This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Study ways in which politicians can manipulate the minds of voters into supporting their issues and/or voting for them. A) Applied Psychology. B) Sports Psychology. C) Political Psychology. D) Basic Research. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Psychology. 2. Which group receives the "variable of interest?" A) Control Group. B) Experimental Group. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experimental Group. 3. Which of the following best describes 'Nature' in the context of Nature vs. Nurture? A) Innate biological/genetic factors. B) Environmental influences. C) Social experiences. D) Upbringing or life/learning experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Innate biological/genetic factors. 4. A phenomenon that occurs when a researcher's expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results. A) Experimenter bias. B) Biographical case study. C) Placebo. D) Descriptive naturalistic observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experimenter bias. 5. Theoretically today many people pull from multiple fields in order to support their comprehensive view of how to treat a client. Which view would probably be used to do this? A) Functionalist Approach. B) Biopsychosocial Approach. C) Psychoanalytical Approach. D) Structuralist Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biopsychosocial Approach. 6. The patterns of feelings, motives, and behavior that set people apart from one another. A) Id. B) Ego. C) Personality. D) Trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personality. 7. Modern Psychology was born in the A) 4th century B.C., with the Greek Philosophers. B) 1900s with the founding of psychoanalysis. C) Middle Ages, with tests to determine if a person was possessed. D) 1800's, after the birth of modern science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1800's, after the birth of modern science. 8. Which of the following fields analyzes sensations and personal experience as basic elements? A) Biopsychosocial. B) Structuralism. C) Functionalism. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structuralism. 9. What does the nature vs nurture debate concern? A) Whether genetics or environment plays a greater role in human behavior. B) Whether humans have free will or are determined by their environment. C) Whether intelligence is inherited or acquired through learning. D) Whether humans are inherently good or bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whether genetics or environment plays a greater role in human behavior. 10. Psychologist who focus on helping people with psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression A) Consumer. B) Forensic. C) Clinical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clinical. 11. Which of the following is NOT considered a behaviour? A) Walking. B) Smiling. C) Talking. D) Daydreaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daydreaming. 12. Which of the following best describes 'Nurture' in the context of Nature vs. Nurture? A) Upbringing or life/learning experiences. B) Innate biological/genetic factors. C) Genetic inheritance. D) Physical traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upbringing or life/learning experiences. 13. Which subfield of psychology strives to make everyday experiences easier and more comfortable by applying psychology to products, systems, and devices that humans use? A) Human Factors Psychology. B) Developmental Psychology. C) Cognitive Psychology. D) Clinical Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human Factors Psychology. 14. Aristotle and Plato's contribution to psychology was: A) Mind-Body Dualism. B) A discussion of nature vs nurture. C) So long ago no one cares. D) That old Greek guys are super cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A discussion of nature vs nurture. 15. Too much studying is a frequent cause of anxiety. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Psychology is not a study of ..... A) Experiences. B) Mental processes. C) Behaviour. D) Bodily processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bodily processes. 17. ..... were concerned with how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment. A) Functionalism. B) Structuralism. C) Psychodynamic Thinking. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Functionalism. 18. What does the correlational method attempt to establish? A) A relationship between two variables. B) Causation. C) Purpose of the unconscious mind. D) A dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A relationship between two variables. 19. You're solving the mystery of why someone behaves a certain way, and you decide to look at three clues:their biology, their mental state, and their environment. Which perspective are you using? A) Evolutionary perspective. B) Cognitive perspective. C) Biopsychosocial perspective. D) Humanistic perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biopsychosocial perspective. 20. What did John B. Watson focus on in his psychological studies? A) Observable behavior. B) The unconscious mind. C) Dream analysis. D) Free association. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observable behavior. 21. Introspection method was rejected because it was too A) Objective. B) Complex. C) Subjective. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subjective. 22. Two research methods widely used by psychologists are A) Precognition and the Ganzfield procedure. B) Surveys and experiments. C) Water-float tests and lie detector tests. D) Introspection and reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surveys and experiments. 23. The psychodynamic approach focuses on how conscious impulses, conflicts, and instincts impact behavior. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Psychologists are interested in which of the following? A) Collecting research data. B) Studying observable behavior and mental processes. C) Using surveys to gather evidence to support theories. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. When working with groups of people belonging to different ethnic and religious backgrounds, a ..... psychologist's skills are valuable A) Counsellors. B) Social Psychologist. C) Community Psychologist. D) Cross-cultural Psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cross-cultural Psychologist. 26. William James rejected structuralism and focused on A) Observable behavior only. B) Discovering the basic elements of consciousness. C) How mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment. D) The effect of segregation on the self esteem of children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment. 27. The main goals of psychology are to A) Observe and describe feelings. B) Observe and describe phenomena that science cannot explain. C) Research and teach positive visualizations. D) Observe, describe, explain, predict and control behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observe, describe, explain, predict and control behavior. 28. Questions to gather information A) Survey. B) Case Study. C) Experimental Group. D) Poll. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey. 29. A ..... is something that cannot see, touch, or measure directly that researchers in psychology use. A) Psychological construct. B) Behavioral analysis. C) Cognitive activity. D) Mental process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychological construct. 30. Which part of the neuron sends neural information to the next neuron? A) Myelin Sheath. B) Axon Terminal. C) Intoglobycybin. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axon Terminal. 31. I was late for work today and therefore got scolded. then I realised I forgot my lunch at home. In the afternoon I missed by bus. It was a bad day and I am unlucky. this view of holistic experience is given by ..... A) Gestalt. B) Carl Rogers. C) Sigmund Freud. D) William James. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gestalt. 32. Biological Basis of behavior, the function of the body and behavior A) Experimental Psychology. B) Clinical Psychology. C) Physiological Psychology. D) Counseling Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physiological Psychology. 33. Define Psychology. A) The study of behavior. B) The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. C) The study of human brain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 34. What is the term for 'Looking into oneself by exploring the senses, ' a method introduced by Wilhelm Wundt in 1879? A) Psychoanalysis. B) Introspection. C) Behaviorism. D) Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introspection. 35. In Psychology, a behaviour is an action while a mental process is carried out in the mind. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. What term refers to the measure of relationship between two variables? A) Hypothesis. B) Correlation. C) Independent Variable. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correlation. 37. Which research design is best for testing cause-and-effect by manipulating an independent variable and measuring a dependent variable? A) Case study of one unique individual. B) Survey using standardized questionnaires. C) Controlled experimental manipulation. D) Observation in natural settings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Controlled experimental manipulation. 38. Titchener believed that psychology should study the basic elements of conscious experience and belonged to which school of thought? A) Behaviorism. B) Humanism. C) Structuralism. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structuralism. 39. What is the quickest way to conduct psychological rearch and gather a lot of data? A) Interview. B) Cross-Sectional Survey. C) Longitudinal Study. D) Biographical Case Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cross-Sectional Survey. 40. The school headteacher has been able to resolve conflicts among teachers, the action that has made the school have a maximum learning environment. Which one of the following branches of psychology has been applied? A) Industrial/organizational psychology. B) Social psychology. C) Developmental psychology. D) Counselling psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial/organizational psychology. 41. The disadvantage of this method of descriptive research is the behaviors could be only one-time occurrences. A) Experiments. B) Case Study. C) Survey. D) Observational. E) Correlational. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observational. 42. The ..... for acquiring knowledge is one based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities. A) History of Psychology. B) Scientific Method. C) Contemporary Psychology. D) Empirical Method. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Empirical Method. 43. You're on a quest to become the best version of yourself, reaching your fullest potential. Which psychological perspective would be cheering you on as you strive for self-actualization and personal growth? A) Humanistic. B) Psychoanalysis. C) Behavioral. D) Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humanistic. 44. Cognitive activities are mental processes, such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories . A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes A) Psychology. B) Principle. C) Theory. D) Morality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychology. 46. Learning through observation and experiments A) Population. B) Experimental Group. C) Empirical Method. D) Control Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Empirical Method. 47. This is a method of research where an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable). A) Experiments. B) Case Study. C) Correlational. D) Survey. E) Observational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experiments. 48. Any action that other people can observe or measure A) Principle. B) Morality. C) Behavior. D) Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behavior. 49. Which of the following specialties in psychology provides diagnosis and treatment for less serious mental problems such as adjustment disorders A) Developmental. B) Personality. C) Counseling. D) Experimental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counseling. 50. Sociology relies on experiments for data collection A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 51. Which psychological perspective would explain an unruly child's classroom behavior as a result of learned responses to environmental stimuli? A) Psychoanalytic. B) Behavioral. C) Biological. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavioral. 52. A strength of an experiment is that A) You have control. B) You have no control. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You have control. 53. In classical conditioning, an animal learns to associate a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to produce a conditioned response. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. A medical doctor with a specialty in the treatment of mental health problems. A) Clinical psychologist. B) Therapist. C) Psychiatrist. D) Counseling psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychiatrist. 55. What is the second step of the SQ3R Active Reading strategy? A) Quash. B) Question. C) Quell. D) Qualify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question. 56. A basic truth or law A) Morality. B) Behavior. C) Principle. D) Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Principle. 57. Which psychological perspective emphasizes behavior as a means of personal growth and self-actualization? A) Behavioral perspective. B) Cognitive perspective. C) Psychoanalytic perspective. D) Humanistic perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humanistic perspective. 58. Ria did a research on the effect of regular meditation on brain structure and functions using imaging techniques like PET and fMRI. Ria is likely to be a ..... A) Psychiatrist. B) Counsellor. C) Cognitive Psychologist. D) Clinical Psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cognitive Psychologist. 59. Emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior A) Evolutionary perspective. B) Cognitive perspective. C) Biological perspective. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive perspective. 60. Researchers use psychological 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. 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