This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 2 Methods Of Psychology – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 2 Methods Of Psychology Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best defines the biological approach in psychology? A) Focuses on personal growth and free will desires and conflicts. B) Studies behavior through social interactionsunconscious. C) Examines the role of brain, hormones, and genes in behavior. D) Analyzes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Examines the role of brain, hormones, and genes in behavior. 2. Which of the following is true about correlation? A) It shows cause and effect. B) It does not show relationships. C) It does not reveal cause and effect. D) It is the dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It does not reveal cause and effect. 3. The quality of thinking decides quality of life. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What is the main focus of the observation method? A) Experimental results. B) Internal thoughts. C) Case studies. D) External behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External behavior. 5. "I think, therefore I am" A) Francis Bacon. B) Rene Descartes. C) Isaac Newton. D) Galileo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rene Descartes. 6. Which option below is NOT a goal of Psychological Research? A) Description. B) Deception. C) Explanation. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deception. 7. Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination? A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebrum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum. 8. This research method that measures the relationship between variables and finds no cause and effect? A) Correlational. B) Experiments. C) Case Study. D) Observational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correlational. 9. TRUE or FALSE:A psychologist is a medical doctor who specializes in the treatment ofpsychological problems and who can prescribe medication for clients. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Which psychological approach emphasizes self-actualization and unconditional positive regard? A) Cognitive. B) Biological. C) Psychoanalytic. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humanistic. 11. What is REM sleep associated with? A) Muscle paralysis. B) Vivid dreams. C) High brain activity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. What controls the endocrine system? A) Cerebellum. B) Hypothalamus. C) Corpus callosum. D) Hippocampus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothalamus. 13. The group in an experiment that does not receive treatment A) Control Group. B) Sample. C) ESP. D) Placebo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control Group. 14. In a study, the participants who receive the treatment A) Case Study. B) Experimental Group. C) ESP. D) Control Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experimental Group. 15. Study of how unconscious needs, desires and memories drives and influences behavior A) Social. B) Personality. C) Psychometric. D) Psychodynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychodynamic. 16. Of the following, the correlation coefficient that indicates the strongest relationship between the two variables being measured is A) -.43. B) +.65. C) -.89. D) .0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -.89. 17. The Bobo doll experiment showed: A) Observational learning. B) Positive punishment. C) Operant conditioning. D) Latent learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational learning. 18. ..... how brain activity and circuits affect our behaviors A) Developmental. B) Humanistic. C) Educational. D) Biological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological. 19. Observing the way people eat in restaurants is an example of A) The longitudinal method. B) Naturalistic observation. C) A survey. D) Laboratory observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naturalistic observation. 20. Believed that what motivates humans is not known consciously to them A) Freud. B) Skinner. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freud. 21. The more income will rise among poor families, the fewer psychiatric symptoms they experience A) Positive Correlation. B) Negative Correlation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Correlation. 22. Which perspective focues on rewards and punishments, learning and conditioning A) Humanistic. B) Behavioral. C) Psychoanalysis. D) Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavioral. 23. If we wanted to get accurate information on how students liked the new playground equipment at their elementary school, we would need to do so by questioning an assortment of students from all grades. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Which Latin word is the term 'observation' derived from? A) Spection. B) Cumulus. C) Observare. D) Intro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observare. 25. In the early 1960s, the cognitive revolution in psychology involved a renewal of interest in the scientific study of A) Evolutionary influences. B) Hereditary influences. C) Unconscious motives. D) Mental processes. E) Learned behaviors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mental processes. 26. Hippocrates ( Father of Medicine) Abnormal behavior has natural causes like chemical imbalances *4 vital fluids Blood-warm hearted, but moody Black bile-sad Phlegm-sluggish, apathetic Yellow bile-aggressive A) Middle Ages. B) Stone Age. C) Ancient Greek. D) Ancient Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient Greek. 27. Which approach compares humans to computers in terms of processing information? A) Cognitive. B) Behaviorist. C) Psychoanalytic. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive. 28. Which Psychologist established the first psychological lab and focused on introspection. A) Max Wertheimer. B) Sigmund Freud. C) William James. D) William Wundt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Wundt. 29. Tell if the statement if Descriptive or InferentialThe chances of you getting a new car is about the same as passing your statistics class. A) Descriptive. B) Inferential. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inferential. 30. The part of the neuron that sends signals away from the cell body is the: A) Synapse. B) Soma. C) Dendrite. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axon. 31. A double-blind study is sometimes needed because researchers A) May not have time for a longitudinal study. B) Are bound by a code of ethics. C) May have expectations that affect their observations. D) Cannot control every variable outside a laboratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May have expectations that affect their observations. 32. What is the first step in the observation method? A) Recording the behavior. B) Drawing the behavior. C) Observing the behavior. D) Analyzing the behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observing the behavior. 33. Which perspectives focuses on human potential and growth A) Humanistic. B) Behavioral. C) Psychoanalysis. D) Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humanistic. 34. You psychology professor wants to describe the average score on your first psychology test. Which measure of central tendency is your professor most likely to use? A) Harmonic mean. B) Median. C) Mean. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mean. 35. What is a dependent variable? A) A relationship between two or more variables. B) A variable that the researcher measures to see the effect of the independent variable. C) An unanticipated outside factor that affects both variables of interest. D) A group that serves as a basis for comparison in a study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A variable that the researcher measures to see the effect of the independent variable. 36. Depth perception in infants is studied using the: A) Tactile box. B) Visual cliff. C) Sensorimotor field. D) Rorschach test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visual cliff. 37. This is a method of research where an investigator manipulates one or more factors to find the cause and effect in relationships A) Observational. B) Correlational. C) Experimental. D) Naturalistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experimental. 38. What is the third step in the research process? A) Drawing conclusions. B) Testing the hypothesis. C) Forming a hypothesis. D) Forming a research question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testing the hypothesis. 39. The brain and spinal cord make up the: A) Endocrine system. B) Autonomic system. C) Central nervous system. D) Peripheral nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central nervous system. 40. ..... study of all the mental abilities associated with knowing, remembering, thinking, and communicating A) Counseling Domain. B) Developmental Domain. C) Clinical Domain. D) Cognitive Domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognitive Domain. 41. TRUE or FALSE:Cognitive or Cognition has to do with a brain's organism ability to think, solve, and understand problems A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 42. A correlation coefficient of 0 means that there is A) No relationship between 2 variables. B) A strong positive relationship between 2 variables. C) A perfect positive relationship between 2 variables. D) A strong negative relationship between 2 variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No relationship between 2 variables. 43. What is one disadvantage of a survey? A) People don't tell the truth. B) Yields a lot of information. C) Provides a good way to generate hypotheses. D) Can provide information about many people since it's cheap and easy to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People don't tell the truth. 44. What type of correlation is when one value is increasing, then the other value is decreasing? A) Postive. B) Negative. C) None. D) Cannot be determined. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 45. The ..... experiment was an example of a single-blind experiment, where the experimenter subject of study was obedience to authority A) Milgram. B) The Hawthorne Study. C) Double-blind. D) Placebo Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milgram. 46. Group that does receive the treatment A) Experimental group. B) Control group. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experimental group. 47. Behaviorists suggested that our behavior is influenced by ..... A) Cognitive dissonance. B) Learned experiences. C) Internal motivation. D) Unconscious motives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learned experiences. 48. Negative reinforcement involves: A) Adding a positive consequence. B) Removing a pleasant stimulus. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Removing a pleasant stimulus. 49. Which of the following is an altered state of consciousness? A) Dreaming. B) Talking. C) Focused studying. D) Listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dreaming. 50. Correlation ..... equal causation A) Does. B) Does not. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does not. 51. The test that measures what it aims to measure. A) Validity. B) Reliability. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Validity. 52. A measure of how closely one thing is related to another A) Correlation. B) Survey. C) ESP. D) Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correlation. 53. In depth study is called A) Case study. B) Controlled. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Case study. 54. TRUE or FALSE:A Theory is an educated guess or prediction and a Hypothesis is a complex explanation based on the findings of numerous experiments and observations. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 55. If a child calls all animals "dog, " this is an example of: A) Assimilation. B) Egocentrism. C) Accommodation. D) Object permanence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assimilation. 56. The nervous system is divided into: A) Brain and spinal cord only. B) Central and peripheral systems. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central and peripheral systems. 57. What is the method of observation where the observer becomes a member of the group and collects data? A) Controlled observation. B) Participated observation. C) Naturalistic observation. D) Structured observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participated observation. 58. Father of Psychology A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) Franz Gall. C) William James. D) B.F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wilhelm Wundt. 59. Because psychology involves human beings, it is impossible to apply scientific principles to research this field A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. A test which is administered to a group of people. A) Power test. B) Individual test. C) Group test. D) None of the above. 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