This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which subfield of psychology uses science to explore the process behind human and animal behavior? A) Clinical Psychology. B) Developmental Psychology. C) Industrial-Organizational Psychology. D) Experimental Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experimental Psychology. 2. However, using several methods to carry out a research can be A) Fun and easy. B) Time-consuming and expensive. C) Be very rare. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time-consuming and expensive. 3. Which of the following is a mental process? A) Running. B) Talking. C) Laughing. D) Solving a math problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solving a math problem. 4. Meera has been diagnosed with acute depression. She has been prescribed regular medication by ..... A) General physician. B) Psychiatrist. C) Psychologist. D) Counsellor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychiatrist. 5. Human consciousness, experience, and self awareness are the main concern of A) The school of functionalism. B) The humanistic perspective. C) The school of behaviorism. D) Freudian psychoanalysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The humanistic perspective. 6. What are the goals of Psychology? A) Decribe. B) Predict. C) Explain. D) Control. E) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the Above. 7. Based on many perspectives; psychoanalytic, social learning, behavioral, humanistic and cognitive A) Personality Psychology. B) Developmental Psychology. C) Educational Psychology. D) Social Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personality Psychology. 8. One quality that Carl Rogers believed therapists need is: A) Empathy. B) Judgment. C) Indifference. D) Authoritarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empathy. 9. Thoughts and feelings inside the mind A) Correlation. B) Behavior. C) Mental Processes. D) Causation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mental Processes. 10. Psychology focuses on A) Individuals. B) Groups. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individuals. 11. The cognitive perspective focuses on ..... processes to explain human behavior. A) Genetic. B) Mental. C) Physical. D) Environmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mental. 12. Use research methods to build psychology's knowledge base. A) Basic Research. B) Applied Research. C) Placebo. D) Random Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic Research. 13. What does the term 'Gestalt' mean in the context of psychology? A) Emotion. B) Memory. C) Whole. D) Part. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whole. 14. Fill in the blank:The four goals of psychology are Measure/Describe, Explain, Predict, and ..... A) Analyze. B) Summarize. C) Control. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control. 15. Which professional specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders? A) Biological psychologist. B) Counsellor. C) Clinical psychologist. D) Developmental psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clinical psychologist. 16. Founded structuralism A) Socrates. B) B. F. Skinner. C) John B. Watson. D) Wilhelm Wundt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wilhelm Wundt. 17. ..... emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and internal conflicts in determining human behavior. A) Reinforcement. B) Psychoanalysis. C) Structuralism. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychoanalysis. 18. Which pairing correctly matches the psychologist to their focus? A) Bowlby-experimental memory stages. B) Festinger-cognitive dissonance processes. C) Ainsworth-split-brain lateralisation. D) Sperry-social identity formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Festinger-cognitive dissonance processes. 19. Behaviour can be overt (outwardly seen) or covert (internal) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Psychology is defined as the A) Humanistic study of emotions and feelings. B) Sociological study of individuals and group dynamics. C) Scientific study of behavior and mental process. D) Study of supernatural phenomena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientific study of behavior and mental process. 21. What defines a person or animal being observed in a natural environment? A) Laboratory observation. B) Naturalistic observation. C) Case Studies. D) Surveys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naturalistic observation. 22. Which psychological perspective focuses on humans as a whole rather than individual parts? A) Structuralism. B) Humanism. C) Behaviorism. D) Gestalt Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gestalt Psychology. 23. ..... refers to the scientific study of the mind and behavior. A) Sociology. B) Psychology. C) Social Studies. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychology. 24. What is the fifth stage of the SQ3R Active Reading strategy? A) Retell / recite. B) Review / recall. C) Recite / reword. D) Recant / remember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Review / recall. 25. What are examples of mental processes? A) Perception. B) Memory. C) Thinking. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 26. A clinical psychologist differs from a psychiatrist as they A) Cannot prescribe medicines. B) Can give electroshock treatment. C) Cannot give counseling. D) Can prescribe medicines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cannot prescribe medicines. 27. The social sciences, such as chemistry and physics, are concerned with the nature of the physical world. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. Which perspective looks at perception, learning and memory? A) Psychoanalysis. B) Cognitive psychology. C) Evolutionary perspective. D) Behaviourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive psychology. 29. Which view of behavior is Freud the founder of? A) Psychoanalytic. B) Behaviorism. C) Cognitive. D) Humanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychoanalytic. 30. The ..... focuses on the evolution of behavior and mental processes. A) Psychoanalytic perspective. B) Evolutionary perspective. C) Biological perspective. D) Learning perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolutionary perspective. 31. Who was the first female president of the APA? A) Margaret Floy Washburn. B) Mary Whiton Calkins. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary Whiton Calkins. 32. Any action that can be observed and measured A) Causation. B) Behavior. C) Correlation. D) Placebo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavior. 33. Independent Variable A) Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter. B) Variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter. 34. Who established the first laboratory of Experimental Psychology? A) B FSkinner. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) William James. D) Wilhelm Wundt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wilhelm Wundt. 35. Which statement best fits psychology as a scientific discipline? A) Researchers analyzed brain scans during fear. B) Horoscopes explain mood changes accurately. C) A psychic can tell what you are thinking. D) Mercury retrograde causes anxiety widely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Researchers analyzed brain scans during fear. 36. A ..... is a rule or law. A) Psychological construct. B) Behavior. C) Principle. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Principle. 37. What psychological approach focuses on how the mind functions rather than what it is? A) Pragmatism. B) Behaviorism. C) Mrs. Boyd's method. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Functionalism. 38. Which field of psychology evaluates people with problems, then helps them to resolve those problems and change their self-defeating behavior? A) Counseling psychology. B) Developmental psychology. C) Clinical psychology. D) Educational psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clinical psychology. 39. True or False Behavior can be measured through changes in our physiological changes (blood pressure, heart rate, body temp. ) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. Some debate whether Psychology is truly a form of science. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Who is known as the "Father of Psychology?" A) John Locke. B) William James. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wilhelm Wundt. 42. Dependent Variable A) Variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment. B) Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment. 43. ..... perspective is in response to structuralism. A) Functionalism. B) Gestalt psychology. C) Humanistic psychology. D) Constructivism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gestalt psychology. 44. All of the following are in social studies except: A) Civics. B) Biology. C) History. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biology. 45. ..... PROCESSES INCLUDE THINKING, MEMORY, EMOTIONS ETC. A) COGNITIVE. B) EMOTIONAL. C) MENTAL. D) SOCIAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MENTAL. 46. An inactive substance or fake treatment used to control for confounding variable A) Causation. B) Placebo. C) Independent Variable. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placebo. 47. Which of the following mental health careers requires a medical doctorate (MD)? A) Neuropsychology. B) Clinical Psychology. C) Psychometrics. D) Psychiatry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychiatry. 48. Which modern psychological perspective focuses on the impact of gender, economic status, peer pressure, and ethnicity on a person's behavior? A) Humanistic. B) Behavioral. C) Psychodynamic. D) Socio-Cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socio-Cultural. 49. Which variable do you manipulate? A) Dependent Variable. B) Control Group. C) Independent Variable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent Variable. 50. Developmental psychologists are especially concerned with A) Testifying at legal trials. B) Developing aptitude tests for students. C) Changes that occur throughout the life span. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes that occur throughout the life span. 51. You're conducting a psychology study by observing behaviors and testing theories in a controlled environment. What type of evidence are you gathering? A) Hypothetical evidence. B) Empirical evidence. C) Anecdotal evidence. D) Theoretical evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Empirical evidence. 52. Psychologist can prescribe medication to patients A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 53. Because it is concerned with the behavior and interaction of people, psychology can be considered a ..... science. A) Natural. B) Social. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social. 54. Is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes A) Biology. B) Chemistry. C) Psychology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychology. 55. Sadie believes that she is the Queen of England and that the CIA is out to get her. What type of psychologist would be most likely to treat her psychological disorder? A) Personality. B) Clinical. C) Cognitive. D) Developmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clinical. 56. Educational psychology is concerned with: A) Studying growth and development of children. B) Finding ways of facilitating teaching and learning. C) Classifying children according to their behavior. D) Treating people suffering with emotional disorders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finding ways of facilitating teaching and learning. 57. What is the distinction between the brain and the mind? A) The brain is intangible, while the mind is a physical organ. B) The mind is studied by neuroscientists, while the brain is explored through various perspectives. C) The brain is responsible for emotions, while the mind regulates bodily functions. D) The brain is a tangible organ, while the mind is an intangible concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The brain is a tangible organ, while the mind is an intangible concept. 58. Psychologists can use psychological ..... to learn about aspects of human behavior that cannot be measured. A) Constructs. B) Reinforcement. C) Behaviors. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constructs. 59. The major cognitive processes are ..... A) Memory. B) Attention. C) Decision making. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. Human behaviour is manifestation of unconscious desires and conflicts. This theory is ..... A) Psychoanalysis. B) Humanistic approach. C) Functionalism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychoanalysis. 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