Psychology Facts
What is confirmation bias?
The tendency to search for information that supports our existing beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence.
Which animal is known as the largest living animal on earth?
A blue whale
Which planet is known for having a red color due to oxidation?
Mars
What is the county seat of Schuylkill county?
Pottsville
Which artist holds the record for the highest grossing concert tour of all time?
Taylor Swift, (The Eras Tour, 2023–2024, $2.07 billion)
What were the Milgram Experiments?
A famous Psychological experiment in the 1960s that demonstrated people would obey authority figure even if it meant harm to another person.
Which flightless bird from New Zealand is known for having a strong sense of smell?
A Kiwi
what is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
Milky Way
Which industry is responsible for the founding of and immigration to the area around Pottsville?
Anthracite Coal Mining Industry
Name the fictional Kingdom the plot of Game of Thrones primarily takes place in?
The Seven Kingdoms (Westeros is the continent)
What is the Bystander effect?
The phenomenon where people are less likely to offer help to a victim when another person is present
What is the only mammal capable of true powered flight. (For example, gliding does not count)
A bat
What is the name of our Sun?
Sol
What town did Muhammed Ali build his training center in schulkill county?
Deer Lake, (Tamaqua)
What is the highest grossing album of all time? (most albums sold)
Michael Jackson's Thriller (70 - 100 million)
Define the term "cognitive dissonance".
The mental discomfort you feel when your actions, beliefs, or values do not match.
People resolve this discomfort by: Rationalizations, (I shouldn't have cheated on that test, but the teacher makes the class way too hard), Confirmation bias, (Smoker who shares a single article about a 100-year-old who smoked every day.)
Which species of shark is known for living over 400+ years?
Greenland Sharks.
They reach sexual maturity at about 150 years old.
At 0.67 mph (0.3 m/s), they are the slowest-moving sharks on record
Toxic flesh: High concentrations of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) and urea in
Nearly blind
Eat fast animals like seals, polar bears, reindeer, and horses
Who first mathematically proposed the concept of a black hole?
Albert Einstein in his papers General Relativity and Specific Relativity
The Original Yuengling Brewery opened in 1829. In what year was it rebuilt due to a fire?
1831
Name 3 people to act as Spiderman
Tobey McGuire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland
Name the swiss psychologist who developed the "Theory of Cognitive Development", which states children move through distinct stages of mental growth. He is the reason we believe children do not think the same as men. (1930s)
Jean Piaget
Which animal has the highest blood pressure, averaging around 280/180 mmHG
A giraffe
Which moon (One of Saturn's) is the only moon in our solar system known to have a dense atmosphere and liquid lakes on its surface?
Titan, but it is made of methane and -290 F
Name of the National Football League (NFL, before the merger in the 70s) champions in 1925
The Pottsville Marooners
Who directed the highest grossing movie of all time?
James Cameron, (Avatar, $2.923 Billion, 2009)