Psyc
Psyc 2
General knowledge
Hobart History
Trick
100
  1. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of:
    a. people and things
    b. emotions and beliefs
    c. perception and religion
    d. mind and behaviour

d. mind and behaviour

100
  1. Another term for reinforcement is:
    a. stimulus
    b. reward
    c. response
    d. condition

b. reward

100

What 2 numbers come after 5

"6 7" (including silly hands up down movements)

100

Name the Mountain behind Hobart

Mount Wellington or kunanyi

100

1. What are two things you can never eat for breakfast?


Lunch and Dinner

200
  1. The word “psychology’ comes from:
    a. Latin
    b. Spanish
    c. Greek
    d. Italian

Greek

200
  1. Darwin’s theory of ______ argued that physiological characteristics evolve because they are useful to the
    organism.
    a. extreme usefulness
    b. natural endowment
    c. natural selection
    d. natural wellbeing

c. natural selection

200

What Australian animal poops in cubes?

Wombat

200

Name the river running through Hobart

Derwent

200

3. What gets wetter the more it dries?


A towel

300

Anything that seeks to continue a desired behavior by the removal of something the organism doesn't like is called __.




Negative Reinforcement

300


Decrease a behavior from happening again by following it with a negative consequence




Negative Reinforcement


Punishment


Operant Conditioning


Escape Learning


Punishment

300

How many months have 28 days?

All of them

300

What year did the Tasman Bridge open

1965

300

5. What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary?


Incorrectly

400

When learning first takes place, we would say that __ has occurred.

Acquisition

Extinction

Spontaneous Recovery

Discrimination


Acquisition

400

Where is the largest desert on earth?

antarctica

400

When was Hobart founded

Hobart was founded in 1804

400

17. You spot a boat full of people but there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?


Everyone on board is married

500

What is an Operant Chamber or Skinner Box?


A laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior.

500


Whose name is synonymous with Operant Conditioning?




Skinner


Watson


Bandura


Ebbinhaus


Skinner

500

Located in Iceland, what is Sundhnúkagígaröðin?

A volcano

500

Name the ship that convicts escaped on and sailed from Sarah Island to Chile on in 1834

Frederick

500

13. What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter in it?


An envelope

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