Psychology

Psychologists

100

These Freudian Slips mistakes or slips of the tongue that we make in everyday speech.  This psychologist believed that these slips reflect our unconscious thoughts or wishes.  

Is this person Sigmund Freud or Ivan Freud?

Sigmund Freud

200

This physiologist used dogs to study their response to a stimulus and its affect on their behavior. 

Is it Abraham Maslow or Ivan Pavlov

Ivan Pavlov

300

This psychologist developed a hierarchy of needs an individual needs to achieve our full potential. 

Is it Albert Bandura or Abraham Maslow?

Abraham Maslow

400

This psychologist developed the Social Learning Theory explaining how a person's personality is shaped by interaction among three forces - cognitive, behavior and environmental.

Is it Albert Bandura or B.F. Skinner?

Albert Bandura

500

This Clinical Psychologist produced a study comparing various approach behavior of people in a public drinking setting.

Is it Wanda Miller or Jane Goodall

Wanda Miller

Disorders

100

Individuals with this disorder will experience delusions, hallucinations are often confused and have an alternate perception of reality. 

Is it Personality Disorder or Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

200

A person who experiences severe or long-lasting psychological effects after a traumatic event may be diagnosed with this. Often described as PTSD.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

300

Zoophobia is a fear of this.

Animals

400

Hydrophobia is a fear of this.

Water

500

This disorder affects one in 88 children.  Males are four times as likely to be affected and there is no single identified cause.

Is it Depression or Autism

Autism

The Brain

100

This side of the brain controls your analytic skills. 

Left

200

This side of the brain controls your holistic, nonverbal skills.

Right

300

The brain uses about this much of the body's total energy.

Is it: 10, 20 or 50 percent.

20%

400

There are this many parts of the human brain.

Three

500

This is the last part of the brain to fully develop.

Is it front, mid or back?

Prefrontal Cortex

Stages of Development

100

This word beginning with the letter P marks the end of childhood.

Puberty

200

About 90% of adults in the United States will marry.  This is the percentage of new marriages that end in divorce.

Is it 20-30%, 30-40% or 40-60%

40-60%

Longitudinal studies show marriages end based primarily on two factor: how couples resolve conflict and how often they share happy or intimate moments.

300

This is the normal period for a newborn human body to develop.

Is it: 20 weeks, 32 weeks or 40 weeks

40 weeks

This is the time a fertilized egg develops into a newborn baby.

400

This neurological disease is the most common form of Dementia among the elderly. About 4.5 million people are afflicted with this disease and it is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Alzheimer's Disease

500

This percentage of American adults are obese.

Is it: 36%, 45%, 85%

36% and growing rapidly, statistics show all Americans included this rate is 

Types of Therapy and Careers

100

A psychiatrist differs from a psychologist primarily within this specialty.

Is it: counseling, testing or medicine

Medicine

Most states only allow a psychiatrist to prescribe medication to a client. Psychiatrists have additional training in the medical field. 

200

This type of Psychologist studies how human interact within the environment.

Is it: Behavioral, Humanist or Biological

Behavioral

300

This type of therapy involves patients working together with the aid of a leader to resolve interpersonal problems.

Group

400

This type of psychology helps athletes set goals and deal with issues of motivation, anxiety, and other factors of competition.

Sports Psychology

500

This type of degree is required to become a psychologist.

Doctorate; either a Ph.D or Psy.D.

A Psy.D. prepares learners to work with patients and clients in a professional setting. A Ph.D. prepares graduates to conduct research and provide some psychological services.