Psychology
Activity
• With a group get a sheet of chart paper
• Split the chart into three sections
• Title each section:
1)What you know about psychology
2)What you want to learn about psychology
3)How you want to be graded
• Choose a writer, a presenter, and everyone
should contribute ideas for their chart
• Afterwards each group will present to the class
Dr. Phil’s Basic Personality Test:
• Below is Dr. Phil’s Test. (Dr. Phil scored a 55, he did this
test on Oprah – she got a 38)
• When you take the test don’t be overly sensitive. Take the
test for yourself.
• Answers are for who you are now, not who you were in
the past.
• This is a real test given by the Human Relations Dept at
many major corporations today to get a better insight
concerning their employees and prospective employees
• Have a pen or paper ready. Its only 10 simply questions
1. When do you feel your best ?:
a) In the morning
b) During the afternoon and early evening
c) Late at night
2. You usually walk:
a) Fairly fast, with long steps
b) Fairly fast, with little steps
c) Less fast head up looking straight
d) Less fast, head down
e) Very slowly
3. When talking to people you:
a) Stand with your arms folded
b) Have your hands clasped
c) Have one or both your hands on your hips
d) Touch or push the person to whom you are talking
e) Play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your
hair
4. When relaxing, you sit with:
a) Your knees bent with your legs neatly side by
side
b) Your legs crossed
c) Your legs stretched out or straight
d) One leg curled under you
5. When something really amuses you , you
react with:
a) Big appreciated laugh
b) A laugh, but not a loud one
c) A quiet chuckle
d) A smile
6. When you go to a party or social
gathering you:
a) Make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
b) Make a quiet entrance, looking around for
someone you know
c) Make the quietest entrance possible, trying to
stay
unnoticed
7.You’re working very hard, concentrating
hard, and you’re interrupted, you:
a) Welcome the break
b) Feel extremely irritated
c) Vary between these two extremes
8. Which of the following colors do you
like most:
a) Red and orange
b) Black
c) Yellow or light blue
d) Green
e) Dark blue or purple
f) White
g) Brown or gray
9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few
moments before going to sleep you are:
a) Stretched out on your back
b) Stretched out face down on your stomach
c) On your side, slightly curled
d) With your had on one arm
e) With your head under the covers
10. You often dream that you are:
a) Falling
b) Fighting or struggling
c) Searching for something or somebody
d) Flying or floating
e) You usually have dreamless sleeps
f) Your dreams are always pleasant
Points:
1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6
2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c)2
7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c)4
8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c)4 (d) 2 (e) 1
10. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1
Over 60 Points:
• Others see you as someone they should “handle
with care”
• You can be seen as vain, self-centered, and as
someone who is extremely dominant
• Others may admire you, wishing they could be
more like you, but don’t always trust you
hesitating to become too deeply involved with
you
51 to 60 Points:
 Others see you as an exciting, rather impulsive
personality, a natural leader, who is quick to
make decisions, though not always the right
ones
 Others see you as bold and adventuresome,
someone who will try anything once, some one
who takes chances and enjoys adventure
 People enjoy being in your company because of
the excitement that you radiate
41 to 50 Points:
 Others see you as fresh, lively, charming,
amusing, practical, and always interesting
 Your seen as someone who is constantly in the
center of attention, but sufficiently wellbalanced enough not to let it go to your head
 Others see you as kind, considerate, and
understanding, someone who will always cheer
them up and help them out
31 to 40 Points:
 Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful and
practical
 You are seen as clever, gifted, or talented, but
modest
 You are not a person who makes friends too
quickly or easily, but someone who is extremely
loyal to friends you do make and who expects
the same loyalty in return
 Those who really get to know you realize it
takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but
equally that it takes you a long time to get over it
if that trust is ever broken
21 to 30 Points:
• Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy
• They view you as very cautious, extremely
careful, and slow and steady
• It would really surprise them if you ever did
something impulsively or on the spur of the
moment, expecting you to examine everything
carefully from every angel and then, usually
decide against it
• They think this reaction is caused partly by your
careful nature
Here are some more examples of
topics we will be looking at…
What do you see?
•Depending on the person everyone will see something different
•No two brains are alike
•Depending on how your brain thinks and the connections you have made throughout
your life you will come to a different conclusion
•It was thought that this test would reveal attributes of a person’s personality
Remember the Watchmen?
Hermann Rorschach created the Rorschach
inkblot test in 1921
A vase
or
two
faces?
Good or Evil?
An old
lady or a
young
woman?
Try saying the color of the words
INSTEAD of the actual word….
blue blue blue green
green yellow red
yellow yellow blue
red green yellow
yellow green yellow
yellow red yellow
THIS IS CALLED THE STROOP EFFECT
The Stroop Effect
When an experienced reader looks at a
familiar word, the name of the word occurs
immediately, and so does the meaning of
that word. In fact it is difficult to look at a
word and not think of its name. The stroop
effect indicates that even when we try to
suppress a well practiced memory, it tends
to be retrieved automatically when the
appropriate stimulus occurs.
The Cambridge University Language Study
O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid,
aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the
rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit a porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I
awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Anterograde Amnesia
•Brain damage caused by the effects of
severe malnutrition, stroke, head
trauma, long-term alcoholism, head
trauma , or surgery.
•Famous case: Patient H.M was 27, a
neurosurgeon removed part of the
temporal lobe on both side of his brain
to alleviate severe epilepsy. After
surgery he was unable to talk about
anything that has happened since 1953.
• “Every day is alone in itself, whatever
enjoyment I’ve had, and whatever
sorrow I’ve had…Right now, I’m
wondering. Have I done or said anything
amiss? You see, at this moment
everything looks clear to me, but what
happened just before? That’s what
worries me. It’s like waking from a
dream; I just don’t remember.”
Phineas Gage
What do you think?...
• Can a child be raised to believe they are of the
opposite sex?
• Do you think your parents raised you with
gender specific roles?
• Is it more okay for girls to act like boys than
boys to act like girls?
• Is it possible to raise a child without gender
bias?
The overcrowded lifeboat
In 1842, a ship struck an iceberg and more than 30 survivors were crowded
into a lifeboat intended to hold 7. As a storm threatened, it became obvious
that the lifeboat would have to be lightened if anyone were to survive. The
captain reasoned that the right thing to do in this situation was to force some
individuals to go over the side and drown. Such an action, he reasoned, was
not unjust to those thrown overboard, for they would have drowned anyway. If
he did nothing, however, he would be responsible for the deaths of those
whom he could have saved. Some people opposed the captain's decision. They
claimed that if nothing were done and everyone died as a result, no one would
be responsible for these deaths. On the other hand, if the captain attempted
to save some, he could do so only by killing others and their deaths would be
his responsibility; this would be worse than doing nothing and letting all die.
The captain rejected this reasoning. Since the only possibility for rescue
required great efforts of rowing, the captain decided that the weakest would
have to be sacrificed. In this situation it would be absurd, he thought, to decide
by drawing lots who should be thrown overboard. As it turned out, after days
of hard rowing, the survivors were rescued and the captain was tried for his
action. If you had been on the jury, how would you have decided?
After watching this video what do you
think MPD or DID stands for?
PSYC Videos\An early case of MDD [www.keepvid.com].mp4