Armchair Psychology 102
This effect is the tendency to search for, interpret, favour, and recall information that supports one's prior beliefs or values
What is confirmation bias?
Alexander the Great was born in Pella, which at the time was a city in this Kingdom
What is Macedonia?
To refuse to give something or to keep back something
What is withhold?
Persian for "place of" or "country", which stan is the largest by area?
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
What is Kazakhstan? (2,724,900km2)
Also known as camel flu, this coronavirus should have serve as a warning when it was launched onto the world stage in 2012.
What is MERS? (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
This is the name given to the condition in which hostages develop a psychological alliance with their captors during captivity
What is Stockholm syndrome?
Spartacus, a 1960 American epic historical drama film about a slave turned rebellion leader, is directed by this director
Who is Stanley Kubrick?
You might find these on a rock climbing wall
What is a fingerhold?
This city, known at the time as Constantinople, was at one point the capital of the Roman Empire
what is Istanbul?
This month was when doctors first noted cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China.
What is December (2019)?
the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions and attitude change
What is Cognitive Dissonance?
Commander of the Carthaginian armies during the Second Punic War with Rome, this general had a formidable brain for military tactics, although he certainly didn't feed any brains to the people he defeated.
Who is Hannibal the Great?
A position of complete control that prevents something from developing
What is a stranglehold?
These islands, belonging to Republic of Ecuador, were famously studied by Charles Darwin during the second voyage of HMS Beagle
What are the Galápagos Islands?
We all know the USA is leading the way, but this country is currently in bronze-medal position on the COVID-19 deaths leaderboard
What is India?
This is the name given to the effect in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability
What is the Dunning–Kruger effect?
Inhabited by Celtic tribes, this was the name for the region of Western Europe as described by the Romans
what is Gaul?
A savvy sales person might have done this action if their customer ends up purchasing a related (or perhaps more expensive) item that they originally didn't intend to
What is upsold?
This archipelago containing 115 islands is Africa's smallest nation
What is Seychelles?
This country currently has the most deaths PER CAPITA from COVID-19. I will also accept #2 and #3
What is Belgium?
#1 Belgium
#2 Peru
#3 UK
We've all heard about the placebo effect, but what is the name given to the opposite effect, where a harmless treatment is associated with harmful side effects or worsening of symptoms due to negative expectations.
What is the nocebo effect?
Played by Joaquin Phoenix in the movie Gladiator, this Roman emperor was the son of Marcus Aurelius
Who is Commodus?
A traditional measurement that might be used in the Census
What is Household?
This country is completely surrounded on all sides (or "enclaved") by South Africa
What is Lesotho?
this province, of which Wuhan is the capital, is the birthplace of COVID-19
What is Hubei?