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Printable Psychology Cryptogram Pack — 12 Puzzles

Each puzzle below is a letter-substitution cipher: crack it by hand in the numbered grid, using the blank code key underneath each puzzle to track your guesses. A separate Answer Key at the end has every solved quote, so this pack is self-contained on paper — no login or account needed.

Psychology puzzles

Puzzle 1 — Dr. Wayne Dyer

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Puzzle 2 — Dunning-Kruger Effect - David Dunning & Justin Kruger

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Puzzle 3 — Pareto Principle - Vilfredo Pareto

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Puzzle 4 — Murphy's Law - Edward A. Murphy Jr.

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Puzzle 5 — Hanlon's Razor - Robert J. Hanlon

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Puzzle 6 — Parkinson's Law - Cyril Northcote Parkinson

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Puzzle 7 — Peter Principle - Laurence J. Peter

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Puzzle 8 — Betteridge's Law - Ian Betteridge

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Puzzle 9 — Cunningham's Law - Ward Cunningham

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Puzzle 10 — Wadsworth Constant - Wadsworth

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Puzzle 11 — Streisand Effect - Barbara Streisand

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Puzzle 12 — Hofstadter's Law - Douglas Hofstadter

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Answer Key

  1. Go the extra mile. It's never crowded there.

    — Dr. Wayne Dyer (Puzzle 1)

  2. People with low ability overestimate their competence while experts underestimate theirs.

    — Dunning-Kruger Effect - David Dunning & Justin Kruger (Puzzle 2)

  3. Eighty percent of effects come from twenty percent of causes.

    — Pareto Principle - Vilfredo Pareto (Puzzle 3)

  4. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

    — Murphy's Law - Edward A. Murphy Jr. (Puzzle 4)

  5. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

    — Hanlon's Razor - Robert J. Hanlon (Puzzle 5)

  6. Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

    — Parkinson's Law - Cyril Northcote Parkinson (Puzzle 6)

  7. People rise to their level of incompetence.

    — Peter Principle - Laurence J. Peter (Puzzle 7)

  8. Any headline ending in a question mark can be answered by the word "no."

    — Betteridge's Law - Ian Betteridge (Puzzle 8)

  9. The best way to get the right answer is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong answer.

    — Cunningham's Law - Ward Cunningham (Puzzle 9)

  10. The first thirty percent of any YouTube video can be skipped.

    — Wadsworth Constant - Wadsworth (Puzzle 10)

  11. Attempts to hide information often lead to wider publicity.

    — Streisand Effect - Barbara Streisand (Puzzle 11)

  12. It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

    — Hofstadter's Law - Douglas Hofstadter (Puzzle 12)

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