This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Study of gender difference is the subject matter of ..... A) Industrial and Organisational Psychology. B) Social Psychology. C) Developmental Psychology. D) Clinical Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developmental Psychology. 2. Which organization licenses and certifies Psychologists? A) A.P.A. B) P.B.A. C) A.A.A. D) N.B.A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A.P.A. 3. Who am I? I'm the psychologist who studied conformity with line experiments. A) Dollard. B) Milgram. C) Vygotsky. D) Asch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asch. 4. Psychologists who work with youth, particularly for developmental support, are called what kind of psychologists: A) Organizational. B) Child. C) Industrial. D) Counseling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Child. 5. Counselling Psychologists help people deal with issues such as choosing a career, marriage, and raising a family. True or False? A) Cannot say. B) False. C) True. D) Not mentioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 6. A rating error in which a rater constantly gives all employees the same score.Regardless of their real levels of performance, they receive high ratings. A) Strictness error. B) Leniency error. C) Central tendency error. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leniency error. 7. A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span. A) Developmental psychology. B) Psychometrics. C) Personality psychology. D) Educational psychology. E) Basic research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developmental psychology. 8. States that employees will be satisfied if their ratio of effort to reward is similar to that of other employees A) Rewards vs. Punishment. B) Equity theory. C) Motivational theory. D) Expectancy Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equity theory. 9. Who is considered the father of psychology? A) Ivan Pavlov. B) Wilhelm Wundt. C) Carl Rogers. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wilhelm Wundt. 10. Exercising increases endorphins in the brain, thus improving mood. A) Humanistic perspective. B) Biological perspective. C) Psychodynamic perspective. D) Cognitive perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biological perspective. 11. A complex explanation of phenomema based on findings from scientific research A) Hypothesis. B) Scientific method. C) Theory. D) Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 12. What is the main focus of community psychology? A) Understanding people within their social worlds and their environment. B) Improving market strategies. C) Enhancing technological advancements. D) Studying marine ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding people within their social worlds and their environment. 13. What branch of psychology does genes vs. environment fall under? A) Social. B) Behavioral Genetics. C) Personality. D) Health. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavioral Genetics. 14. WHO among the following had worked upon "Eye witness testimony?" A) Pestalozzi. B) Elizabeth Loftus. C) Alfred Binet. D) Willium Stern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elizabeth Loftus. 15. The "third force" in psychology that focuses on those aspects of personality that make people uniquely human, such as subjective feelings and freedom of choice. A) Behaviorist perspective. B) Humanistic perspective. C) Psychology perspective. D) Cognitive perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanistic perspective. 16. The forces within a person that affect the direction, intensity, and persistence of effort extended at work, and the external factors that encourage action A) Motivation. B) Direction. C) Inspiration. D) Prudence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motivation. 17. Erikson's stage of "Industry vs. Inferiority" primarily relates to: A) Adolescence and identity formation. B) Early adulthood and relationships. C) Childhood and learning competence. D) Old age and reflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Childhood and learning competence. 18. An attractive individual may also be perceived as interesting, ambitious, or funny, whether or not that assessment is warranted, this is an example of the A) Gold standard. B) Attraction bias. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Halo effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Halo effect. 19. Who gave the classical theory of learning? A) Thorndike. B) Pavlov. C) Skinner. D) Cattell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pavlov. 20. Which of the following best describes the goals of psychology? A) Improve memory. B) Predict behavior. C) Describe behavior. D) Control behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control behavior. 21. A psychologist that studies group behavior, in other words the behavior of people when they are with other people would be studying what type of psychology? A) Cognitive Psychology. B) Social Psychology. C) Clinical Psychology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social Psychology. 22. Which view of Psychology believes that behavior is influenced by the person's body chemistry? A) Industrial-Organizational. B) Biological. C) Consumer. D) Forensic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biological. 23. According to John B. Watson, psychology should be an objective science focusing on what? A) Dreams. B) Emotions. C) Observable behavior. D) The mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observable behavior. 24. Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of the word 'psychological'? A) The psychological book was on the table. B) She had a psychological understanding of the problem. C) He psychological ran to the store. D) They were psychological about the weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had a psychological understanding of the problem. 25. How is behavior defined in the context of Psychology? A) Internal and covert activities. B) Outward actions and reactions. C) Verbal expressions only. D) Covert mental processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outward actions and reactions. 26. This person father of psychology in the United States taught the first psychology class at Harvard in 1875 and created the first psychology textbook. A) William James. B) Wolfgang Kohler. C) Francis Gaulton. D) Wilhelm Wundt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William James. 27. Which of the following is NOT one of the four goals of psychology? A) Description. B) Explanation. C) Prediction. D) Manipulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manipulation. 28. The process of generating a description of what a job involves part of the A) Employee analysis. B) Training. C) Job analysis. D) Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Job analysis. 29. Types of Incomes? A) Linear, Swapnak, Common. B) Linear, Leverage, Royality. C) Royality. D) Linear, Leverage, Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linear, Leverage, Royality. 30. True or false:Humanism begins in 1954 and it's led by Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. A phenomenon that occurs when performance is affected by the expectation of other people: A) Pygmalion Effect. B) Self-fulfilling Prophecy. C) Galatea Effect. D) Golem Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pygmalion Effect. 32. Analyzes how childhood experiences influence the development of later personality traits and psychological problems. A) Behavioral Approach. B) Psychoanalytic Approach. C) Cognitive Approach. D) Biological Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychoanalytic Approach. 33. Which perspective deals with interactions between cultures, age groups, authority, religion, etc.? A) Biological. B) Psychodynamic. C) Social-cultural. D) Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social-cultural. 34. Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that they A) Help people cope with challenges and crises. B) Conduct research. C) Experiment with how people perceive, think, and solve problems. D) Are medical doctors licensed to prescribe medication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are medical doctors licensed to prescribe medication. 35. Selection decisions can be made in four ways:top-down, rule of three, top-down with banding, or passing scores. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. What subfield has the majority of careers in psychology? A) School psychology. B) Clinical psychology. C) Sports psychology. D) Organizational psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clinical psychology. 37. Jumbled Word:TPEERCSIOHNAPAClue:The process by which organisms interpret and organize sensory information to recognize meaningful objects. A) Perception. B) Projection. C) Reception. D) Sensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perception. 38. If your job installs booths that play calming music and have to recite positive mantras to remove stress, they might have been put there by a/n ..... A) Industrial/Occupational Psychologist. B) Developmental Psychologist. C) Clinical Psychologist. D) Community Psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial/Occupational Psychologist. 39. Who is credited for setting up the first psychological laboratory in United States? A) William James. B) JB Watson. C) Willhelm Wundt. D) Charles Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William James. 40. What does psychology believe in regarding behavior, similar to other sciences? A) Randomness. B) Lack of causation. C) Cause-and-effect relationship. D) Unpredictability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause-and-effect relationship. 41. The first modern psychologist who was interested in the uncounsious minds was A) Sigmund Freud. B) Wilhelm Wundt. C) Ivan Pavlov. D) Francis Galton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sigmund Freud. 42. Which type of psychologist would be most interested in the processes of perception, memory, and learning? A) Cognitive psychologist. B) Health psychologist. C) Clinical psychologist. D) Industrial-organizational psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive psychologist. 43. Which measure of central tendency is obtained by adding all the scores and dividing that total by the number of scores? A) Median. B) Mean. C) Range. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mean. 44. What was the main focus of Structuralism? A) Analyzing emotions. B) Analyzing dreams. C) Analyzing behavior. D) Analyzing consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analyzing consciousness. 45. What does the O stand for in I/O Psychology? A) Organizational. B) Opportunistic. C) Optimistic. D) Operational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organizational. 46. Discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals A) Basic science. B) Applied science. C) Introspection. D) Descriptive science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Applied science. 47. Provision for Mid-day meals may be made in the schools are under the satisfaction of ..... needs A) Social Needs. B) Emotional Needs. C) Physiological Needs. D) Intellectual Needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physiological Needs. 48. A field of psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how physical environments can be made safe and easy to use. A) Human factor psychology. B) Ndustrial-organizational (I/O) psychology. C) Counseling psychology. D) Clinical psychology. E) Community psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human factor psychology. 49. The term comes from the Greek words psyche, meaning ..... and logia, meaning "study of." A) "mental, spirit". B) "breath, spirit, soul, ". C) "mind". D) "soul, mind". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "breath, spirit, soul, ". 50. Starting-level employment, in a lower position which usually requires an ordinary level of education, training, and experience qualifications. A) Senior executives. B) Entry level position. C) Junior executives. D) General manager. E) Division director. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entry level position. 51. Which subfield of psychology studies the changes in behavior and mental processes over the lifespan? A) Developmental psychology. B) Clinical psychology. C) Social psychology. D) Cognitive psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developmental psychology. 52. Five factor model of personality includes A) Openess. B) Sanguine. C) Surface traits. D) Disagreeableness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Openess. 53. Psychologists are interested in a number of things, such as ..... A) How a person grows and matures. B) Learning, memory, growth and development. C) What someone has inherited from their parents. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learning, memory, growth and development. 54. Bobo Doll, imitation learning A) Albert Bandura. B) Solomon Asch. C) Philp Zimbardo. D) Alfred Binet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albert Bandura. 55. Which psychologist can help students with problems learning? A) School psychologist. B) Counseling psychologist. C) Social psychologist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) School psychologist. 56. What does the Principle of Developmental Continuity suggest? A) Development is limited to childhood. B) Human development is an ongoing and continuous process. C) Development stops in adulthood. D) Development is determined solely by genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human development is an ongoing and continuous process. 57. Which of the following was most closely associated with the structuralist school of psychology? A) James. B) Watson. C) Titchener. D) Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Titchener. 58. Dr. Kleiman gives an exam where most of the students receive failing grades and only a few students receive high scores. When the exam scores are plotted, the distribution will be A) Symmetrical. B) Impossible to predict without more information. C) Negatively skewed. D) Positively skewed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positively skewed. 59. Sport psychologists can help with anxiety management and relaxation. Which of the following is an example of this? A) Coping with competition anxiety. B) Increasing physical strength. C) Learning new sports techniques. D) Improving diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coping with competition anxiety. 60. Focuses on group behavior ..... societal influences on conformity, aggression, predjudice, behavior, attitudes. A) Abnormal psychology. B) Social psychology. C) Developmental psychology. D) Industrial/organizational psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social psychology. Next →Related QuizzesArt Humanities QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 2Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 3Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 4Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 5Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 6Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 7Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 8Class 12 Psychology Chapter 10 Industrial Organisational Psychology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books