Psychology Quiz
Try out this Psychology quiz to test your knowledge. Psychology trivia explores the study of mind and behavior through memorable findings, influential thinkers, and the ideas that shaped modern psychology.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
380 pts max score
Question 1 · Medium · 20 pts
What's the name for that classic moment when someone knows a little and rates themselves like a genius anyway?
Question 2 · Medium · 20 pts
Feeling like everyone noticed your awkward moment is a textbook example of what effect?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Which early school of psychology is most closely associated with Edward Titchener?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
William James is most closely linked with which early psychological approach?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Better retention from distributed practice than cramming is known as what?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
What theory separates sensitivity from response bias in detection judgments?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Which emotion theory says bodily changes come before the conscious feeling of emotion?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
What theory says emotional feeling and bodily arousal occur at the same time?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
The two-factor theory of emotion is associated with which pair of names?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
In Maslow's hierarchy, what sits at the top?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
Carl Rogers helped develop which school of psychology?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
What kind of images are used in the Rorschach test?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Which brain structure is strongly associated with fear processing?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
At which university did William James teach?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Before leaving academia, John B. Watson worked at which university?