Human Behavior and Psychological Phenomena Quiz

Test your knowledge on social psychology concepts including conformity, attribution, and cognitive biases. Who's who in psychological theory?

#1

Which psychologist introduced the concept of the hierarchy of needs?

Sigmund Freud
Erik Erikson
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
#2

Who developed the concept of 'self-efficacy,' which refers to an individual's belief in their ability to achieve goals?

Albert Bandura
Jean Piaget
Erik Erikson
B.F. Skinner
#3

Who developed the concept of 'emotional intelligence,' which refers to the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions effectively?

Howard Gardner
Daniel Goleman
Edward Thorndike
Jean Piaget
#4

What term refers to the phenomenon where people tend to recall the last items in a list more easily than the middle items?

Serial position effect
Primacy effect
Recency effect
Von Restorff effect
#5

Who proposed the theory of operant conditioning, which suggests that behavior is influenced by consequences such as reinforcement or punishment?

Abraham Maslow
John B. Watson
B.F. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
#6

Which psychological theory suggests that individuals are motivated to achieve self-actualization, a state of fulfillment of one's potential?

Cognitive dissonance theory
Hierarchy of needs theory
Two-factor theory
Equity theory
#7

Which psychological phenomenon describes the tendency to remember information that supports our pre-existing beliefs while ignoring contradictory information?

Confirmation bias
Cognitive dissonance
Self-serving bias
Selective perception
#8

Which concept suggests that people tend to prefer options that align with their beliefs and values?

Confirmation bias
Cognitive dissonance
Self-serving bias
Selective perception
#9

What term refers to the tendency to overestimate the importance of information that is readily available?

Recency effect
Availability heuristic
Anchoring bias
Sunk cost fallacy
#10

What phenomenon describes a tendency to perform better when others are watching, even if it's a passive audience?

Social facilitation
Deindividuation
Group polarization
Social loafing
#11

What is the term for the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
Internal locus of control
External locus of control
#12

Which psychological phenomenon describes the tendency to conform to the majority opinion, even if it goes against one's own beliefs?

Groupthink
Social loafing
Conformity
Obedience
#13

What term describes the tendency to attribute other people's behavior to internal characteristics while overlooking external factors?

Stereotyping
Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Actor-observer bias
#14

What psychological phenomenon describes the tendency to believe that we have more control over events than we actually do?

Illusory correlation
Control illusion
Illusion of control
Control bias
#15

Who is known for proposing the concept of 'learned helplessness'?

Albert Bandura
Martin Seligman
Jean Piaget
Erik Erikson
#16

Which cognitive bias describes the tendency to rely heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions?

Anchoring bias
Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
Recency effect

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