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Test your understanding of psychology by answering these questions. You will receive feedback after each response, along with your score at the end of the quiz.

Question 1: What is the term for the process of learning through observing others?

Correct answer: Observational Learning

Question 2: Who is known for the development of the theory of operant conditioning?

Correct answer: B.F. Skinner

Question 3: What is the first stage of Erik Erikson's psychosocial development?

Correct answer: Trust vs. Mistrust

Question 4: What is the primary focus of cognitive psychology?

Correct answer: Mental processes like perception, memory, and problem-solving

Question 5: What is the term for a mental shortcut used to make judgments quickly?

Correct answer: Heuristic

Question 6: Who is considered the father of psychoanalysis?

Correct answer: Sigmund Freud

Question 7: What is the term for the process by which we attribute causes to our own and others' behavior?

Correct answer: Attribution Theory

Question 8: What is the primary function of the frontal lobe of the brain?

Correct answer: Decision making and problem solving

Question 9: Which psychologist developed the concept of the hierarchy of needs?

Correct answer: Abraham Maslow

Question 10: What is the focus of humanistic psychology?

Correct answer: Personal growth and self-actualization

Question 11: What is the term for the inability to remember information after a head injury?

Correct answer: Amnesia

Question 12: What is the term for the tendency to believe that one's own behavior is normal and the behavior of others is abnormal?

Correct answer: The False Consensus Effect

Question 13: What is the term for the mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory information?

Correct answer: Perception

Question 14: What is the term for the psychological condition characterized by persistent, excessive fear or anxiety?

Correct answer: Anxiety Disorder

Question 15: What is the term for the ability to focus on one specific stimulus while ignoring others?

Correct answer: Selective Attention

Question 16: What is the term for the process of forgetting due to interference from other information?

Correct answer: Interference

Question 17: What is the term for the process of storing and retrieving information in the brain?

Correct answer: Memory

Question 18: What is the term for a sleep disorder characterized by difficulty falling asleep?

Correct answer: Insomnia

Question 19: What is the term for the awareness of our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?

Correct answer: Self-Awareness

Question 20: What is the term for a learning process in which behavior is influenced by its consequences?

Correct answer: Operant Conditioning

Quiz Completed!