This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is not a characteristic of clinical psychology A) Concerned with the scientific understanding of maladaptive behavior. B) Pure branch of psychology. C) Emphasis on helping people. D) Involves assessment of abilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pure branch of psychology. 2. The middle point when the data is arranged in ascending order is ..... A) Mean. B) Median. C) Mode. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 3. Reinforcement is A) Encouragement. B) Punishment. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encouragement. 4. What is the primary purpose of developmental psychology? A) To understand the aging process. B) To study changes in behavior over a lifespan. C) To analyze workplace dynamics. D) To improve educational systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To study changes in behavior over a lifespan. 5. What is the Greek term for Psychology? A) "Study of life". B) "Study of wisdom". C) "Study of the soul". D) "Study of knowledge". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Study of the soul". 6. Which of the following crimes would NOT be suitable for profiling? A) Arson committed for profit. B) Sexual homicide. C) Sadistic assaults. D) Bank robbery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arson committed for profit. 7. When variability in a data set is large, the standard deviation will be ..... ; when variability is small, the standard deviation will be ..... A) Large; large. B) Small; small. C) Small; large. D) Large; small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large; small. 8. What is the primary principle behind Self-Directed Learning (SDL) in adult education? A) Adults prefer structured learning guided entirely by teachers. B) Adults prefer to take responsibility for their own learning and seek autonomy. C) Adults require external motivation to achieve learning goals. D) Adults rely solely on textbooks for language acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adults prefer to take responsibility for their own learning and seek autonomy. 9. Not being able to remember an old phone number because you can only remember the new one is an example of: A) Primacy Effect. B) Recency Effect. C) Proactive interference. D) Reteroactive interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reteroactive interference. 10. If someone wishes that they had a best friend, they maybe experiencing A) Relational loneliness. B) Friend loneliness. C) Collective loneliness. D) Intimate loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intimate loneliness. 11. In what stage would students benefit the most from using a manipulative to solve math problems? A) Concrete operational. B) Sensorimotor. C) Pre-operational. D) Formal operations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concrete operational. 12. Biological explanations for interpersonal attraction tend to focus on: A) Puppies. B) Friendship attraction. C) Familial attraction. D) Romantic attraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romantic attraction. 13. The relationship between the traits of self-esteem and optimism to physical/emotional health may be based on the connection of these two traits to A) A "can do" attitude. B) Positive emotions. C) The emotional support of others. D) Success and competence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive emotions. 14. An increase in the intensity of criminal behavior A) Undoing. B) Staging. C) Signature. D) Escalation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Escalation. 15. When staff at the same level in the hierarchy exchange emails, what type of communication are they using? A) Vertical communication. B) Horizontal communication. C) Informal communication. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horizontal communication. 16. What do behaviorists believe is the result of observable behaviors and their consequences? A) Behavior is a result of conditioning. B) Behavior is unrelated to environmental factors. C) Behavior is solely determined by genetics. D) Behavior is influenced only by internal thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavior is a result of conditioning. 17. What does Humanistic Psychology emphasize? A) The unconscious mind. B) Observable behaviors. C) Cognitive processes. D) Self-actualization and creativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-actualization and creativity. 18. Read each statement and determine whether it describes an obsession or a compulsion:Needing to have everything in perfect symmetry. A) Obsession. B) Compulsion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsession. 19. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is an upside down pyramid? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. When analyzing the victimology of a crime, what would investigators consider? A) The age at which the victim began to talk. B) The age of the offender. C) The occupation of the victim. D) The race of the offender. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The occupation of the victim. 21. Research Methods in Developmental Psychology:This type of research considers groups of subjects of different ages at the same point in time.* Each of the age groups is called a Cohort * A cohort is roughly a group of people of the same age or developmental level. A) Longitudinal Research. B) Cross-Sectional Research. C) Sequential Designs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cross-Sectional Research. 22. What does "Limited Generalizability" imply about lab experiment results? A) The results can be applied to any population without limitations. B) The results are only valid within the laboratory setting. C) Results from lab experiments may not apply to diverse populations or outside the experimental setting. D) The results are universally accepted by the scientific community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Results from lab experiments may not apply to diverse populations or outside the experimental setting. 23. According to the Robbers Cave experiment, an effective way to end hostilities between two groups would be to A) Allow individuals inone group to administer electric shocks to members of the other group. B) Set up a series ofcompetitions between the two sides. C) Designate one groupas prisoners and one group as guards in a role-playing exercise. D) Make them cooperatewith each other to complete a task. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make them cooperatewith each other to complete a task. 24. The cognitive perspective assumes that a person's cognitions are central to abnormal behavior. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. ..... design is where one group is research/followed and assessed at different times as the group ages. A) Human Development. B) Cross-Sequential. C) Longitudinal. D) Cross-Sectional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitudinal. 26. ..... is a requirement that participants be assigned randomly to experimental conditions in formal experiments rather than in a systematic way. A) Experimental control. B) Random assignment. C) Random selection. D) Matching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Random assignment. 27. Who developed the psychodynamic technique used to study abnormal behavior? A) Carl Rogers. B) B.F. Skinner. C) Abraham Maslow. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sigmund Freud. 28. Holistic is ..... A) Treating the symptoms and tackling the causes of depression. B) Reducing the causes of depression. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treating the symptoms and tackling the causes of depression. 29. Operant conditioning is associated with A) Thorndike. B) Kohler. C) Skinner. D) Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skinner. 30. What is cognitive behaviorism? A) Is a way to study the behavior based on mental processes, looking for problems related with wrong ways of thinking. B) Is to study the behavior of people who can control the cognitive skills. C) The study of how behavior is related to biological processes. D) Is how we think influence our social abilities on a work environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a way to study the behavior based on mental processes, looking for problems related with wrong ways of thinking. 31. Who developed the theory that the evolutionary perspective is based on? A) Charles Darwin. B) Karl Lashley. C) Ivan Pavlov. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Darwin. 32. Which literary device requires the reader to use cognitive skills to understand the underlying meaning beyond the literal words? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 33. Shivering because it is cold outside is an example of: A) Unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response. B) Conditioned stimulus and conditioned stimulus. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response. 34. What is the mere exposure effect? A) The more you are around someone, the more you will like them. B) If you are outgoing, and try to engage with as many people as possible, you will have more satisfying relationships. C) When you are around someone too much, they start to get on your nerves. D) If you stop hanging around someone you used to li, e, you will start likeing them more. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The more you are around someone, the more you will like them. 35. Which describes a clinical psychologist? A) Studies the nervous system, sensation, motivation, emotion, memory, and thoughts. B) Helps with psychological adjustments, works in clinics & hospitals, defeating behavior. C) Looks at an individual's thoughts, behaviors, and feelings in social situations. D) Focuses on the instructional methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helps with psychological adjustments, works in clinics & hospitals, defeating behavior. 36. A flashbulb memory would typically be stored in ..... memory. A) Implicit memory. B) Long-term memory. C) Short-term memory. D) Iconic memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long-term memory. 37. The Gestalt protest arose in opposition to Titchener's structuralism. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. Strength or Limitation?Asch's research increased our knowledge of why people conform which may help avoid mindless, destructive conformity. A) Strength. B) Limitation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strength. 39. The base for Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid is A) Safety. B) Esteem. C) Self-actualization. D) Physiological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physiological. 40. Helps students with their problems and educational needs. A) School Psychologist. B) Clinical Psychologist. C) Counseling Psychologist. D) Developmental Psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) School Psychologist. 41. Who among the following is NOT mentioned as a contributor to the development of Humanistic Psychology? A) Jean Piaget. B) Fritz Perls. C) Carl Rogers. D) Virginia Satir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jean Piaget. 42. 'Wearing the colour yellow increases children's levels of happiness'. The population in this scenario is: A) Children. B) Happiness. C) Wearing yellow. D) Fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children. 43. Developmental Research Designs:-1 cohort-+1 time of testing-Study changes across time in one cohort A) Cross-Sectional Designs. B) Longitudinal Designs. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitudinal Designs. 44. Critical Social Psychology is a branch of A) Psychological Social Psychology. B) Sociological Social Psychology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sociological Social Psychology. 45. Which of psychology's perspectives says that we should not study mental processes such as cognition or emotion? A) Trait. B) Biological. C) Cognitive. D) Behavioral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behavioral. 46. The stages of sleep are classified into two distinct basic types characterized by A) Breathing rates. B) Rapid eye movement vs non-rapid eye movement. C) Body temperature. D) The ability of the sleeper to quickly respond to stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rapid eye movement vs non-rapid eye movement. 47. What type of attachment is characterized by a child being indifferent or avoiding the caregiver both when they leave and return? A) Insecure-avoidant attachment. B) Disorganized attachment. C) Secure attachment. D) Insecure-resistant attachment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insecure-avoidant attachment. 48. Which approach to psychology focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information? A) Cognitive. B) Psychodynamic. C) Biological. D) Evolutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive. 49. The first experimental laboratory was established in Leipzig, Germany by Wilhelm Wundt in the year ..... A) 1978. B) 1879. C) 1789. D) 1897. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1879. 50. The debate between nature and nurture involves which of the following? A) Genetic and biological factors vs. environment. B) Ancient vs. modern psychology. C) Trephination vs. meditation. D) Thought vs. behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic and biological factors vs. environment. 51. What are the two factors of Herzberg's Motivational Theory A) Poor Hygiene and Motivating Factors. B) Management and Peer Review. C) Family Life and Work. D) Food and Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poor Hygiene and Motivating Factors. 52. What is the function of dendrites in a neuron? A) Transmitting signals to other neurons. B) Releasing neurotransmitters. C) Containing the nucleus. D) Receiving messages from other neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receiving messages from other neurons. 53. What is the main difference between clinical psychology and psychiatry? A) Psychiatrists focus on research. B) Psychiatrists work only in hospitals. C) Clinical psychologists take a non-medical approach. D) Clinical psychologists can prescribe medication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clinical psychologists take a non-medical approach. 54. What is the empirical method based on? A) Observation and experimentation. B) Theoretical speculation. C) Cultural analysis. D) Historical research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation and experimentation. 55. Functionalism considers mental life and behavior in terms of how the mind adapts to changing situations and environments. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Which of the following is something unusual or specific the criminal does or leaves behind at the crime scene? A) Modus operandi. B) Signature. C) Profile pattern. D) Decision process model. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Signature. 57. At which stages of the human life cycle do you learn to talk and walk? A) Adolescence. B) Adulthood. C) Childhood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Childhood. 58. Information goes into our long term memory through: A) Semantic. B) Retrieval. C) Rehearsal. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rehearsal. 59. If you were asked to taste some food and identify it, which coding path would it follow? A) Bottom-up processing. B) Top-down processing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bottom-up processing. 60. Initiation rites are intended to increase A) The task functions ofa group. B) The altruism of agroup. C) Hostility to a group. D) Loyalty to a group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loyalty to a group. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArt Humanities QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 1Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 2Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 3Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 4Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 5Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 6Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 7Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books