Psychology and Consciousness Quiz

Challenge yourself with questions on consciousness studies, memory, emotions, and more. Test your understanding of psychology in this quiz!

#1

Who proposed the hierarchy of needs theory?

Sigmund Freud
Carl Rogers
Abraham Maslow
B.F. Skinner
#2

Which stage of sleep is associated with the experience of dreaming?

Stage 1 NREM
Stage 2 NREM
Stage 3 NREM
REM sleep
#3

Which neurotransmitter is primarily involved in mood regulation and is targeted by many antidepressants?

Dopamine
Serotonin
GABA
Acetylcholine
#4

What is the phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present?

Social loafing
Bystander effect
Group polarization
Confirmation bias
#5

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

Hippocampus
Amygdala
Frontal lobe
Cerebellum
#6

Which type of psychological disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest?

Anxiety disorder
Depressive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Bipolar disorder
#7

Which theory suggests that consciousness arises from the synchronized activity across different areas of the brain?

Global Workspace Theory
Integrated Information Theory
Quantum Consciousness Theory
Dual-Process Theory
#8

What is the term for the phenomenon where individuals perform better on simple tasks when in the presence of others?

Group polarization
Social loafing
Social facilitation
Deindividuation
#9

In the context of psychological research, what does a double-blind study ensure?

That both the participants and the experimenters do not know who is receiving a particular treatment
That all participants receive both the treatment and placebo
That the study can be replicated by other researchers
That the participants are randomly assigned to groups
#10

Which model of memory suggests that memory consists of three stores: sensory, short-term, and long-term memory?

Global Workspace Model
Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
Baddeley and Hitch Model
Tulving's Model
#11

What is the psychological term for the adjustment of one's schemas to include new experiences?

Assimilation
Accommodation
Consolidation
Adaptation
#12

What is the name of the effect in which learning is greater when studying is spread out over time, as opposed to studying the same amount of content in a single session?

The Pygmalion effect
The Halo effect
The Spacing effect
The Serial position effect
#13

What concept explains the internal processes that guide attention, perception, and memory, emphasizing the complexity of the mind?

Behaviorism
Cognitive Psychology
Structuralism
Functionalism
#14

What term describes the cognitive bias where people overestimate their ability to predict events after the outcome is known?

Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
Availability heuristic
Anchoring bias
#15

Which theory proposes that individuals evaluate their own opinions and desires by comparing themselves to others?

Social comparison theory
Cognitive dissonance theory
Self-perception theory
Expectancy theory
#16

What concept in social psychology explains the process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events?

Social loafing
Attribution theory
Cognitive dissonance
Group polarization

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