5 More Psychology Trivia Questions (Day 17)

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

81. Also called “configurationism,” what G-word school of psychology from Germany says that as we look at the world, we see the “big picture” and not just the individual pieces? (Hint: You could simply summarize by saying “the whole is more than the sum of its parts.”)

82. In updated editions of the DSM, the name "Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another" replaced what other term, often abbreviated MSBP?

83. Ancient Greeks created some of the earliest manuscripts about mental health disorders, including the 4th century BCE musings of what man who theorized physiological abnormalities may be the cause of mental health conditions?

84. The 20th-century American psychologist Gordon Allport is considered one of the founding figures of what kind of psychology? It explores the foundational characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s character.

85. The MMPI is a standardized psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology. The first “M” in MMPI stands for which U.S. state, the location of the university where the test was first developed?

Answers:

81: Gestalt

82: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

83: Hippocrates

84: Personality psychology

85: Minnesota

Psychology Joke of the Day:

17. I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

(Quote by Edgar Allen Poe)

– 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