General psychology
What is the process of receiving physical energy from the environment?
Sensation
How many cranial nerve pairs are there?
12 pairs
SPECIAL QUESTION
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
Who is considered the founder of psychoanalytic theory in developmental psychology?
Sigmund Freud
Who is considered the "father of psychology"?
Wilhelm Wundt
What is the tendency to respond in the same way to similar stimuli called?
Generalization
What does the abbreviation MRI stand for?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Some memories can be inaccurate or distorted over time.
True. Memory is reconstructive and subject to change.
At what age does Piaget’s “sensorimotor stage” end?
2 years old
Which philosopher first used the word "psyche"?
Plato
What is the sudden realization of a problem’s solution called?
Insight
Which brain structure is associated with fear and aggression?
the amygdala
People are born as a “blank slate,” and personality is entirely shaped by environment.
Myth. Both genetics and environment influence personality.
Which psychologist developed the concept of the “zone of proximal development”?
Lev Vygotsky
Which psychological school is associated with John Watson?
Behaviorism
What is the defense mechanism of attributing one’s traits to others called?
Projection
Which ions generate the action potential?
Sodium (Na) and Potassium (K)
Talking about traumatic experiences can sometimes help people recover psychologically.
True. Expressing and processing trauma in therapy can be beneficial.
SPECIAL QUESTION
Which dystopian novel begins with “Big Brother is watching you”?
1984 by George Orwel
Which term did Freud introduce to describe hidden mental processes?
The unconscious
What is the process of unconsciously activating related ideas called?
Priming
What is the primary function of the corpus callosum?
To connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres and enable interhemispheric communication
Left-brain people are logical, right-brain people are creative — and that’s a strict divide.
Myth. Both hemispheres work together in logic and creativity.
Which psychologist is famous for the Bobo doll experiment on social learning?
Albert Bandura
Name one founder of functionalism in psychology.
William James, John Dewey