffles
What is the most common scale used to assess self-esteem?
The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
Is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, what is the name of the 3rd category of needs?
Love and Belonging
In the Vogel et al. (2014) study how did the researchers manipulate the social media profiles?
Whether they engaged in healthy or unhealthy behaviours / high or low social networking
The movie "Gone Girl" encourages viewers to appreciate the situational factors that influence others' behaviours. What is the name of the bias that stems from our tendency to attribute people's behaviours to personality/dispositional factors?
The Fundamental Attribution Error
Name the busiest MRT station in Singapore
Serangoon
People with grandiose narcissism have ... implicit + ... explicit self-esteem
Low implicit + High explicit
After realising that Alex tends to binge eat while gaming, his father confiscated his PS5. What form of operant conditioning is the father using here?
Negative punishment
Why those with an anxious attachment style prefer to have friends who are much better than them?
Because they assimilate the positive traits of their friends, leading to heightened self-validation
In the movie "Fight Club," what psychological disorder did the narrator suffer from?
Dissociative Identity Disorder / Multiple Personality Disorder
Name the oldest public library in Singapore.
The Queenstown Public Library
Cheryl likes items that start with the letter "C." What is the psychological effect at play in this case?
Self-reference effect
In the 3rd study done Melumad et al. (2021) the participants viewed a Tumblr page either on a smartphone or laptop. They found that the participants had lower stress levels after using the phone. What was the main concern with this study?
Laptops can be associated with more stressful tasks, leading to an increase in stress levels after using it.
Which combination of attachment styles leads one to experience an increase in self-esteem following criticising ambivalent celebrities?
High Avoidant + Low Anxious
In the movie "Rocky," the main character channels all his anger into boxing which is a socially acceptable behavior. In Freudian terms, what is the name of this defence mechanism.
Sublimation
When did the Singaporean government implement a ban on chewing gum?
1992