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Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which variable is measured and affected by the independent variable?
2. What does modern psychology encompass?
3. Which of the following statements would be most effective at keeping people from falling into the social trap?
4. Ryan is 6 months old. His mom is playing peek a boo with him and every time she covers her face he believes it is gone. This is because Ryan lacks ..... Which he will not have until 12 months of age.
5. What is the Pre-Frontal Cortex Responsible for?
6. What are the 7 perspectives of psychology recognized as?
7. Which goal of psychology involves forecasting future behaviors based on current knowledge?
8. Help people with psychological problems make up the largest group of psychologists.
9. Which perspective would most likely explain anger as "an outlet for unconscious hostility" ?
10. Which of the following is the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
11. What is Myelination?
12. In a study, injections of saline solution (which contains no chemicals) were shown to be quite effective for relieving pain. This is an example of:
13. Suggested rules for acting responsible and morally when conducting research.
14. Emotional development involves ..... in how an individual experiences different feelings and how these feelings are expressed, interpreted and dealt with.
15. ..... are conducted in the participants natural environment and the researcher has no control over the IV, the IV occurred naturally.
16. Positive emotional state in which one recognizes and appreciates what one has received in life
17. Which type of psychologist works with individuals to make better life choices for their wellbeing?
18. Lacks operations (reversible mental processes); exhibits egocentric thinking; lacks concept of conservation; uses symbols to solve simple problems or to talk about things that are not present-2nd Stage in Piaget's cognitive development theory
19. Who is considered the father of psychoanalysis?
20. In Self-Directed Learning, what role should teachers primarily take?
21. After the events of 9/11, your friend suggested that the CIA and FBI should have foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism. According to her, all the clues were there. This perception most clearly illustrates:
22. People pay attention to and seek out information that supports their beliefs and opinions and ignore (or discount) information that contradicts them.
23. The condition in which a person's behavioral and cognitive skillsexist at an earlier developmental stage than the skills of otherswho are the same age is called .....
24. Which psychological approach emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind?
25. Scientists have been trying to find ways to solve global warming, this is an example of
26. Permission obtained from a research participant after the risks and benefits of an experimental procedure have been thoroughly explained is called .....
27. Martin fell off his skateboard and badly bruised his elbow. He immediately began rubbing the area around the bruise until the pain subsided. This method of reducing pain can be explained by which of the following?
28. What is introspection used for in psychology?
29. This psychologist discovered classical conditioning by conducting an experiment with dogs, thus proposed that behaviors could be learned via conditioned associations
30. Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation emphasizes the potential negative effects of:
31. Which group of participants in the Wilkins & Kaiser (2013) study were threatened by racial progress
32. In study 3 in the Ambient belonging study, how did the stereotypical environment affect the interest levels of men and women?
33. To be classified as a group, a collection of people must be
34. The term 'proximity' in communication refers to how close in age the two people communicating are to each other.
35. A young child's inability to understand another person's perspective
36. How many hours of sleep are those under 18 recommended to get?
37. How does cultural context influence psychological practices in education?
38. The degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to measure is called .....
39. According to the ..... perspective, anxiety is sometimes produced by the submerged mental energy associated with repressed impulses.
40. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) are widely used tests for measuring what type of intelligence?
41. Understands abstract ideas and hypothetical situations; capable of logical and deductive reasoning-4th Stage in Piaget's cognitive development theory
42. Arby's is two miles from Collin's high school. Collin understands that if he wants to be back at school for baseball practice at 3:30, he has roughly 10 minutes to drive to and from Arby's. Which stage of Cognitive Development is Collin in?
43. Which of the following is not a stage of Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development?
44. A person with obsessive compulsive disorder is best described as an individual who experiences
45. *Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin's classic three-stage model of memory includes all of the following, except:
46. Which is NOT a variable used by Asch?
47. How does having an ally affect conformity
48. What is Synaptogenesis?
49. Fill in the blank: ..... is the idea that all knowledge should come from the senses and that science can only flourish through observation and experimentation.
50. The basic structural and functional unit of the nervous system is:
51. Larry has difficulty organizing his daily schedule of work responsibilities. He often makes careless mistakes or fails to complete his work because he is easily distracted. Larry's behavior is most characteristic of
52. Having an opinion or a bias about a group of people that is not something you logically believe is true, but that you feel in your gut. You may or may not be aware of this bias.
53. Which of the following traits are influenced by genes?
54. Who, in opposition to Freud, was considered the father of behaviorism?
55. Feedback must be
56. Research Methods in Developmental Psychology:This type of research considers groups of subjects over a period of time. 1.To study change in language2.The development of Personality3.How intelligence develops4.Perceptual abilities across the lifespan
57. The tendency to believe we know more than we do best illustrates:
58. What does functionalism emphasize in psychology?
59. Most people use only 10% of their brain capacity?
60. Examine how people think through and store info (memory). Language, decision-making, deductive reasoning, problem-solving
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