Abstract: A psychology game particularly adapted for play through publication in a newspaper or other periodical. Players are provided with a hypothetical person having a plurality of disclosed character traits, a description of a circumstance with which the hypothetical person is confronted, a plurality of descriptions of possible reactions of the hypothetical person to the circumstance, and an answer list for determining the accuracy of the player's reaction selection. The game is played by selecting as most appropriate one of the plurality of descriptions of possible reactions and then determining the accuracy of the player's reaction selection. In one variation, the hypothetical person is also assigned an undisclosed character trait which the player tries to determine by comparing the player's reaction selection to the answer list.

Abstract: A method of playing a psychology game with one or more players wherein the one or more players are provided with a hypothetical person having at least one undisclosed character trait, a description of a circumstance with which the hypothetical person is confronted, a plurality of descriptions of possible reactions of the hypothetical person to the circumstance, and a means for determining the quality of the player's reaction selection, the means includes providing to the player a performance rating for the player's reaction selection wherein the performance rating is based upon the at least one undisclosed character trait.