This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read each statement and determine whether it describes an obsession or a compulsion:Fear of contamination and avoiding touching certain objects. A) Obsession. B) Compulsion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsession. 2. Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors A) Parietal Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontal Lobe. 3. What is the area of psychology that focuses on the interactions between mental and emotional factors and physical performance in sports, exercise, and other activities? A) Sports and Exercise Psychology. B) Clinical Psychology. C) Behavioral Psychology. D) Cognitive Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sports and Exercise Psychology. 4. Everyone in Ty's family is in the military, so he feel pressured to join too. He likes it at first but soon realizes he hates being in the military and wishes he was a teacher. What is Ty's Identity? A) Foreclosure. B) Diffusion. C) Achievement. D) Crisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreclosure. 5. ..... refer to legal liabilities arising from the provision of counseling services A) Therapeutic relationship. B) Informed consent. C) Confidentiality. D) Malpractice liability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malpractice liability. 6. According to this perspective, our genetics have a huge impact on our behavior and thought processes. A) Psychoanalytic. B) Biological. C) Cognitive. D) Behavioral. E) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biological. 7. A strength of the life events explanation of stress is knowing that an accummulation of life events can lead to stress-related illness ..... A) Allows therapists to prepare and thus modify the impact. B) Allows individuals to prepare and thus modify the impact. C) Allows individuals and therapists to prepare and not modify the impact. D) Allows individuals and therapists to prepare and thus modify the impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allows individuals and therapists to prepare and thus modify the impact. 8. B = f(P, E) What does this formula stand for? A) Behavior is a product of a person. B) Behavior is the product of a person and her/ his environment. C) A person is a product of his environment. D) The environment is a product of human behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavior is the product of a person and her/ his environment. 9. Fill in the blank:Wilhelm Wundt is known for his work in ..... , which sought to identify the basic elements of consciousness. A) Behaviorism. B) Structuralism. C) Gestalt psychology. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structuralism. 10. Human beings actively create their perceptions by exploring their physical and the social world. What is this view known as? A) Constructivism. B) Cognitivism. C) Functionism. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constructivism. 11. Point in development in which a person will best learn a particular skill or behavior A) Egocentricity. B) Critical Period. C) Imprinting. D) Attachment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Critical Period. 12. Discourse analysis is a research method for studying written or spoken language within specific social contexts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which of the following is an example of fine motor development? A) The development of arm muscles. B) The development of leg muscles. C) The movement of fingers. D) Control of the torso. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The movement of fingers. 14. In a psychology experiment, what is the primary purpose of a control group? A) To introduce a new variable. B) To serve as a baseline for comparison. C) To manipulate the independent variable. D) To ensure all participants receive the treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To serve as a baseline for comparison. 15. IQ tests can be biased against certain races, genders, socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Brandy has naturally blond hair. Based on this information, what do we know about Brandy's parents? A) At least one of her parents has a recessive gene forblond hair. B) Each of her parents must have one dominant gene forbrown hair. C) Each of her parents must have one recessive gene forblond hair. D) Neither of her parents has a recessive gene for blond hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each of her parents must have one recessive gene forblond hair. 17. By which stage of the human life cycle has your body fully developed? A) Adolescence. B) Adulthood. C) Old age. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adulthood. 18. The perspective in psychology that focuses on how behavior and thought differ from situation to situation and culture to culture is the A) Behavioral perspective. B) Socio-Cultural perspective. C) Neuroscience perspective. D) Cognitive perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Socio-Cultural perspective. 19. What skills are essential for a career in educational psychology? A) Technical skills. B) Interpersonal skills, analytical skills, research skills. C) Mathematical skills. D) Creative writing skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interpersonal skills, analytical skills, research skills. 20. The things you have in your conscious mind right now are being held in your A) Working memory. B) Short-term memory. C) Long-term memory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working memory. 21. American psychologist who developed a hierarchy of needs to explain human motivation A) Abraham Maslow. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Jean Piaget. D) Rene Descartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abraham Maslow. 22. Which collaborative learning strategy involves learners becoming "experts" on different parts of a lesson and teaching their peers? A) Lecture Method. B) Peer Review. C) Group Discussion. D) Jigsaw Technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jigsaw Technique. 23. In 1848, Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman, survived when an explosion drove an iron rod through his head damaging the functioning of the frontal lobes. This instance provided evidence that the frontal lobe plays a role in personality and behavior. Researchers have continued to study Gage's brain to better understand this link. Which research method is being used? A) Correlation. B) Survey. C) Case study. D) Experimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Case study. 24. What allows psychologists to create new knowledge about behavior? A) Casual observation. B) The use of the scientific method. C) Intuition. D) Speculation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of the scientific method. 25. Who is considered a Humanistic Psychologist? A) Freud. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Skinner. D) Maslow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maslow. 26. What term describes the mutual exchange of gestures and responses between a caregiver and an infant? A) Monotropy. B) Internal working model. C) Attachment hierarchy. D) Reciprocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reciprocity. 27. Psychological theory that focuses on understanding the conscious experience through introspection A) Cognitive Psychology. B) Introspectionism. C) Psychoanalysis. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behaviorism. 28. Which of the following defeat the purpose of informed consent? A) The client must be competent. B) Actively ensure the client's understanding of what she or he is agreeing to. C) *The information shared and all that is agreed to must be documented. D) Consent must be given involuntarily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consent must be given involuntarily. 29. Which aspect of cognition is most involved when analyzing the themes of a novel? A) Critical Thinking. B) Emotion. C) Memory. D) Perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Critical Thinking. 30. The surprising ease with which people form false memories best illustrates that the processes of encoding and retrieval involve: A) Automatic processing. B) Implicit memory. C) Long-term potentiation. D) Memory construction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Memory construction. 31. What is behaviorism primarily concerned with? A) The study of observable behavior. B) The study of emotional responses. C) The study of the unconscious mind. D) The study of mental processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of observable behavior. 32. What does the Greek word 'logos' mean? A) Behavior. B) Explanation. C) Life. D) Mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explanation. 33. What is the difference between cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience? A) Both are the same. B) Cognitive psychology refers to the study of mental processes(Perceive, learn, remember)while cognitive neuroscience refers to the brain activity with the cognition. C) Cognitive psychology refers to the brain activity with the cognitionwhile cognitive neuroscience refers to the study of mental processes(Perceive, learn, remember). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive psychology refers to the study of mental processes(Perceive, learn, remember)while cognitive neuroscience refers to the brain activity with the cognition. 34. What best defines a social trap? A) A situation where individuals work together for a common goal without any issues. B) A scenario where everyone benefits equally without any conflict. C) A situation where individuals prioritize personal gain over the common good, resulting in detrimental consequences for the group. D) An event where personal interests align perfectly with group interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A situation where individuals prioritize personal gain over the common good, resulting in detrimental consequences for the group. 35. Read each statement and determine whether it describes an obsession or a compulsion:Repeating a specific phrase or prayer to prevent something bad from happening. A) Obsession. B) Compulsion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compulsion. 36. Which is the last stage of the human life cycle? A) Adolescence. B) Later adulthood. C) Adulthood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Later adulthood. 37. According to the evolutionary psychologists, human behavior is: A) A result of learned behaviors an organism has acquired over the lifespan. B) A result of repressed thoughts and urges of which we're largely unaware. C) An attempt to reach full human potential through actualization. D) The result of psychological adaptations to changing human environments across generations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The result of psychological adaptations to changing human environments across generations. 38. In the context of insight learning, "incubation" refers to: A) The process of generating ideas. B) Taking a break from a problem to allow unconscious thought processes to work. C) Collaborating with others to find a solution. D) Evaluating and selecting the best solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking a break from a problem to allow unconscious thought processes to work. 39. Names of participants cannot be published with the research results A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. The phrase, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" goes with which school of psychology? A) Behaviorism. B) Gestalt. C) Structuralism. D) Psychoanalysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gestalt. 41. What is the main function of the spinal cord? A) Controlling voluntary movements. B) Processing sensory information. C) Making decisions. D) Transmitting information between the brain and the rest of the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transmitting information between the brain and the rest of the body. 42. Why is it necessary to be a good problem-solver to be in psychology or social services? A) You will be required to figure out the best way to deal with self-employment. B) You must figure out what kind of social-service provider you are for each client. C) There is a large amount of quantitative data involved with the role. D) People are coming to you because they have been unable to solve a problem in their lives themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People are coming to you because they have been unable to solve a problem in their lives themselves. 43. Amy is 25 years old and ready to settle down with her boyfriend. She is in a happy relationship and wants to have kids soon and . Which stage in Erikson's Social Development Theory is Amy in? A) Integrity vs. Despair. B) Generativity vs. Stagnation. C) Trust vs. Mistrust. D) Intimacy vs. Isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intimacy vs. Isolation. 44. Conception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood are all topics of interest to ..... psychologists. A) Developmental. B) Cross-sectional. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developmental. 45. What is intuition more likely to be compared to scientific reasoning? A) Structured and methodical. B) Empirical and data-driven. C) Experiential and emotional. D) Analytical and logical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experiential and emotional. 46. What is Salience? A) The activity becomes the most important one in the persons life. B) The activity produces an arousing 'buzz' or 'high'. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The activity becomes the most important one in the persons life. 47. Emphasizes the influence of biology on our behavior. A) Cognitive Perspective. B) Humanistic Perspective. C) Evolutionary Perspective. D) Biological Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological Perspective. 48. Erikson's psychosocial developmental stage in which success is achieved by having a secure social attachment with a caregiver is known as A) Intimacy v Isolation. B) Trust v Mistrust. C) Identity v Confusion. D) Integrity v Despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trust v Mistrust. 49. What approach has cognitive psychology taken due to cooperation between all different disciplines? A) A unidisciplinary approach. B) A monodisciplinary approach. C) A disciplinary approach. D) An interdisciplinary approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An interdisciplinary approach. 50. Allie is a ..... She thinks psychology should deal with the physiological causes of behavior. A) Behavioral Psychologist. B) Cognitive Psychologist. C) Biological Psychologist. D) Psychodynamic Psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological Psychologist. 51. Deception may be justified if ..... A) They provide signed consent to withdraw. B) The participants could feel distress after the deception is revealed. C) There is absolutely no other way to ensure the participants will not change their natural behavior. D) The deceptive activity is withheld until after the experiment is completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is absolutely no other way to ensure the participants will not change their natural behavior. 52. Eliminating gender discrimination is part of the National Organization for Women's A) Ideology. B) Social inhibition. C) Polarization. D) Social facilitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideology. 53. Physical maturation is complete in ..... A) Early Career Adults. B) Early Childhood. C) Middle Childhood. D) Early Middle-Aged Adults. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Early Middle-Aged Adults. 54. A group of patients are randomly assigned to groups in which they receive different amounts of an experimental drug to treat anxiety. Anxiety levels are measured afterwards. A) Anxiety levels are the dependent variable. B) Medication is the dependent variable. C) Anxiety is the independent variable. D) None of the above statements are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anxiety levels are the dependent variable. 55. In China, Red color is a symbol of? A) Death. B) Danger. C) Happiness. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happiness. 56. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Physiological does not fulfill our basic needs? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. The practice of treating yourself with kindness, understanding, and support, especially during difficult times. A) Self compassion "self care". B) Gratitude. C) Altruism. D) Savoring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self compassion "self care". 58. In cognitive psychology, what is the term for the mental process of interpreting sensory information to represent and understand the environment? A) Perception. B) Attention. C) Memory. D) Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perception. 59. Who was the first woman to be president of the American Psychological Association? A) Mary Calkins. B) Dorthea Dix. C) Margaret Floy Washburn. D) Rosalie Rayner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary Calkins. 60. A basic premise of positive psychology is that the field of psychology A) Needs more effective methods for treating mental illness. B) Is out of balance with too much focus on negative human behaviors. C) Has not examined how every "negative" contains a "positive. D) Has placed too much emphasis on genetic determinants, leaving little room for positive change. 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