What are your thoughts as you review the titles and what does it make you think about regarding the field of psychology?

Review the titles of each section of questions, such as “Biopsychology”. What are your thoughts as you review the titles and what does it make you think about regarding the field of psychology? For example, did one area seem more interesting to you? Did one area surprise you that it was a part of psychology? Did you say yes to things more often in one area than another? Be sure to explain your answers.

Biopsychology/Consciousness

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_____1. Have you ever pulled your hand away from something hot or sharp
and only then realized that you burned or cut your hand?

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_____2. Have you ever known someone who had a stroke?

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_____3. Have you ever laughed when you were happy or cried when you were
sad?

_____4. Have you ever had a concussion?

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_____ 5. Have you ever woken up from a nap even more tired than you were
before you fell asleep?

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_____ 6. Have you ever deprived yourself of sleep in order to do
something you felt was more important?

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_____7. Have you ever tried to listen to two different conversations at
the same time (e.g., a friend was talking to you but you were trying to
overhear a conversation between another group of friends?)

Behavioral psychology

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_____8. To try to get you to stop a certain behavior, have you ever been
punished by a parent, caregiver, teacher, or other person in authority?

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_____9. Have you ever received a reward for doing something well, such as
a sticker at school, a treat at home, encouragement from a friend, etc.

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_____10. Have you ever gotten sick from eating a type of food, such as
chicken from a restaurant, and refused to eat that food again or refused to
eat at that restaurant again?

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_____11. Have you ever learned how to do something or what not to do by
watching other people?

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____ 12. Have you ever heard a familiar song and suddenly felt a strong
emotion such as love, happiness, sadness, etc?

Cognitive psychology

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_____13. Have you ever felt so overwhelmed that you felt like you
couldn’t think straight?

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_____14. Have you ever tried really hard to solve a problem and once you
saw the answer you realized how simple and obvious it was?

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_____15. Have you ever tried really hard to remember something but
couldn’t remember it?

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_____16. Have you ever had a disagreement with someone over the way
something happened because you both remembered it very differently?

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_____17. Have you ever wondered how to study effectively so that you
could perform well on a test?

Clinical and counseling psychology

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_____18. Have you ever known anyone who experienced abuse as a child or
teenager?

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_____19. Have you ever known anyone who was diagnosed with depression?

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_____20. Have you ever known anyone who had a drug or alcohol abuse
problem?

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____ 21. Have you ever known anyone who has taken a prescription drug to
alleviate a psychological issue such as ADHD, anxiety, depression, etc?

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_____22. Have you ever heard of someone being a part of a group of
people, like a support group or therapy group, who were trying to improve
some aspect of their lives?

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_____23. Have you ever known anyone who talked with a therapist or
psychologist?

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_____ 24. Have you ever been told that you’re a really good listener?

Developmental psychology

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_____25. Have you ever watched a child learn how to sit up, walk, or run?

_____26. Thinking back to your childhood, did you ever have an imaginary
friend?

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_____27. Have you ever seen a child or a teenager change their behavior
because of peer pressure?

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_____28. As a teenager (approximately age 13-18), did you ever do
something that in the moment you knew you shouldn’t be doing…but you did it
anyway?

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_____ 29. Have you ever heard of or seen someone experience a “mid-life
crisis”?

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_____30. Have you ever thought to yourself that you would parent very
differently than you were parented?

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____ 31. Have you ever known someone who is 70 years old or older and
seemed to be very happy and enjoy their life?

Personality psychology

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_____32. Have you ever watched someone’s behavior and thought “what made
them do that?”

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_____33. Have you ever thought about something you said or did and
wondered “Why did I say or do that? That’s not who I really am?”

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_____34. Have you ever wondered what people need in order to change or
grow to become a better version of themselves?

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_____ 35. Have you ever thought that you have changed a lot as a person
over the course of your lifespan?

Social psychology

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_____36. Have you ever seen someone act differently in a group of people
than when they are alone or with one other person?

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_____37. Have you ever thought something like “That’s an angry jerk”
after seeing someone you didn’t know yell at another person?

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_____38. Have you ever done something an authority figure told you to do
that you didn’t want to do or have you ever seen someone else comply with
someone in authority even if the person didn’t want to?

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_____ 39. Have you ever wondered why people are attracted to certain
people and not others?

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_____40. Have you ever helped a stranger?

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