How good you are in Psychology?

1. Which is the most popular definition of psychology as a science?

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      Psychology is the science of the mind

      
      
    
    
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      Psychology is the science of consciousness

      
      
    
    
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      Psychology is the science of computers

      
      
    
    
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      Psychology is the science of behavior

      
      
    
    
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      Psychology is the science of philosophy

      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

2. What is the typical symptom of schizophrenia?

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  Nightmares

  
  


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  An obsession with cleanliness

  
  


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  Excessive "checking" heart palpitations

  
  


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  Hallucinations

  
  

3. How would you describe the condition called dyslexia?

Any impairment of language processing

An impairment of language processing due to minimal brain damage

Inability to retrieve difficult vocabulary words, on command

A group of symptoms including stuttering and letter-reversals

Specific problems with reading

4. Hypnosis is a debated treatment technique. What is the popular opinion about what it involves?

Synchronization of brain waves

Eye fatigue

The locus coeruleus

Split personality

Hypersuggestibility

5. Schizophrenia, mania and obsessive compulsive disorder are a part of which stream of psychology?

Criminal psychology

Abnormal psychology

Normal psychology

Cognitive psychology

6. Who is the father of modern psychology?

Sigmund Freud

Kurt Goldstein

Abraham Maslow

John B. Watson

7. In an ordinary sleep cycle, how many stages does an individual go through?

2

1

3

4

8. In psychological reference, what does ESP stand for?

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  Enhanced super-parallel planning

  
  


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  Extra sensory perception

  
  


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  English for specific purpose

  
  


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  Extended streamflow prediction

  
  

9. How many types of stimuli-response combinations does an individual have?

2

10

Infinite

4

10. Do psychological conditions have any physiological manifestations?

Yes

No

ANSWERS:

1. The most popular definition of psychology defines it as a science of the mind. This definition was given by John Watson. In fact, this answer was already there at the start of the article. If you still didn't get it, you need to improve your reading method. Read more on types of psychology.

2.Typically a person suffering for schizophrenia, of any sort, would encounter hallucinations. This person will not mind these hallucinations as they are, ordinarily, positive in nature. However, due to these hallucinations, they tend to retreat from "the real world".

3. Dyslexia is a condition in which a person has specific problems with reading. However, it is often coupled with other cognitive problems. Nonetheless, the only definite problem caused by dyslexia, is a problem with reading. It is, ordinarily, a condition noticed in children and can be treated with corrective measures.

4. Hypnosis or hypnotism is a debated treatment method, as it is not very easy to perform and results may or may not be tangible. Basically, hypnosis (also known earlier as mesmerism) involves hypersuggestability. This is characterized by allowing the individual to tap into their subconscious and unconscious minds to bring out hidden (a.k.a long forgotten) information.

5. Schizophrenia, mania and obsessive compulsive disorders are all included in Abnormal Psychology. However, an understanding of these conditions is required in other fields of psychology as well. Criminal psychology, and cognitive psychology also require extensive knowledge of abnormal psychology. Read more on what is abnormal psychology?

6. Sigmund Freud is the father of modern psychology. Freud's approach to human psychology was considered wrong earlier. However, his studies have contributed at explaining several phenomena of the human psyche, that earlier remained a mystery.

7. A person ordinarily goes through 4 stages in an ordinary sleep cycle. These 4 stages include 2 types of sleep, REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and NREM (Non-Rapid Eye Movement). Each sleep cycle is around 90 - 100 minutes long, as such a person goes through 4 or 5 complete sleep cycles. Read more on stages of sleep.

8. ESP, in psychology or neurology, stands for extra sensory perception. It is a branch of psychology that deals with paranormal phenomena. It is not entirely proved or substantiated, yet. However, its existence is acknowledged, mostly as psychic abilities.

9. There are 4 kinds of stimuli-response combinations. They are; conditioned stimuli-conditioned response, unconditioned stimuli-conditioned response, conditioned stimuli-unconditioned response and unconditioned stimuli-unconditioned response.

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People who drank soda every day -- even diet soda -- in a recent study were more likely to develop risk factors for heart disease.

That is because a soda habit increases the risk of developing a condition called metabolic syndrome, according to the new research, and that in turn boosts the chance of getting both heart disease and diabetes.

"Even one soda per day increases your risk of developing metabolic syndrome by about 50%," says Ramachandran Vasan, MD, professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and the senior author of the study, published in the issue of the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

But other experts, including the American Heart Association, say heart disease has many risk factors and there's not enough evidence to directly blame sodas. To be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, three of five criteria must be met: a large waistline, elevated blood pressure, elevated fasting blood sugar, elevated fasting triglycerides, or reduced HDL or "good" cholesterol.

"This study adds to the wealth of scientific evidence that sugar-sweetened beverages increase the risk of metabolic syndrome," says Vasan. Already, he says, the rise in sugary drink consumption has been linked to the epidemic of obesity and diabetes among children and teens and to the development of high blood pressure in adults.

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