Mind Games
This is the part of the brain responsible for thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving.
A) Cerebellum
B) Frontal Lobe
C) Heart
D) Medulla
What is Frontal Lobe?
This Disney movie teaches us about emotions like Joy, Sadness, and Anger.
A) Finding Nemo
B) Inside Out
C) Up
D) Zootopia
What is Inside Out?
If someone is scared of spiders, they have this phobia.
A) Arachnophobia
B) Hydrophobia
C) Clownophobia
D) Bugophobia
What is Arachnophobia?
Despite what many people believe, humans actually use all parts of their brain, not just 10%. Which part of the brain is active at different times depending on tasks?
A) The left hemisphere
B) The whole brain
C) The occipital lobe only
D) The frontal lobe only
What is The whole brain?
What is the term for the act of imitating someone’s body language or speech without realizing it, which helps build social connections?
A) Social Synchronization
B) Mirroring
C) Imitation Effect
D) Reflex Mimicry
What is Mirroring?
What do you call the illusion where you see faces in random objects like clouds or toast?
A) Pareidolia
B) Deja Vu
C) Cognitive Dissonance
D) Mandela Effect
What is Pareidolia?
This famous superhero is often analyzed for his childhood trauma and fear of bats.
A) Superman
B) Batman
C) Spider-Man
D) Iron Man
Who is Batman?
What is the fear of being in small, enclosed spaces?
A) Agoraphobia
B) Claustrophobia
C) Acrophobia
D) Elevator Syndrome
What is Claustrophobia?
The idea that listening to Mozart can permanently make you smarter is known as this effect.
A) The Beethoven Effect
B) The Genius Effect
C) The Mozart Effect
D) The Music Boost
What is The Mozart Effect?
A lot of studies (such as one by Ocklenburg, 2024) shows that doing this simple action for 20 seconds can boost oxytocin levels and reduce stress.
A) Taking a deep breath
B) Hugging someone
C) Drinking water
D) Checking your phone
What is Hugging someone?
What is the psychological term for the "tip of the tongue" feeling when you know a word but can’t remember it?
A) Brain Freeze
B) Memory Block
C) Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon
D) Thought Lag
What is Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon?
In this movie, Leonardo DiCaprio plays a character who struggles with reality and hallucinations.
A) Titanic
B) The Revenant
C) Shutter Island
D) Wolf of Wall Street
What is Shutter Island?
If someone is terrified of clowns, they have…
A) Balloonophobia
B) Clownitis
C) Coulrophobia
D) Jokermania
What is Coulrophobia?
According to the facial feedback hypothesis, doing this action can make you feel happier, even if you're not in a good mood.
A) Frowning
B) Smiling
C) Raising your eyebrows
D) Closing your eyes
What is smiling?
When people are in a group and think "someone else will take responsibility," it’s known as this effect.
A) The Bystander Effect
B) The Crowd Syndrome
C) The Social Delay
D) Groupthink
What is The Bystander Effect?
This famous "invisible" animal was part of an experiment where people focused on counting basketball passes didn’t see it.
A) The Ghost Cat
B) The Hidden Bunny
C) The Invisible Gorilla
D) The Camouflaged Dog
What is The Invisible Gorilla?
This children’s TV character was originally based on psychological research about behavior and learning.
A) SpongeBob SquarePants
B) Elmo from Sesame Street
C) Blue from Blue’s Clues
D) Dora the Explorer
Who is Blue from Blue’s Clues?
It was designed with cognitive research to help kids learn problem-solving!
This rare phobia is the fear of long words.
A) Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
B) Gigantophobia
C) Longwordophobia
D) Dictionary Syndrome
What is Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?
(ironically, its name is also very long)
Hypnosis cannot make you act against your will. Instead, it puts people into this relaxed, highly focused state.
A) A trance state
B) Deep sleep
C) A dream-like state
D) An unconscious state
What is a trance state?
This term describes the psychological tendency to believe you were "right all along" after learning the outcome of an event.
A) Confirmation Bias
B) Hindsight Bias
C) Overconfidence Effect
D) Predictive Memory
What is Hindsight Bias?
What is the name of the common cognitive bias where people think they’re smarter than they actually are?
A) The Smart Person Effect
B) The Dunning-Kruger Effect
C) The Know-It-All Syndrome
D) The Professor Complex
What is The Dunning-Kruger Effect?
This Netflix series is about a brilliant but socially awkward detective who is on the autism spectrum.
A) Stranger Things
B) Wednesday
C) Extraordinary Attorney Woo
D) The Good Doctor
What is Extraordinary Attorney Woo?
This is the term for fear of social situations, like speaking in front of a crowd.
A) Introversion
B) Social Anxiety Disorder
C) Shyness Syndrome
D) Nervousitis
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Many people believe that people are either "left-brained" (logical) or "right-brained" (creative), but modern neuroscience shows that both sides of the brain work together. What is this myth called?
A) Brain Dominance
B) Brain Lateralization
C) Left-Brain Right-Brain Myth
D) Split Brain Theory
What is Left-Brain Right-Brain Myth?
What is the term for the psychological phenomenon where people remember emotionally intense events more vividly than ordinary ones?
A) Flashbulb Memory
B) Photographic Memory
C) Emotional Recall
D) Memory Bias
What is Flashbulb Memory?