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100

This psychologist is known for his experiments on classical conditioning with dogs.

Who is Ivan Pavlov

100

The death of his dog sets him on a rampage

Who is John Wick

100

The name of the empire based in Rome.

Roman.

100

Freud's personality theory.

What is psychodynamic theory. 

100
One of the brain structures all mammals share.

What is the brain stem or the limbic system.

200

This modern psychological approach focuses on mental processes such as memory, problem-solving, and decision-making.

What is the cognitive approach.

200


Yield

200

This climate disaster led to incredible poverty and famine in the prairies during the 1930's.

What is Dustbowl, or drought

200

This personality assessment tool groups human personality into 16 types.

What is Myers-Briggs

200

This imaging technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed images of the brain.

What is an MRI.

300

The approach emphasizing the influence of genetics and the brain on behviour.

What is the biological approach

300

Gala, Fuji, and Honeycrisp

What are apples

300

The United States bought Alaska from which country?

What is Russia

300
The personality theory associated with self-actualization and goodness.

What is the humanist theory. 

300

This mental health condition is characterized by disordered thinking, hallucinations, and delusions.

What is schizophrenia

400

This approach explain fear of snakes as a behviour that increased human survival over time. 

The evolutionary approach

400

This battle royale game takes place in the Titanfall universe

What is Apex Legends


400

Purpose of the CN Tower

Radio Tower

400

This term refers to the mental discomfort experienced when a person holds two contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes.

What is cognitive dissonance

400

A controversial experiment conducted by Phillip Zimbardo.

What is the Stanford Prison Experiment.
500

This part of psychoanalytic/Freudian personality theory operates on the "pleasure principle" and seeks instant gratification.

What is the id.

500

In a manual transmission car, this happens if you do not use the clutch pedal properly.

What is stalling

500

Who fought in the Hundred Years’ War?

What is Britain and France 

500

This happens when we overemphasize personal traits and underestimate situational behaviour.

What is the fundamental attribution error.

500

The purpose of twin studies.

What is examining nature vs nurture
600

This approach would study how people remember information for an exam.

What is the cognitive approach.

600

How many players are on a baseball field at one time?

What is 9 players

600

This country, located in Asia, changed its capital cities in the late 1800s. The cities are anagrams.

Tokyo and Kyoto

600

This theory focuses on how people infer the causes of behaviour.

What is attribution theory

600

This part of the brain is involved in coordination and balance.

The cerebellum.

700

The sociocultural approach would be interested in this phenomenon: the changing of a person's behaviour due to cultural norms.

What is conformity

700

This piece of tech launched in 2007 with the slogan: "this is only the beginning." They were right.

What is the iPhone

700

The year the war of 1812 ended.

What is 1815

700

The use of ambiguous stimuli, such as abstract images, to assess an individual's personality.

What is the Rorschach test.

700

The theory coined by Jean Piaget.

The 4 stages of childhood development

800

This Greek philosopher was one of the first to explore the mind-body problem.

Who is Plato.

800

What is this phone? 

Motorola Razr

800

After it was Byzantium and before it was Istanbul, what was the name of Türkiye's largest city?

What is constantinople

800

A defence mechanism where we attribute our unacceptable behaviour or feelings to someone else.

What is projection

800

This concept refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself, especially after injury.

What is neuroplasticity.

900
Carl Rogers believed that individuals needed this type of acceptance in order to grow and develop a positive self-concept.

What is unconditional positive regard.

900

This pokemon is listed as no.1 in the pokedex.

What is bulbasaur

900

This device, invented during the western renaissance, allowed people to quickly reproduce books and thus ushered in the era of enlightenment.

What is the printing press

900

The phenomenon leading to people being persuaded to do huge things they otherwise wouldn't.

Foot-in-the-door phenomenon.

900
This influential psychologist is considered the father of archetypal personality theory.

Who is Carl Jung

1000

This early school of psychology, founded by Wilhem Wundt, focuses on breaking down mental processes into the most basic components, emphasizing introspection.

What is structuralism.

1000

The last time the Leafs won the Stanley Cup (championship).

What is 1967

1000

The first handheld Nintendo game was released in 1989. What was it?

What is the Gameboy

1000

According to Asch, the tendency of individuals to conform to a group's judgment, even when they know the answer is incorrect.

What is groupthink.

1000

Damage to this area of the brain results in changes in personality and social behaviour.

The frontal lobe, or prefrontal cortex.