Friday 20th May 2022
Welcome to Friday's brief quiz have a go!
Q1) How is psychology currently defined according to the BPS (British Psychological Society)?
A. “The science of mental life both of its phenomena and of their conditions”
B. “Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior”
C. “the scientific study of the mind and how it dictates and influences our behaviour, from communication and memory to thought and emotion.”
Q2) Identify the author of the following quote:
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”
A. Abraham Maslow
B. Elizabeth Loftus
C. Charles Darwin
D. Anna Freud
Q3) Solve the anagram to reveal the name of a famous serial killer whose identity is still unknown:
Hip reject park
Q4) Which of the definitions below could match someone who is displaying the ‘Gambler’s fallacy’?
A. A player hits when holding cards valuing 20 in a game of 21.
B. A player observing 5 heads being spun concludes that the next spin is more than likely to be tails
C. A player accuses the house of cheating
D. A player forgetting to add +1 to a running count in 21
E. When a player observes a dealer drop a card and concludes that the dealer must be clumsy by nature
Q5) Solve the following anagrams and assign the words to the most appropriate branch of psychology.
Mr Ice
No rips!
La gel
Piling for
Q6) A branch of psychology gets its name (etymology) from a Latin word meaning ‘friend’, name this branch of psychology?
Q7) Mnemosyne according to Greek mythology, was the god of what?
Hints — A subject studied by Loftus and Ebbinghaus.
Have fun!
I'm gutted I missed the quiz again, I'll stay tuned for this next week!