One of the nice things about studying psychology is that, unlike with the study of something like, say, deep sea marine life, you already have years of your own human experience of thinking, choosing, and behaving to reflect on (not to mention all the time you have spent observing others around you live, breathe, think, choose, and behave).

Having said that, given the diversity of experience across learners who might take this course, it will be useful for you to begin by taking the following general psychology knowledge quiz to see just how much your experience has translated into accurate psychological knowledge.

Please mark each of the following statements as either “True” or “False”:

• The primary function of sleep is to help us physically recuperate.
  • True
    • Incorrect.
  • False
    • Correct.
• Only stimuli that we are consciously aware of can influence our thoughts and behaviors.
  • True
    • Incorrect.
  • False
    • Correct.
• Only some people experience cognitive biases.
  • True
    • Incorrect.
  • False
    • Correct.
• People prefer to use heuristics over algorithms to solve problems.
  • True
    • Correct.
  • False
    • Incorrect.
• The brain is better at encoding emotional memories compared to neutral memories.
  • True
    • Correct.
  • False
    • Incorrect.
• Schemas are knowledge structures that are unalterable once established.
  • True
    • Incorrect.
  • False
    • Correct.
• Errors in memory gives us clues to how memory adaptively functioned in out past.
  • True
    • Correct.
  • False
    • Incorrect.
• Researchers generally agree on what constitutes intelligence.
  • True
    • Incorrect.
  • False
    • Correct.