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As part of a psychology unit on thought, students respond to the following questions that will require a little bit of thought. The questions below are taken from a book called If written by Evelyn McFarane & James Saywell. If is a thought-provoking book that has many “deep” questions that can serve as great starting points to class discussions.
The book contains 500 questions. The questions below are a great selection for a high school psychology course. The page number where the question is found is listed in parenthesis.
The book also can be used to fill a few minutes at the start or end of a period.
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The following question were taken from the book If Evelyn McFarane & James Saywell.
1. If you were to be granted one wish, what would it be? (5)
2. If you could in retrospect change one thing about your childhood, what would it be? (7)
3. If you could have permanent possession of any single object in the world, what would you want it to be? (10)
4. If you had to identically repeat any single year of your life to date, without changing a thing, which year would you relive? (10)
5. If you were to be stranded on a desert island and could only have one book to read, what would it be? (11) One CD?
6. If you could have chosen your own first name, other than your current one, what would it be? (12)
7. If you could keep only one article of clothing you currently own, and the rest would be thrown out, what would you keep? (14)
8. If you had to lose one of your five senses, which one would you give up? (14)
9. If you had to choose the color that most accurately describes you, which color would it be? (16)
10. If you had to name the most terrifying moment of your life so far, what would it be? (17)
11. If you could be guaranteed one thing in life besides money, what would you ask for? (17)
12. If you could only keep one of your five senses, which would you save? (20)
13. If you had to describe the saddest thing that ever happened to you, what would you talk about? (20)
13. If you could forever eliminate one specific type of prejudice from the earth, which would it be? (22)
14. If your house were totally destroyed by fire but you could save just one thing, what would it be? (23)
15. If you could decide how to spend your last day alive, what would you do? (26)
16. If you could decide what would be written on your gravestone, what would you have inscribed? (26)
17. If you had to choose the most valuable thing you ever learned, what would it be? (26)
18. If you could see only one movie ever again, what film would you choose? (31)
19. If you could choose the title of your autobiography, what would it be? (32)
20. If you could ensure that your children never have one experience that you have had, what would it be? (36)
21. If you could “unknow” one thing you know, what would it be? (37)
22. If you could have any music group play your birthday party, which group would you choose? (40)
23. If you could ask God any single question, what would it be? (42)
24. If you were to perform at the circus, what would you do? (55)
25. If you could ensure that your child has one experience that you have had yourself, what would it be? (56)
26. If you could retract one lie you have told in your life, what would it be? (56)
27. If you had to name your single worst fear, what would it be? (64)
28. If you could select the food that best describes your character, what food would it be? (70)
29. If you could teach your children one life lesson, what would it be? (73)
30. If you could choose any six (6) people to be pallbearers at you funeral, who would you choose? (76)
31. If you could eat at only one restaurant for the rest of your life, which one would you choose? (78)
32. If you could make someone else live one moment of your own life, who would you select and what moment? (80)
33. If you were to be reincarnated as an animal, what kind would you want to be? (80)
34. If you could go back in time as yourself to observe any single event from history, what would you want to witness? (84)
35. If you could choose any job in the world for one day, what would it be? (85)
36. If you had to choose the best television show (AND reality TV show) ever made, which one would you pick? (85)
37. If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be? (86)
38. If you could choose the very last thing you will see before death, what would it be? (88)
39. If you had to choose the worst work experience you’ve ever had, what would it be? (94)
40. If you had to choose the best song ever composed, which one would it be? (97)
41. If you could accomplish only one thing in the rest of your life, what would it be? (98)
42. If you learned you had exactly one year to live, what would you do with the remaining time? (101)
43. If your plane was about to crash and you had time to write one quick note, to whom would you write, and what would you say? (103)
44. If you could recover one thing you’ve lost in your lifetime, what would you wish to find? (106)
45. If you were given a yacht today, what would you name it? (107)
46. If you had to name the best purchase you’ve ever made, which one would you choose? (107)
47. If you could have been told one thing that you weren’t told as a teenage, what would you have like to have heard? (108)
48. If you could teach a person any single thing, who and what would you choose? (110)
49. If you could leave a time capsule the size of a microwave oven to be found centuries from now, what would you put inside it? (112)
50. If you could choose the single biggest mistake you have made in your life so far, what would it be? (116)
51. If you could eliminate one habit you have, what would it be? (118)
52. If you could have the autograph of one person from history, who would it be? (122)
53. If you were to inhabit the world of any video or computer game, which one would you select? (123)
54. If you could in retrospect, thank one teacher you had in school, for what they taught you, who would it be, and what would you thank them for? (127)
55. If you could have the answer to any question, what would you ask? (129)
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