Psycology

Psyc

100

1. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of:
   a. people and things
   b. emotions and beliefs
   c. perception and religion
   d. mind and behaviour

d. mind and behaviour

200

1. The word “psychology’ comes from:
   a. Latin
   b. Spanish
   c. Greek
   d. Italian

Greek

300

Anything that seeks to continue a desired behavior by the removal of something the organism doesn't like is called __.

Negative Reinforcement

400

When learning first takes place, we would say that __ has occurred.

Acquisition

Extinction

Spontaneous Recovery

Discrimination

Acquisition

500

What is an Operant Chamber or Skinner Box?

A laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior.

Psyc 2

100

1. Another term for reinforcement is:
   a. stimulus
   b. reward
   c. response
   d. condition

b. reward

200

1. Darwin’s theory of ______ argued that physiological characteristics evolve because they are useful to the
   organism.
   a. extreme usefulness
   b. natural endowment
   c. natural selection
   d. natural wellbeing

c. natural selection

300

Decrease a behavior from happening again by following it with a negative consequence

Negative Reinforcement

Punishment

Operant Conditioning

Escape Learning

Punishment

500

Whose name is synonymous with Operant Conditioning?

Skinner

Watson

Bandura

Ebbinhaus

Skinner

General knowledge

100

What 2 numbers come after 5

"6 7" (including silly hands up down movements)

200

What Australian animal poops in cubes?

Wombat

300

How many months have 28 days?

All of them

400

Where is the largest desert on earth?

antarctica

500

Located in Iceland, what is Sundhnúkagígaröðin?

A volcano

Hobart History

100

Name the Mountain behind Hobart

Mount Wellington or kunanyi

200

Name the river running through Hobart

Derwent

300

What year did the Tasman Bridge open

1965

400

When was Hobart founded

Hobart was founded in 1804

500

Name the ship that convicts escaped on and sailed from Sarah Island to Chile on in 1834

Frederick

Trick

100

1. What are two things you can never eat for breakfast?

Lunch and Dinner

200

3. What gets wetter the more it dries?

A towel

300

5. What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary?

Incorrectly

400

17. You spot a boat full of people but there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

Everyone on board is married

500

13. What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter in it?

An envelope