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Psychology Quiz

Michelle Crouch and AARP staff

Updated June 08, 2021

En español

Published October 01, 2011

/ Updated June 08, 2021

8 Questions

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Psychology Quiz

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 "answer" : "A stay-at-home mother",
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 "question" : "Scammers often use psychology to trick their victims. Which of the following scams exploits a person’s lack of confidence in their technological abilities?\n",
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 "question" : "If anxiety is keeping you up at night, psychologists who specialize in sleep say this can help:\n",
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 "answer" : "Set aside some “worry time” each day to write down your concerns",
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 "answer" : "Watch TV as a distraction until you drift off",
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 "answer" : "Exercise after dinner so you are physically exhausted",
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 "question" : "The Freudian school considered daydreaming to be infantile and neurotic. But researchers have now determined that people who are prone to mind wandering also:\n",
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 "answer" : "Score higher on tests of creativity and intelligence",
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 "answer" : "Need and get less sleep",
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 "question" : "A study by psychologists at Brigham Young University have suggested that this is just as important to good health as diet and exercise.\n",
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 "answer" : "Your self esteem",
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 "answer" : "Avoiding secondhand smoke",
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 "answer" : "Minimizing screen time",
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 "question" : "Which emotion has been linked to higher levels of inflammation and coronary heart disease?\n",
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 "answer" : "Lust",
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 "answer" : "Greed",
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 "answer" : "Anger",
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 "answer" : "Envy",
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 "question" : "According to an AARP Foundation survey, what proportion of older adults report feeling lonely?\n",
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 "answer" : "About 1 in 10",
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 "question" : "True or false? Older adults were less likely than younger people to report symptoms of anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n",
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