This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does cognitive psychology generally reject as a valid method of investigation because it is too subjective? (HINT:It is the process that structuralism uses to examine thoughts and feelings.) A) Introspection. B) Behavioral analysis. C) Cognitive analysis. D) The scientific method. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introspection. 2. Give an example of figure-ground perception in everyday life. A) Blue book on a yellow table. B) Orange cat on a purple couch. C) Black vase on a white background. D) Red car on a green field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black vase on a white background. 3. Besides genetics, what other factors are responsible for how you will grow and develop? A) How you treat other people. B) How hard you study for school. C) Nutrition and environment. D) What your parents look like. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutrition and environment. 4. Which variable is not affected by the independent variable in an experiment? A) Control group. B) Dependent variable. C) Random group. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control group. 5. What is the method used to test behavior and mental processes in psychology? A) Scientific research. B) Experimentation. C) Hypothesis. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific research. 6. What is the relationship between stress and academic performance? A) Stress only affects students' social lives, not their academics. B) Stress improves academic performance by increasing focus. C) Stress has no effect on academic performance. D) High levels of stress can negatively impact academic performance and student well-being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High levels of stress can negatively impact academic performance and student well-being. 7. When someone is talking about a doctor, the first person I picture is a white man. A) Intersectionality. B) Implicit bias. C) Cognitive dissonance. D) Explicit bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implicit bias. 8. What are the three different approaches of biological psychology? A) Physiological, Biological, Psychological. B) Social, Biological, Psychological. C) Psychological, Physical, Mental. D) Physiological, Medical, Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physiological, Medical, Genetics. 9. Who developed the theory of 8 stages of Psychosocial development? A) Erik Erikson. B) Jean Piaget. C) Lawrence Kohlberg. D) Harry Harlow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erik Erikson. 10. Employers mostly use this kind of psychology A) Personality. B) Psychometrics. C) Educational. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychometrics. 11. What is the focus of forensic psychology? A) The intersection of psychology and the legal system. B) The study of animal behavior. C) The analysis of ancient psychological practices. D) The examination of educational systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The intersection of psychology and the legal system. 12. After Zoe participates in a study to look at how stress affects memory, the researcher explains the findings and the supports available if any short term or long term effects are experiences. This explains the process of ..... A) Reporting and debriefing. B) Debriefing. C) Obtaining informed consent. D) Establishing external validity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reporting and debriefing. 13. The act of stepping outside of an experience to review and appreciate it A) Savoring. B) Gratitude. C) Altruism. D) Self compassion "self care". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Savoring. 14. Which describes a comparative psychologist? A) Compares the behaviors of different species. B) Studies changes in emotions, physical, and social in a life span. C) Studies relationships between people and work. D) Teaches performers how to focus/concentrate on performance and not the crowd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compares the behaviors of different species. 15. Psychology was first considered a science in ..... A) Early 1900s. B) Early 1800s. C) Late 1800s. D) 1972. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Late 1800s. 16. Tiny sacs containing neurotransmitters are called A) Receptors. B) Neurons. C) Axons. D) Vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vesicles. 17. If a therapist presents as quite challenging and direct with a client, they are likely working from what perspective? A) Person-Centered. B) Rational-Emotive. C) Cognitive. D) Pschoanalytic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rational-Emotive. 18. What is adolescence? A) When children become teenagers. B) When teenagers become adults. C) When adults become elderly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When children become teenagers. 19. Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for coordination and balance? A) Medulla. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebrum. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 20. Which psychologist tends to work mostly with children and young people? A) Educational. B) Counselling. C) Clinical. D) Health. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Educational. 21. The dependent variable in Murdock's study was: A) The position of the word in the list. B) Probability of a word being correctly recalled. C) Primacy effect. D) Total number of words correctly called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Total number of words correctly called. 22. According to psychoanalysis, what is the importance of early childhood experiences? A) They shape an individual's personality and behavior. B) They have no significant impact on adult life. C) They are only important in the context of education. D) They are less important than genetic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They shape an individual's personality and behavior. 23. Psychological perspective concerned with individual potential for growth and the role of unique perceptions in growth toward one's potential because people are basically good. A) Behavioral. B) Humanistic. C) Socio-cultural. D) Biological. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanistic. 24. In the context of reading comprehension, which cognitive process allows readers to infer meaning beyond the literal text? A) Cognition. B) Summarization. C) Prediction. D) Decoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prediction. 25. Hostility and irritability characterizes which stage of grief and dying? A) Anger. B) Denial. C) Bargaining. D) Acceptance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anger. 26. ..... are the actions a user thinks to be possible A) Real Affordances. B) Hidden Affordances. C) Perceived Affordances. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perceived Affordances. 27. The psychologist most likely to help an attorney make selections of jury members is a(n) ..... psychologist. A) Community. B) Educational. C) Forensic. D) Counseling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forensic. 28. Future behavior is influenced by memory and analysis of past experience. A) Sociocultural. B) Cognitive. C) Neurobiological. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive. 29. How can teachers assess the effectiveness of their teaching methods? A) By focusing solely on curriculum completion. B) By ignoring student feedback and performance. C) By using standardized tests exclusively. D) By evaluating student engagement, performance, and feedback to adjust their teaching strategies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By evaluating student engagement, performance, and feedback to adjust their teaching strategies. 30. Wernicke's area is said to be responsible for speech ..... , whereas Broca's area is involved in speech ..... A) Comprehension; syntax. B) Production; comprehension. C) Comprehension; production. D) Syntax; production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comprehension; production. 31. What is counseling psychology primarily concerned with? A) Helping individuals with personal and interpersonal issues. B) The study of brain functions. C) The analysis of group behavior. D) The examination of historical psychological theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helping individuals with personal and interpersonal issues. 32. The earliest history of psychology can be traced back to the time of the early ..... A) Greeks. B) English. C) Americans. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greeks. 33. Who among the the following is not a Magellan of the mind? A) Einstein. B) William Wundt. C) Freud. D) Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Einstein. 34. Psychology started as a "science of mental life" and is known today as a " ..... " A) "science of mental health". B) "science of the working brain". C) "science of behavior and mental processes". D) "science of observable behavior". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "science of behavior and mental processes". 35. Which lobe of the brain controls reasoning and problem-solving? A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Frontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal. 36. Who introduced the idea of behaviorism? A) Carl Rogers. B) Sigmund Freud. C) John Watson. D) Ivan Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Watson. 37. The space between two neurons is called the ..... A) Neurotransmitter. B) Myelin. C) Synapse. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synapse. 38. Self affirmation conditioning studies have shown that, A) You ask others to remember something that will give them a negative memory of their childhood. B) You ask others to remember something that will give them a positive view of themselves. C) You ask others to remember important dates in history. D) You ask others to tell you random facts about their city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You ask others to remember something that will give them a positive view of themselves. 39. The first psychology laboratory is enaugurated by ..... A) John B. Watson. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) B. F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wilhelm Wundt. 40. What is the term for a narrative technique that explores a character's thoughts and feelings? A) Dialogue. B) Flashback. C) Stream of consciousness. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stream of consciousness. 41. Who is the founder of medicine A) Avicenna. B) Aristotle. C) Plato. D) Hippocrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hippocrates. 42. Reflexes are controlled by conscious thought. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. Understanding yourself and your own personality is known as: A) Intra-Personal Communication. B) Group Communication. C) Inter-Personal Communication. D) Diagonal Communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intra-Personal Communication. 44. What is a key feature of growth centers in Humanistic Psychology? A) They focus on professional therapist-patient relationships. B) They are only for the mentally ill. C) They prioritize physical health over mental health. D) They encourage meeting oneself in a supportive environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They encourage meeting oneself in a supportive environment. 45. What is the term for the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses? A) Intuition. B) Emotion. C) Perception. D) Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognition. 46. What are hormones? A) Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream and affect other tissues. B) Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the neurons and affect other tissues. C) Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the skin and affect other organs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream and affect other tissues. 47. The main idea of the history of psychology is sets of questions, theories, methods, and possible answers that have been passed on and changed from generation to generation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. Conversation analysis is the study of verbal and non verbal behaviour present within interactions which has it's roots in the sociological study of every day life. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Who can benefit from understanding the 7 perspectives of psychology? A) Only psychologists. B) Only students. C) Scholars, researchers, psychologists, and students. D) Only researchers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scholars, researchers, psychologists, and students. 50. Which professional specialty in psychology is most widely practiced? A) School Psychology. B) Counseling Psychology. C) Clinical Psychology. D) Forensic Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clinical Psychology. 51. What advantage do early middle-aged adults have when learning a new language? A) Faster phonetic processing. B) Well-developed problem-solving and strategic planning skills. C) Improved working memory. D) Less anxiety. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faster phonetic processing. 52. The leader who allows complete freedom in decision making is A) Laissez-faire. B) Autocratic. C) Democratic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laissez-faire. 53. What are the main branches of psychology? A) Biological, Behavioral, Forensic. B) Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, Social, Industrial-Organizational. C) Mathematical, Statistical, Linguistic. D) Philosophical, Historical, Cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, Social, Industrial-Organizational. 54. Freedom of Speech is an example of individual's ..... A) Strength. B) Right. C) Speciality. D) Capability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right. 55. Why is Jill more likely to sustain her conditioned response than her brother? A) Jill is a girl and, therefore more responsible. B) The reinforcement schedules used for Jill are more likely to promote long-term changes. C) Jill was given stronger positive reinforcers than her brother. D) Both positive and negative reinforcers were used to shape Jill's behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reinforcement schedules used for Jill are more likely to promote long-term changes. 56. Which of these options are NOT a task that older brains are better at? A) Light Bulb test. B) Word Scrambles. C) Distracted Driving. D) Recognizing Number Patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distracted Driving. 57. ..... include the capacity to build a productive therapeutic alliance, experience empathy, communicate effectively, and sensitively explore a client's problem. A) Clinical Skills. B) Communication Skills. C) Paraphrasing Skills. D) Technical Skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clinical Skills. 58. ..... of parpts to different conditions spreads possible differences between individuals across the levels of the IV A) Random allocation. B) Standardization. C) Randomization. D) Separation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Random allocation. 59. One behavioral analysis unit is responsible for profiling all crimes A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. ..... emerged as a field of research where neuroscientist and psychologists work together A) Neuropsychology. B) Biological psychology. C) Sports psychology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuropsychology. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArt Humanities QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 1Class 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 8Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books