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Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is a common theme in psychological novels?
2. Which theorist explained that children need to make attachments to have good emotional and social development throughout life?
3. According to Bowlby's monotropic theory, what is the critical period for the development of attachment?
4. What Best describes Deindividuation
5. Which branch is the largest group and helps people with psychological problems?
6. How can teachers use psychological theories to improve classroom management?
7. Children of Authoritative Parents often grow up to be ..... ?
8. What is considered the 'third force' in psychology?
9. Which approach to psychology focuses on how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures?
10. Which branch helps school systems implement new instructional methods?
11. Which stage of life involves learning trust through consistent caregiving?
12. Early psychologists believed that the value of mental processes should be judged by their practical consequences. They focused on how mental processes helped individuals function in the real world. What is this viewpoint called?
13. Which perspective would be most likely to state human thought and behavior can be understood in terms of activity at the neural level?
14. What best describes Social facilitation?
15. What are false beliefs about exaggerated importance called?
16. When I'm in my car and I see someone who appears to be homeless, I lock my car doors. It's just safer.
17. Which psychologist is known for theorizing psychosexual stages of development?
18. The historical movement associated with the statement "the whole may exceed the sum of its parts" is:
19. Those with an avoidant personality disorder are most likely to display
20. Studied children's cognitive development, developed a 4 stage theory
21. The way in which different parts of a person's identity interact
22. Which goal of psychology focuses on modifying and improving behaviors to better the lives of individuals and society as a whole?
23. According to Freud, the part of the personality that provides a buffer between the id and the outside world is known as the .....
24. The basic unit of the nervous system is the .....
25. Which field of research has psychologists and neuroscientists working together?
26. Andy decides to clean the communal area of the shared house after receiving a message from his lieutenant.
27. Which word is defined by:'' related to the various mental processes that are involved in knowing. These include the states of perception and judgment, as well as the multiple unconscious and conscious processes that are used to acquire knowledge.
28. Lisa is conducting a study on hours of TV watched throughout one's lifespan. She begins by taking a group of two 10 year olds, three 15 year olds, three 20 year olds and so on (increments of 5 years, up to 35 years of age.) Which method of research is she using?
29. ..... psychologist often collaborate with neuroscientists, zoologist and anthropologist
30. Which goal of psychology aims to change or influence behaviors?
31. Who's stages of intellectual development are sensor-imotor, pre operational, concrete operational and formal operational?
32. Complete the process of Communication:Sender, Encoding, Message, ..... , Receiver, ..... , Feedback
33. Before 1920s. psychology was considered to be the science of
34. What is an example of intuitive errors mentioned in the text?
35. Which figure is most associated with developing the theory of classical conditioning?
36. Which type of experiment is conducted in a natural setting or real-life environment?
37. Measures the average difference between each score and the mean of the data set.
38. . According to Piaget, the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object's nature is known as .....
39. Which of the following puts theories and principles of psychology to practical and tangible use in the everyday world?
40. An acronym that stands for the five elements (building blocks) developed by Martin Seligman that account for what makes up the "good life" -an authentic and sustained happiness and well-being
41. Which describes a consumer psychologist?
42. Which of the following is NOT a method associated with Humanistic Psychology?
43. Which part of the brain connects to the spinal cord?
44. What percent of the population is considered "gifted" (aka have an IQ of 130 or higher)?
45. Peterson and Peterson 1959
46. Research suggests that early childhood may be a ..... periodfor the development of language skills, as children pick these skills up more easilythan adults do.
47. Early or harsh potty training can lead to the child becoming an anal-retentive personality who hates mess, is obsessively tidy, punctual and respectful of authority. They can be stubborn and tight-fisted with their cash and possessions. Which stage might this occur?
48. In a psychology experiment, what is the role of the independent variable?
49. Jerry Burger would most likely agree with which of the following statements?
50. A psychological or physical treatment given to the control group that resembles the treatment given to the experimental group, but that contains no active ingredient.
51. The modern study of the brain.
52. How does the cognitive approach view the mind?
53. Marnie is handed a teddy bear and begins to describe what she is experiencing:"This is brown. It is soft. It is wearing a red bow." What historic research technique is she using?
54. Read each statement and determine whether it describes an obsession or a compulsion:Repeatedly checking if the door is locked.
55. First woman president of the American Psychological Association
56. After Mr. Jones suffered a stroke, a section on the left side of his brain was severely damaged. Now, Mr. Jones lost the ability to speak fluently. This change in his verbal skills can be best be explained using which approach?
57. A weakness of the multi-store memory model is:
58. What is a stimulus?
59. With proper prenatal care and guidance the effects of the different hazards can be greatly lessened or even avoided entirely.
60. Damage to a small part of the occipital lobe would most likely result in a
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