Question 1

1. Who became famous for their learning research using dogs and bells?

Accepted Answer

Ivan Pavlov

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Hippocampus

Question 3

Which two scientists have language-related areas of the brain as their namesake?

Accepted Answer

Broca & Wernicke

Question 4

4. What experiment is famously known for studying obedience to authority?

Accepted Answer

Milgrim

Question 5

5. What part of the brain explains the phrase “Monkey see, monkey do.”?

Accepted Answer

Mirror Neurosis

Question 6

Who conducted the Stanford prison experiment?

Accepted Answer

Philip Zimbardo

Question 7

Which part of the brain processes visual information?

Accepted Answer

Occipital Lobe

Question 8

What’s the term for attributing undesirable thoughts to others?

Accepted Answer

Projection

Question 9

What is the name for the physical representation of the sensory cortex as human?

Accepted Answer

Cortical Homunculus

Question 10

What form of research is known for studying the quality of psychological phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

Qualitative Research

Question 11

What is it called when previously learned information interferes with one's ability to remember new information?

Accepted Answer

Proactive Interference

Question 12

The ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class and other forms of discrimination “intersect” is called?

Accepted Answer

Intersectionality

Question 13

What term describes the phenomenon where people mistakenly believe that others are paying more attention to them than they actually are?

Accepted Answer

Frequency Illusion

AUP Psychology Trivia Competition

2) Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for regulating emotions and forming memories?

3) Which two scientists have language-related areas of the brain as their namesake?

4) 4. What experiment is famously known for studying obedience to authority?

5) 5. What part of the brain explains the phrase “Monkey see, monkey do.”?

6) Who conducted the Stanford prison experiment?

7) Which part of the brain processes visual information?

8) What’s the term for attributing undesirable thoughts to others?

9) What is the name for the physical representation of the sensory cortex as human?

10) What form of research is known for studying the quality of psychological phenomenon?

11) What is it called when previously learned information interferes with one's ability to remember new information?

12) The ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class and other forms of discrimination “intersect” is called?

13) What term describes the phenomenon where people mistakenly believe that others are paying more attention to them than they actually are?