5 More Psychology Trivia Questions (Day 10)

Here are 5 more psychology trivia questions and another psychology joke we found online. Enjoy!

46. Depression occurring directly after a person has given birth is given what name, referring to the 6-8 week period immediately after childbirth?

47. What psychologist, one of the major originators of client-centered therapy, is noted for his person-centered approach? His books focused on helping people, with titles such as “On Becoming An Effective Teacher” and “On Becoming A Person.”

48. What 20th-century female psychologist with a “C” name challenged sexism in her books such as “The Myth Of Women’s Masochism,” and criticized the value of psychological labelling and how it helped patients in “They Say You’re Crazy?”

49. What late 19th- and early 20th-century Russian psychologist famously proved that responses could be conditioned by association, such as a dog drooling at the sound of the bell that rang before the animal was fed? His “P” name has become vernacular for someone reacting to a seemingly neutral thing.

50. Up to its fifth edition and still shorter than "War and Peace:” that's the American Psychiatric Association's "DSM-5." What quantitative things do the “D” and “S” stand for?

Answers:

46: postpartum depression

47: Carl Rogers

48: Paula Caplan

49: Ivan Pavlov

50: Diagnostic and Statistical

Psychology Joke of the Day:

10. I’m afraid to see a psychiatrist about the voices in my head. She might know who they are.

(Quote by Stanley Victor Paskavich, Stantasyland: Quips Quotes and Quandaries)

– From the Watercoolertrivia.com article “119 Psychology Trivia Questions Ranked from Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)” at www.watercoolertrivia.com/trivia-questions/psychology-trivia-questions and a compilation by David Deslauriers at www.linkedin.com/pulse/twenty-mental-health-jokes-humorous-quotes-david-deslauriers