Psychology Trivia Quiz

Who is known as the father of psychology?

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Carl Jung

• William James

What is the phenomenon where people recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items?

• Primacy effect

• Recency effect

• Serial position effect

• Chunking

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for regulating emotions?

• Cerebellum

• Hippocampus

• Amygdala

• Frontal lobe

What is the term for the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others?

• Cognitive psychology

• Social psychology

• Developmental psychology

• Personality psychology

Who proposed the Hierarchy of Needs theory?

• Carl Rogers

• Abraham Maslow

• Erik Erikson

• Jean Piaget

What is the name of the effect when a person overestimates how much other people notice about them?

• The spotlight effect

• The halo effect

• The bystander effect

• The contrast effect

Which neurotransmitter is most closely associated with feelings of happiness and well-being?

• Dopamine

• Serotonin

• Norepinephrine

• GABA

What is the term for a psychological disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states?

• Bipolar Disorder

• Schizophrenia

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Borderline Personality Disorder

In classical conditioning, what is the term for the stimulus that naturally triggers a response?

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• Neutral stimulus

• Secondary stimulus

What is the psychological concept that describes the improvement of performance when under observation?

• The Hawthorne effect

• The Pygmalion effect

• The placebo effect

• The Flynn effect