Basic Psychology Questions

Today in my AP Psychology class, my teacher asked us to simply answer the 15 questions on our desks to the best of our knowledge. Having taken Psychology courses before, I practically knew all the answers. My two friends in the class knew them as well because they've done similar practice or whatever regarding the subject. But it really scared me that there are 32 students in the class, and 27 of them got 12 or more incorrect... so I wanted to see whether or not the questions really are difficult for someone that isn't familiar with the basics of Psychology and what not. Answer if you would like too.

1. What Psychologist has done studies of the unconscious mind?
2. Which hemisphere of the brain deals with artistic values?
3. At what age is a person no longer considered an infant?
4. What "mind tricks" can one perform on themselves to help them recollect certain things?
5. How many types of Psychologists are there? (Primarily)
6. What is the difference between a Psychologist and Psychiatrist?
7. What does I.Q. stand for?
8. Eyewitness Testimonies are usually trustworthy. True or False.
9. What is an alternate name for an Ink Blot test?
10. Intelligence is hereditary. True or False.
11. What animal did Pavlov work with during his studies?
12. During what era was Psychology initially studied?
13. Which part of the brain deals with memory?
14. What better develops the way you think, hereditary traits or environment?
15. What does ESP stand for?

Spoiler your answers if you choose to answer. If you Google, you're lame.

[SPOILER=Answers (Don't cheat, lame-o)]1. Freud
2. Right
3. 2-3
4. Mneumonic Devices
5. 7
6. Psychiatrists prescribe medicine.
7. Intelligence Quotient
8. False
9. Rorschach
10. False
11. Dogs
12. 300-400 B.C. (Hippocrates)
13. Frontal Lobe
14. Environment
15. Extrasensory Perception

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1. Freud
2. Left
3. 7
4. ???
5. 3
6. Psychiatrists can provide medical assistance/prescribe drugs
7. ???
8. False
9. Rorshach(spelling)
10. False
11. Rats
12. ???
13. Hyppocampus(spelling?)
14. Environment
15. Electronic Sensory Perception.

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1. Freud
2. Bah. Right.
3. Hnng. 3?
4. Acronyms, Association
5. Three? Behaviorists, Cognitive-behaviorists, Psychoanalyists
6. Psychologists can't give out prescriptions because they haven't gone through medical school
7. Intelligence Quotient
8. Um. False?
9. Rajaman Test?
10. Ugh. False.
11. Dogs lmao.
12. Well Freud was Victorian Era IIRC.
13. Left because I went for right in the last question.
14. Environment.
15. Extra sensory perception?

You might be interested in reading this: Valenstein

I posted the Answers in a spoiler.

And I have heard of that book, is it any good? I really enjoyed 'Why Zebras don't get Ulcers.'

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lol at 7 being referred to as "primarily"

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lol at 7 being referred to as "primarily"

Yeah that's the only one I got wrong, it's really vague and she even clarified on that. Eck.

It's pretty opinionated. But at least you'll get done with the book feeling like you've learned something.

It's pretty opinionated. But at least you'll get done with the book feeling like you've learned something.

I'll have to check it out, thanks.

I won't go about answering them but I'm sure I'd get more than 50% wrong out of pure lack of knowledge of the subject.

I won't go about answering them but I'm sure I'd get more than 50% wrong out of pure lack of knowledge of the subject.

Insert distasteful psychology joke.

Someone should discuss neuroscience|cell biology as we've established our disappointment with psychology. Psychiatry is also fun. Electroconvulsive Therapy for patients with depression? It is interesting that drugs focus on biochemical relationships such as serotonin having a large tie-in to depression. But hey, shocking someone also has the same effect...

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12. 300-400 B.C. (Hippocrates).

Around the same time as Socrates. So many overlapping themes between philosophy and psychology.

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1. What Psychologist has done studies of the unconscious mind?
Freud

2. Which hemisphere of the brain deals with artistic values?
Right

3. At what age is a person no longer considered an infant?
3

4. What "mind tricks" can one perform on themselves to help them recollect certain things?
No idea of the english word but IIRC it's called "Mnemoteknik" In danish.

5. How many types of Psychologists are there? (Primarily)
Eh, not really something we learned about during my 1 year of psychology :l

6. What is the difference between a Psychologist and Psychiatrist?
Same as 5, i really never heard anything about this. But if i'd have to guess it'd be that psychiatrists can give prescriptions

7. What does I.Q. stand for?
Intelligence Quotient

8. Eyewitness Testimonies are usually trustworthy. True or False.
False ofcourse

9. What is an alternate name for an Ink Blot test?
Wow, god damnit, i don't even know what that's called in danish. We never talked about it.

10. Intelligence is hereditary. True or False.
False

11. What animal did Pavlov work with during his studies?
Dogs

12. During what era was Psychology initially studied?
No clue, we were taught about freud and ahead, nothing prior to that :<

13. Which part of the brain deals with memory?
Frontal lobe

14. What better develops the way you think, hereditary traits or environment?
Environment

15. What does ESP stand for?
Extra sensory perception

I wish i could've had more psychology classes, but i can only have 1 with my current study-line.

@Swerve, i saw the joke before the edit, i found it funny.

Answered all of them to the best of my ability in my head before looking at answer spoiler, got 4/12 correct (and was definitely close on a few others). I don't think there's any reason to be concerned, as the questions really are tough for anyone who isn't familiar with the basics of psychology (I've never taken a psych course before).

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1: Freud
2: Right
3: 3
4: Mneumonic Devices
5: 7
6: Psychiatrists prescribe medicine.
7: Intelligence Quotient
8: False
9: Rorschach <lol Watchmen, sorry can't think of that anymore thanks to that movie>
10: False
11: Dogs
12: 300 B.C (?)
13: Frontal Lobe
14: Environment
15: Extrasensory Perception

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1. What Psychologist has done studies of the unconscious mind?
Sigmund Freud
2. Which hemisphere of the brain deals with artistic values?
Right
3. At what age is a person no longer considered an infant?
2
4. What "mind tricks" can one perform on themselves to help them recollect certain things?
Writing it on your hand? Question is confusing.
5. How many types of Psychologists are there? (Primarily)
Behaviourist, Freudian, Neo-Freudian, Humanistic, Gestalt. I think that's all of them.
6. What is the difference between a Psychologist and Psychiatrist?
Psychiatrists can prescribe medication while psychologists treat using therapy alone.
7. What does I.Q. stand for?
Intelligence quotient
8. Eyewitness Testimonies are usually trustworthy. True or False.
False
9. What is an alternate name for an Ink Blot test?
Rorschach test.
10. Intelligence is hereditary. True or False.
Debatable. Is this intelligence as in amount of knowledge or potential for knowledge. Anyway I'll say false.
11. What animal did Pavlov work with during his studies?
Dogs!
12. During what era was Psychology initially studied?
Ancient Greeks
13. Which part of the brain deals with memory?
Frontal lobe?
14. What better develops the way you think, hereditary traits or environment?
Nature versus nurture debate, in my opinion it's both.
15. What does ESP stand for?
Extra-sensory perception.

Edit: Looked at the answers after and got potentially 5 wrong, but some are debatable. I also misread some questions.

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1. What Psychologist has done studies of the unconscious mind? Hell if I know
2. Which hemisphere of the brain deals with artistic values? right
3. At what age is a person no longer considered an infant? uuuh. pomegranate we talked about this once but I forget the age.
4. What "mind tricks" can one perform on themselves to help them recollect certain things? no idea but I should read up on this.
5. How many types of Psychologists are there? (Primarily) ...5?
6. What is the difference between a Psychologist and Psychiatrist? psychologist studies, psychiatrist does medical diagnosis?
7. What does I.Q. stand for? intelligence quotient
8. Eyewitness Testimonies are usually trustworthy. True or False. false
9. What is an alternate name for an Ink Blot test? rorschach test
10. Intelligence is hereditary. True or False. false
11. What animal did Pavlov work with during his studies? dog
12. During what era was Psychology initially studied? nope.jpg
13. Which part of the brain deals with memory? right
14. What better develops the way you think, hereditary traits or environment? environment
15. What does ESP stand for? something that i learned as a kid and can't remember

...well I got 8 right, not bad for barely studying anything psych related I guess.

Took AP Psych last year and did well so I didn't bother with the questions.

We had something similar but different on our first day. They were true/false psychology facts but not history or specific names or info or anything, more like generalities about thinking (similar to 8 and 10), and they were all false.

I don't really understand the point of asking about specific knowledge at the beginning of the course.