Psychology · Unit 18

Psychology in the Real World

Where psychology is used every day

Most psychology graduates do not become therapists. The field is applied in courts, hospitals, workplaces, sport and product design, often invisibly.

The unit covers forensic, health, sport, work and organisational psychology, and the everyday applications.

This unit breaks down into 23 short steps and 119 questions, starting at difficulty 1 and building to 5. Below you can see exactly what it covers, how the path is structured, and worked examples with explanations.

Steps: 23
Questions: 119
Difficulty: 1-5

What this unit covers

Forensic Psychology
Sport Psychology
Health Psychology
Everyday Psychology
Work and Organizational

Where this fits

The final unit. Best after most of the others.

Where people slip

Applied findings often come from narrow samples. Whether a workplace result generalises to a different culture or population is a real question rather than a technicality.

How the unit is structured

Psychology in the Real World runs as 23 short steps that unlock in order. 17 are practice rounds and 6 are challenge rounds that pull together everything before them. Questions start at difficulty 1 and climb to 5 as you progress.

Step 1 · easierStep 23 · harder

Challenge rounds

Example questions

30 real questions from this unit, with the answer and the reason behind it, grouped by what they practise. There are 119 in the unit altogether.

Everyday Psychology

Multiple choiceLevel 1
1. What does persuasion mean?
- Trying to change someone's beliefs or actionscorrect
- Building a house
- Counting money
- Cooking dinner
Persuasion is the effort to change what people think or do.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
2. Which of these can help you build a good new habit? Select all that apply.
- Doing it at the same time each daycorrect
- Starting small and simplecorrect
- Rewarding yourself for doing itcorrect
- Never actually doing it
- Punishing yourself harshly every day
Repeating at a set time, starting small, and rewarding yourself all help habits stick.
Fill the blankLevel 2
3. Only looking for information that agrees with what you already believe is called ____ bias.
- confirmationcorrect
- gravity
- sugar
- metal
Confirmation bias makes us favor evidence that supports our existing opinions.
True or falseLevel 2
4. It usually takes zero effort and no repetition to build a brand new habit.
Answer: False
New habits take repetition and time to become automatic, not zero effort.
Type the answerLevel 2
5. A gentle nudge in your surroundings, like putting fruit at eye level so you pick it, quietly changes your ____ without forcing you (one word for what you do).
Answer: behavior
A nudge changes behavior by making the good choice easier, without any force.
Odd one outLevel 3
6. Which of these is NOT one of Cialdini's principles of persuasion?
- Confusioncorrect
- Scarcity
- Authority
- Liking
Confusion is not a persuasion principle, but scarcity, authority, and liking all are.

Forensic Psychology

Multiple choiceLevel 1
7. Forensic psychology connects psychology with which field?
- The law and courtscorrect
- Cooking and baking
- Space travel
- Farming
Forensic psychology applies psychology to the law, courts, and crime.
Fill the blankLevel 2
8. Using clues from a crime to describe the likely personality and habits of an unknown offender is called offender ____.
- profilingcorrect
- cooking
- painting
- driving
Offender profiling builds a likely description of a suspect from crime scene clues.
Odd one outLevel 2
9. Which of these is NOT usually a job of a forensic psychologist?
- Baking bread for the courtroomcorrect
- Helping judge if someone is fit for trial
- Studying why people commit crimes
- Understanding how eyewitnesses remember
Baking is not a forensic job; the others all involve psychology and the law.
Sort into groupsLevel 2
10. Sort each activity into where it mainly belongs.
Answer: Giving eyewitness testimony = Courtroom; Questioning a suspect = Police work; Judging fitness for trial = Courtroom; Interviewing a victim at the scene = Police work
Forensic psychologists help in both police work and the courtroom.
True or falseLevel 2
11. Eyewitness memory can sometimes be mistaken, even when the person is being honest.
Answer: True
Memory is not a perfect recording, so honest witnesses can still make mistakes.
Choose all that applyLevel 3
12. Which of these can make eyewitness testimony less reliable? Select all that apply.
- Leading questionscorrect
- High stress during the eventcorrect
- A long delay before recallcorrect
- Calm conditions and open questions
- Good lighting at the scene
Leading questions, high stress at the scene, and a long delay before recall all weaken accuracy.

Health Psychology

Multiple choiceLevel 1
13. What does health psychology mainly study?
- How our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect physical health
- How planets move around the sun
- How to fix broken bones with surgery
- How computers store data
Health psychology looks at how the way we think, feel, and act shapes our physical health.
True or falseLevel 1
14. A health psychologist might help someone quit smoking or stick to a healthy diet.
Answer: True
Helping people change unhealthy habits is a big part of health psychology.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
15. Which of these are healthy behaviors that support wellbeing? Select all that apply.
- Eating fruits and vegetablescorrect
- Getting enough sleepcorrect
- Staying physically activecorrect
- Skipping all meals every day
- Smoking every day
Good food, enough sleep, and staying active all help keep the body and mind healthy.
Fill the blankLevel 2
16. The idea that health depends on biological, psychological, and social factors all together is called the ____ model.
- biopsychosocialcorrect
- microscope
- digital
- solar
The biopsychosocial model says body, mind, and social life all affect health.
Odd one outLevel 2
17. Which of these does NOT help reduce stress?
- Drinking lots of coffee late at nightcorrect
- Slow deep breathing
- Going for a walk
- Talking to a friend
Lots of caffeine late at night can raise stress and hurt sleep, while the others help you relax.
Guess the numberLevel 3
18. How many stages are there in Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?
Answer: 3 stages
The General Adaptation Syndrome has three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Sport Psychology

Multiple choiceLevel 1
19. What does sport psychology mainly study?
- How the mind affects sports performancecorrect
- How to sew clothes
- How rockets fly
- How to bake cakes
Sport psychology looks at how thoughts and feelings affect how athletes perform.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
20. Which of these can hurt an athlete's performance? Select all that apply.
- Too much worry and stresscorrect
- Poor sleep the night beforecorrect
- Losing focus during the gamecorrect
- Feeling calm and prepared
- Good practice beforehand
Worry, poor sleep, and lost focus all make it harder to perform well.
Fill the blankLevel 2
21. Choosing a clear target to work toward, like running a race in under five minutes, is called ____ setting.
- goalcorrect
- nap
- snack
- noise
Goal setting gives athletes a clear target that guides their training.
Match the pairsLevel 2
22. Match each sport psychology idea to its meaning.
Answer: Mental imagery = Picturing a skill in your mind; Self-talk = What you say to yourself; Goal setting = Choosing a clear target; Focus = Keeping your attention on the task
These mental skills help athletes prepare and perform.
Odd one outLevel 2
23. Which of these is NOT a mental skill a sport psychologist teaches?
- Learning to breathe underwatercorrect
- Staying focused
- Building confidence
- Managing nerves
Breathing underwater is not a mental skill; the others are all part of sport psychology.
Put in orderLevel 4
24. Put these steps of a pre-shot routine in a sensible order.
Answer: Take a slow, deep breath -> Picture the perfect shot -> Focus on the target -> Execute the movement
A steady routine settles the mind, pictures success, locks on the target, then acts.

Work and Organizational

Choose all that applyLevel 2
25. Which of these can boost workers' motivation? Select all that apply.
- Feeling their work matterscorrect
- Being recognized for good workcorrect
- Fair paycorrect
- Being ignored completely
- Constant harsh criticism
People are more motivated when their work feels meaningful, is recognized, and is fairly rewarded.
Fill the blankLevel 2
26. Feeling exhausted, drained, and unmotivated from too much long-term work stress is called ____.
- burnoutcorrect
- teamwork
- a bonus
- a promotion
Burnout is the tired, worn-out feeling that comes from ongoing work stress.
Match the pairsLevel 2
27. Match each workplace word to what it means.
Answer: Team = A group working toward a shared goal; Leader = Person who guides the group; Motivation = What gives people energy to work; Burnout = Exhaustion from too much stress
These are the basic building blocks of behavior at work.
Multiple choiceLevel 2
28. What is a good leader's main role in a team?
- Guiding and supporting the group toward a goalcorrect
- Doing none of the work and blaming others
- Keeping all the credit and giving no help
- Making sure no one ever talks
A good leader guides, supports, and motivates the team toward a shared goal.
Put in orderLevel 2
29. Put these steps of hiring a new worker in the usual order.
Answer: Post the job -> Read the applications -> Interview candidates -> Offer the job
Employers usually post a job, review applicants, interview, and then make an offer.
Odd one outLevel 4
30. Which of these is NOT a motivator in Herzberg's two-factor theory?
- Salarycorrect
- Recognition
- Achievement
- Responsibility
Salary is a hygiene factor, while recognition, achievement, and responsibility are true motivators.

Where these questions come from. Each unit starts as a plan of the concepts it should cover and the difficulty it should span. Questions are written against that plan with AI assistance, then checked by a validator that rejects anything without a single defensible answer, an explanation, or plausible wrong options. How we write questions sets out the whole process, and corrections are fixed in the bank and reach the site and the app the same day.

How you practise

This unit mixes 10 different question formats, so you are recalling and applying rather than recognising the same layout every time.

Choose all that apply
Fill the blank
Guess the number
Match the pairs
Multiple choice
Odd one out
Put in order
Sort into groups
True or false
Type the answer

Practise Psychology in the Real World

119 questions across 23 steps. Start with step one and crawl at your own pace.

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