Quiz: Psychology students – do you know these psychologists and their famous theories?

Are you a psychology major or a passionate psychology buff? Psychology is undoubtedly a popular major for university students, standing as a subject that helps us unravel aspects of the human mind and behaviour. Not to mention, it’s a super fun area of study! 

But behind some of the famous theories you’ve learnt at university are the influential psychologists who spent countless of hours developing them. 

So, do you know your famous psychologists and their equally famous theories? Let’s see how well you know your stuff:

1. This psychologist came up with the theory of psychosocial development.

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Erik Erikson

Sigmund Freud

None of the above

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2. Operant conditioning is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behaviour. Which female psychologist came up with this theory?

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Isabel Briggs Myers

Anna Freud

Trick question - it wasn’t a woman.

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3. The theory of cognitive development suggests that children move through four different stages of mental development. Who came up with this theory?

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Carl Rogers

Carl Jung

Jean Piaget

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4. Two words: classical conditioning.

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Ivan Pavlov

B.F. Skinner

Albert Bandura

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5. The hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory comprising a five-tier model of human needs, depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. Who is the famous psychologist behind this theory?

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Abraham Maslow

Alfred Adler

Martin Seligman

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6. This psychologist proposed the social learning theory.

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Albert Bandura

Alfred Adler

Martin Seligman

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7. This American psychologist developed the theory of drive reduction.

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John Watson

Clark Hull

Karen Horney

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