This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Psychology is a social science because ..... A) It studies behaviours and mental processes as affected by our social environments. B) It studies humans which are essentially social animals. C) Our culture shapes in very unique ways. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Research in biopsychology can include the study of biological correlates of psychological ..... A) Continents. B) Colors. C) Seasons. D) Disorders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disorders. 3. Research in biopsychology can include the study of ..... behavior (related to reproduction). A) Social. B) Reproductive. C) Aggressive. D) Feeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reproductive. 4. ..... looks at the structure and function of the brain in relation to behaviors and psychological processes. A) Developmental Psychology. B) Behavioral Psychology. C) Neuropsychology. D) Forensic Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuropsychology. 5. What is a pseudoscience? A) A field or theory that is not tested under empirical (scientific, reliable, valid) conditions. B) A field or theory that draws conclusions from unreliable and non-systematic data collection procedures. C) A field or theory that is created under influence of personal bias. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 6. Which subfield of psychology uses science to study human behavior in the workplace? A) Developmental Psychology. B) Cognitive Psychology. C) Clinical Psychology. D) Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial-Organizational Psychology. 7. Which of these is an example of experience? A) Reading a textbook. B) Heart rate increasing. C) Crying loudly. D) Feeling nervous before a presentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feeling nervous before a presentation. 8. Who is most associated with the technique of introspection? A) Watson. B) James. C) Wertheimer. D) Wundt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wundt. 9. What questions does philosophical psychology try to answer? A) How does our brain work?. B) Why do we exist? What's our relationship with God and the Universe?. C) What does God want?. D) Are we the same as plants and animals?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why do we exist? What's our relationship with God and the Universe?. 10. Fill in the blank:Perception is the experience of the world which is influenced by where we focus our attention, our previous experiences, and our ..... backgrounds. A) Technological. B) Economic. C) Physical. D) Cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultural. 11. Research in biopsychology can include the study of ..... behavior (related to eating). A) Ingestive. B) Aggressive. C) Reproductive. D) Exploratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ingestive. 12. The advantage of this descriptive method of research is that the strict control of variables offers researchers the opportunity to draw conclusions about cause and effect relationships. A) Survey. B) Experiments. C) Observational. D) Correlational. E) Case Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experiments. 13. Which approach to psychology focuses on observable behaviors? A) Structuralism. B) Functionalism. C) Cognitive psychology. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behaviorism. 14. Which subfield of psychology uses psychological science to support the judicial system? A) Forensic Psychology. B) Developmental Psychology. C) Clinical Psychology. D) Cognitive Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forensic Psychology. 15. Help businesses use psychology to get more customers A) Political Psychology. B) Industrial Psychology. C) Sports Psychology. D) Causation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial Psychology. 16. Mental processes are ..... A) Behaviours that we exhibit. B) Directly observable. C) Not possible to study in Psychology. D) Not directly observable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not directly observable. 17. Researchers use psychology constructs to describe things that cannot be seen, touched, or measured directly A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Research method where there is a controlled setting and can be replicated over and over to get the answer one is looking for. A) Experiment. B) Naturalistic Observation. C) Case Study. D) Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experiment. 19. Behaviorism focuses their studies on ..... A) People's needs, attention, and love. B) Blood Chemistry. C) Observable Behavior. D) Unconsciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observable Behavior. 20. Who was the founding father of psychology? A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) Edward Titchener. C) Sigmund Freud. D) Mary Whiton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wilhelm Wundt. 21. ..... is the branch of psychology concerned with schools, teaching psychology, educational issues, and student concerns. A) Clinical Psychology. B) Sports Psychology. C) Health Psychology. D) Educational Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Educational Psychology. 22. Which of the following best describes how psychiatrists most often treat patients? A) Through psychoanalysis. B) Medication management. C) Dream analysis. D) Behavioral Therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medication management. 23. Who is the founder of psychoanalysis? A) Abraham Maslow. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Sigmund Freud. D) B.F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sigmund Freud. 24. Disney wants to increase the creativity of its staff. What type of psychologists could help rework their offices to encourage creativity? A) Counseling. B) Humanistic. C) Industrial-Organization. D) Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial-Organization. 25. Which psychological perspective focuses on understanding the conscious experience through introspection? A) Behaviorism. B) Humanism. C) Structuralism. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structuralism. 26. ..... help coaches and athletes to improve their performance by applying principles of Psychology in their training. A) Community psychologiat. B) Educational psychologist. C) Counsellors. D) Sports Psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sports Psychologist. 27. Which of the following professional in psychology has the broadest areas of interest and functions A) Psychiatrist. B) Psychoanalyst. C) Psychologist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychologist. 28. Who was the first American psychologist and wrote the first American psychology textbook? A) Socrates. B) William James. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William James. 29. SIGMUND FREUD INTRODUCED UNCONSCIOUS A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 30. Mental processes can be observed (seen). True or false? A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 31. What is the most frequent score taken as the central measure? A) Bimodal. B) Standard deviation. C) Mode. D) Range. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mode. 32. Carrie is struggling to balance her school, home, and social lives. What type of psychologist would she go to for help? A) Clinical. B) Counseling. C) Human Factors. D) Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counseling. 33. The biggest debate in psychology is A) Democrats vs. republicans. B) Girls vs. boys. C) Nature vs. nurture. D) Auburn vs. alabama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature vs. nurture. 34. Which of the following is NOT an example of a behaviour? A) Perception. B) Body language. C) Facial expression. D) Tone of voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perception. 35. Functional psychology (functionalism) draws upon the theory of natural selection, which came from ..... A) Freud. B) Dewey. C) Wundt. D) Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Darwin. 36. Which of the following is an example of a mental process? A) Feeling pain. B) Laughing out loud. C) Speaking. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling pain. 37. Emphasizes the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socio-economic status on behavior and mental processes A) Evolutionary perspective. B) Biological perspective. C) Sociocultural perspective. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sociocultural perspective. 38. According to Freud, many of his patients' problems arose from the ..... mind. A) Logical. B) Creative. C) Conscious. D) Unconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconscious. 39. Any action that people can observe or measure. A) Behavior. B) Experiment. C) Humanistic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavior. 40. Which of the following best describes the main idea of Gestalt Psychology? A) The relationship between parts as a whole is crucial to perception. B) Only the physical properties of stimuli matter in perception. C) Perception is unrelated to sensation. D) Sensory experiences are best understood by analyzing their individual parts separately. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationship between parts as a whole is crucial to perception. 41. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why an education in psychology is valuable? A) Strong communication skills. B) Strong critical thinking. C) Learning about connections between biology and behavior. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 42. A mental process is also known as a(n) A) Norm. B) Behavior. C) Psychological construct. D) Cognitive activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognitive activity. 43. What is humanistic psychology? A) The study of how organisms learn or modify their behaviour as they respond to their environment. B) The study of how people perceive, learn, remember and think about information. C) Psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person. D) Systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person. 44. What is the name of the technique where people would examine their own thoughts/behaviors? A) Empricism. B) Introspection. C) Structuralism. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introspection. 45. Which domain of psychology focuses on understanding people's physical and cognitive changes throughout their lifespan? A) Social psychology. B) Developmental psychology. C) Cognitive psychology. D) Personality psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developmental psychology. 46. Which statement best defines psychology as highlighted in the learning intentions slide? A) A medical specialty focused only on brain surgery. B) A branch of philosophy rejecting empirical methods. C) A set of untested beliefs about mind and spirit. D) An evidence-based science of behaviour and mental processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An evidence-based science of behaviour and mental processes. 47. Try to explain why things are the way they are A) Correlation. B) Causation. C) Laws. D) Theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theories. 48. Behavior and mental processes A) Cognitive Perspective. B) Psychodynamic Perspective. C) Sociocultural Perspective. D) Biological Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological Perspective. 49. Fill in the blank:'Ology' means ..... A) Scientific study of. B) Form of government. C) Art of cooking. D) Type of animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific study of. 50. What is a study in psychological research? A) A long-term change in accepted theories. B) A scientist's personal belief about people. C) A specific investigation designed to test an idea. D) A model used to predict human behaviour broadly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A specific investigation designed to test an idea. 51. Links between human behavior and Darwin's Theory of Evolution are part of what? A) Personality Psychology. B) Social Psychology. C) Evolutionary Psychology. D) Physiological Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evolutionary Psychology. 52. What is "behaviorism" ? A) A psychologist that helps people improve their behavior. B) An area of psychology that focuses on the relationship between a stimuli and the way a person responds to that behavior. C) An area of psychology that works with the criminal justice system to help criminals behave better. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An area of psychology that focuses on the relationship between a stimuli and the way a person responds to that behavior. 53. What is the main function of the brain? A) Storing and using information. B) Observing and recording behavior. C) Influencing how we perceive the world. D) Regulating bodily functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regulating bodily functions. 54. Which psychologist goes with functionalism? A) Sigmund Freud. B) William James. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) Charles Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William James. 55. Who is associated with Structuralism? A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) Abraham Maslow. C) Sigmund Freud. D) William James. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wilhelm Wundt. 56. Psychological ..... explain and predict what governs behavior and mental processes. A) Counseling. B) Basic research. C) Cannot/can. D) Theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theories. 57. A medical doctor with a specialty in the treatment of mental health problems is called A) Clinical psychologist. B) Psychiatrist. C) Counseling psychologist. D) Therapist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychiatrist. 58. Changed to see effects A) Independent Variable. B) Dependent Variable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Variable. 59. A psychological concept that one behaves differently when others are watching is called the A) Hawthorne Effect. B) No effect. C) Smith Effect. D) Flash Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hawthorne Effect. 60. He is the psychologist who mentioned about a individual's started to be '' blank slate" or "tabula rasa" . A) John Locke. B) Erik Erikson. C) Abraham Maslow. D) John B. Watson. 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