Psychology General
Psychology Specific
About ASU
Neuroscience
The Future
100

True or False-

For nearly a century, Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development predominated the field of Developmental Psychology

True af

100

Harry Harlow's monkies preferred ______ over food? 

Comfort

100

What is the official mascot of ASU?

Sparky the Sun Devil

100

What is the stress hormone? 

Cortisol 

100

What does A.I. stand for? 

Artificial intelligence

200

What is the current version of the DSM

V or 5

200

What does I.Q. stand for? 

Intelligence Quotient

200

How many students are enrolled at ASU?

as of 2016,    71,946 students

(closest answer wins)

200

What are the two different nervous systems? 

Central nervous system 

&

Pheripherial nervous system 

200

True or False-

Some psychological treatments can be administered virtually?

True

300

What animals were used in 

300

What is the Placebo effect?

a beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient's belief in that treatment.

300

ASU was founded the same year that Arizona became a state.

ASU was founded in 1885 as the Arizona Territorial Normal School (this is 27 years before Arizona was declared an official state)

300

What area of the brain is responsible for storing memories?

Hippocampus 

300

Which private corporation has plans to send people to Mars by 2020? 

SpaceX

400

What comes first Flirting or Attraction? 

Attraction

400

What type of behavior did Pavlov's dogs respond with?

Classical Conditioning 

400

How many undergraduate programs are there at ASU?

350 undergraduate majors

400

What are the 5 categories of taste?

Sweet

Salty

Sour

Bitter 

Umami


400

What cheap and effective Virtual technology that is currently being studied frequently?

Virtual Reality 

500

John was excited when he won November's perfect attendance award & attributed his success to responsible he was. The next month Madison won the award, and John attributed her success to a rigged system. What psychological theory could explain John's behavior? 

Self Serving bias 

500

What are the two ways people process information? 

Central and Peripheral (ELM)


Systematic and Heuristic (HSM)

500

 Who earns the highest annual salary at ASU?

Michael “Todd” Graham- the Head Coach Football ($3,200,000)

next is the men's basketball head coach…. 

6th is Michael Crow




500

Name all four Brain Lobes

Frontal

Parietal

Temporal

Occipital 

500

Name 3 advantages of using Virtual reality therapies over traditional in-person therapies when treating situational phobias? 

Cheap

Safe

Just as effective as in-person treatments

Simulates the real environment 

The therapist has more control over the patient's environment 

The patient can leave the environment whenever they wish 


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