Sensation & Perception
Thinking and Intelligence
Riddles
Sports
Movies and Music
100

The transformation of stimulus energy to electrochemical energy of neural impulses (except smell).

Transduction

100

The study of internal mental processes.

Cognitive Psychology

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Egg

100

This NFL quarterback is married to Hailee Steinfeld.

Josh Allen

100

You can see this actor in hit movies like Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Anyone But You, and The Running Man.

Glen Powell

200

This theory predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background stimulation.

Signal Detection Theory

200

Thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.

Divergent Thinking

200

I am always running, yet I never move. I'm often watched but never touched. What am I?

Time

200

For the first time in 10 years, this NFL team will not be going to the playoffs.

Kansas City Chiefs

200

Jim Carrey plays this iconic Christmas character in the 2000 movie of a similar name.

The Grinch

300

This is the principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage.

Weber's Law

300

The tendency to view problems only in their customary manner.

Functional Fixedness

300

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

Penny

300

This NHL team is the only US-based team to win the Stanley Cup more than 10 times.

Detroit Red Wings

300

The final line of this 1992 superhero classic is "Merry Christmas to all good men... and women."

Batman Returns

400

The ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D) and to judge the distance of objects.

Depth Perception

400

Practical intelligence, Analytical intelligence, and Creative intelligence are all a part of this theory.

Steinberg's Theory of Intelligence.

400

What has many teeth, but can't bite?

Comb

400

This Vermont born rugby player went on to win a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Ilona Maher

400

This popular music artist reclaimed his title as Spotify's most streamed artist in the world in 2025.

Bad Bunny

500

Smallest level of stimulus that can be detected, usually defined as at least half the time(Point something becomes noticeable)

Absolute Threshold

500

The two-part test development procedure is called this.

Standardization

500

What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?

Stamp

500

This USA Olympic athlete won 3 gold medals in the 2024 Paris Olympics and is the worlds most decorated Gymnast.

Simone Biles

500

This 1939 movie musical changed the film industry forever, and is the spring musical that DSF Theatre will be performing this year.

The Wizard of Oz.