Psychology Trivia Questions
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In psychology, how many people share a delusion in a case of folie � deux?
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What does a person typically lose if they are experiencing a fugue state, which may lead them to leave home and assume a new identity?
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memory
What is the term for a persistent false belief, such as one of grandeur?
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delusion
What is the term used by Freud that refers to both the aggressive drive and the sexual drive?
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libido
What is the term for an anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear of a specific thing?
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phobia
Which group, signified by the silhouette of Benjamin Rush on their seal, was advocated for bloodletting and is associated with the abbreviation APA?
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american psychiatric association
What phobia causes individuals to feel as if the walls are closing in on them?
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claustrophobia
Is it still unknown whether animals learn by nurture or by what other 'N' word?
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nature
Who is the Russian scientist who, along with Edwin B. Twitmyer, independently discovered the concept of the conditioned response?
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ivan pavlov
What term describes the inability to get a good night's sleep, which can be caused by studying too hard late at night?
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insomnia
What term describes someone who gets to work early, stays late, refuses to delegate, and has no friends?
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workaholic
Who was nicknamed Kleck, meaning 'inkblot', as a student and later created a famous inkblot test?
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hermann rorschach
What 5-letter word, similar to guilt, results from violating social expectations?
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shame
What is the psychological term for the shift of attitudes toward one's parents onto one's analyst?
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transference
Which psychologist was nicknamed 'Kleck,' meaning 'inkblot,' because he enjoyed sketching in school?
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hermann rorschach
Which Russian physiologist's work involving dogs is highly regarded by behaviorists?
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ivan pavlov
What is a propensity that is inherited rather than learned, such as nest-building in wasps?
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instinct
What is the current name for the severe disorder previously referred to as dementia praecox, which means 'splitting in the mind'?
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schizophrenia
What do people create after viewing a stimulus picture in the thematic apperception test?
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story
What psychological 'ism' is associated with John B. Watson?
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behaviorism
Which Swiss psychologist is known for introducing the concepts of introverted and extroverted personalities?
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carl jung
Which psychoanalyst authored the 1965 work 'Normality and Pathology in Childhood'?
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anna freud
Who developed a test in 1921 that features 5 multicolored inkblots?
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hermann rorschach
Which Swiss psychologist is known for developing the theory of the collective unconscious?
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carl jung
What school of psychology, founded by John B. Watson, studies human actions and reactions?
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behaviorism
Who, along with Theodore Simon, devised an intelligence test for French school children in 1905?
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alfred binet
Which Austrian psychoanalyst famously suggested that sometimes a beard is just a beard?
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sigmund freud
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