Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology Quiz 4 (60 MCQs)

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1. Social psychologists differ from personality psychologists in their focus
2. ..... involves applying psychology to criminal investigation and the law.
3. Psychology is a pseudoscience because all of theories are based upon opinion, not research.
4. How many contemporary approaches are there?
5. Any action that people can observe or measure, such as walking, talking, sleeping, and eating:
6. Research in biopsychology can include the study of drug use and .....
7. Which term describes an action that can be directly observed or measured?
8. Mental process, such as a dream or memory
9. Psychological perspectives are
10. Which area of study in psychology applies psychological principles to the workplace?
11. A person who focuses on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental and organizational concerns
12. Four things psychologists do:
13. What is the definition of psychology?
14. The year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of psychology as a science because that is the year
15. Which field of psychology helps people with adjustment problems, but do not have a serious psychological disorder?
16. Which of the following correlation co-efficients would indicate the strongest relationship between two variables?
17. Which branch of psychology would argue that a child who is hungry will not be able concentrate on schoolwork or being good in class?
18. Psychology is defined as
19. Which school of psychology focuses on observable behaviors and the idea that all behavior is a product of our environment and what we have learned?
20. Which group is exposed to the independent variable?
21. How is behaviorism defined?
22. The first lab of psychology was made by ..... in Leipzig, Germany in the year .....
23. Which area of study in psychology is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders?
24. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow emphasized on
25. Have shown that our perceptions depend not only on our sensory impressions but also on the context of our impression.
26. Which psychologists diagnose and treat people with emotional and behavioral disorders, such as major depression or phobias?
27. What is psychology?
28. Which approach would try and control a person's depression through the use of medication?
29. Explanation based on evidence
30. Fill in the blank:Sensation refers to ..... information (sights, sounds, touch, smell).
31. Which psychologists are most likely to help employers with staffing, training, and employee development?
32. What best distinguishes a psychological theory from a study?
33. Which is NOT a notable behaviorist
34. Contemporary psychological approach that emphasizes study of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status
35. If a psychologist is tackling real-world issues, like improving classroom management or developing new therapies, which type of research are they using to find practical solutions?
36. Sigmund Freud is the father of psycho analytics?
37. What is a key difference between natural and social sciences in psychology?
38. Which of the following is NOT an example of pseudoscience?
39. "Humans are not only influenced by their socio-cultural contexts, they also create them"
40. Imagine you point your thumb backward, as if you're pointing toward your past. Which psychological perspective best reflects this idea of looking back to understand how past experiences shape current behavior?
41. This psychologist changed the face of psychology by proposing a theory of personality that emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind
42. Along with history, anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology, psychology is one of the .....
43. This approach to psychology focuses on how we process, store, and use information.
44. This approach examines how our genes, hormones, and nervous system interact with our environment.
45. Which of the following best describes the main difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?
46. Focus on identifying and measuring human traits, determining influences on human thought processes, feelings, and behavior and explaining psychological disorders
47. Study of mind and behavior
48. In the documentary Three Perfect Strangers, separating the triplets to study nature and nurture was ..... according to standards today.
49. Focus on learning observable behaviors and founded by John Broadus Watson
50. What is the main focus of cognitive psychology?
51. Group studied from population
52. This research method is a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.
53. Mind is considered to receive, process, transform, store and retrieve information. This statement is related to the ..... perspective of the evolution of psychology.
54. Study and treat disorders. Requires a PhD
55. Clinical psychologists ..... prescribe medication to a client, but psychiatrists .....
56. True or false:Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
57. A medical doctor who specializes in treating psychological problems is a?
58. Cognitive theorists were tired of only examining observable behavior. They wanted to know about:
59. By the 1950's, new disciplinary perspectives in ..... , neuroscience, and computer science were emerging.
60. Psychologists who study the psychological effects of the environment on people's behavior