This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Freud's theory of psychology emphasizes on A) The underconscious. B) The unconscious. C) The conscious. D) The super-conscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The unconscious. 2. Read each statement and determine whether it describes an obsession or a compulsion:Intrusive thoughts about causing harm to others. A) Obsession. B) Compulsion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compulsion. 3. Extroverts are ..... by time with other people. A) Energized. B) Exhausted. C) Happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energized. 4. Ancient Egyptians developed medical practices that demonstrated a basic understanding of the ..... and its role in mental functioning. A) Liver. B) Lungs. C) Brain. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain. 5. Implicit memory- A) A memory that consists of the skills and procedures one has learned. B) General knowledge memory of a skill or fact that you know but don't remember learning. C) Taking a photograph in one's mind of a specific event. D) Contains only memories of visual stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A memory that consists of the skills and procedures one has learned. 6. It is the systematic study of the behavior of individual and the mentalprocesses. A) Psychology. B) Scientific Methods. C) Cognition. D) Behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychology. 7. As the owner of a company, you want to make as much profit as possible. Happy employees will be better producers, hence, more money to be made. What type of psychologist would you use to ensure your employees were happy on the job and producing to the best of their ability? A) Clinical. B) Industrial-organizational. C) Counseling. D) Psychiatrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial-organizational. 8. A Hypothesis is a A) Prediction. B) Large mammal. C) Disease. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prediction. 9. What does the term 'placebo effect' refer to in psychological experiments? A) The effect of the actual treatment. B) The impact of participants' expectations on their behavior. C) The influence of the experimenter's bias. D) The random assignment of participants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The impact of participants' expectations on their behavior. 10. What is Abraham Maslow best known for in the field of psychology? A) Proposing a hierarchy of basic human needs. B) Introducing the idea of the unconscious mind. C) Creating the concept of operant conditioning. D) Developing the theory of classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proposing a hierarchy of basic human needs. 11. For the behaviorism the Conditioning is divided into: A) Classical. B) Operative and Clasical. C) Classical and Operant. D) Operative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical and Operant. 12. A substance that adversely effects prenatal development is called ..... ? A) Amniocentesis. B) Phenotype. C) Specificity. D) Teratogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teratogen. 13. Which branch of psychology studies the link between biological and psychological processes? A) Social-cultural. B) Behavioral. C) Biological. D) Evolutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological. 14. What are considered the 'basic units of heredity'? A) Atoms. B) Chromosomes. C) Centromere. D) Genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genes. 15. How do compulsions in OCD typically relate to obsessions? A) Compulsions are completely unrelated to obsessions. B) Compulsions replace obsessions entirely. C) Compulsions are efforts to avoid or reduce anxiety related to obsessions. D) Compulsions reinforce obsessions, making them more intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compulsions are efforts to avoid or reduce anxiety related to obsessions. 16. Which Gestalt principle states that if something is missing in an otherwise complete figure, we will tend to add to it? A) Similarity. B) Continuation. C) Closure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Closure. 17. ..... psychologists apply psychology's principles and methods in the criminal justice system. A) Forensic. B) Cognitive. C) Bio. D) Behavioral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forensic. 18. Which of the following subfields of psychology conducts applied research? A) Developmental. B) Social. C) Personality. D) Clinical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clinical. 19. Chao plays music in the subway station and occasionally someone throw money in his guitar case. His behavior is learned through A) Classical conditioning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Observational learning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant conditioning. 20. How does the 'Strange Situation' categorize children with insecure-resistant attachment? A) They show little distress when the caregiver leaves. B) They exhibit a lack of interest in the caregiver. C) They are easily soothed upon reunion. D) They are upset when the caregiver leaves but difficult to soothe upon reunion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are upset when the caregiver leaves but difficult to soothe upon reunion. 21. Which perspective views behaviour from the perspective of biological functioning? A) Neuroscience. B) Humanistic. C) Cognitive. D) Psychodynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroscience. 22. Any researcher should weigh the expected ..... for society with the potential ..... A) Benefits, harm. B) Risks, costs. C) Anonymity, confidentiality. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benefits, harm. 23. A limitation of research used to support the life events explanation of stress is much of it is based on ..... A) Observational data that is prone to subjective interpretation. B) Second-hand data. C) Participants' memories that may be inaccurate. D) First-hand data collected using objectivve methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participants' memories that may be inaccurate. 24. The ability to bounce back from negative emotional experiences and by flexible adaptation to the changing demands of stressful experiences A) Self compassion "self care". B) Gratitude. C) Resilience. D) Savoring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resilience. 25. Developmental Research Designs:-+1 cohorts or age-groups studied-1 time of testing-Studying age differences at any one time A) Cross-Sectional Designs. B) Longitudinal Designs. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cross-Sectional Designs. 26. Which theory of personality least believes in personality change? A) Social cognitive. B) Humanist. C) Trait. D) Psychoanalytic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trait. 27. Dialogical analysis is form of analysis that adopts an interpretivistic framework to study communication that Is embedded within socio-cultural setting. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. In which stage of cognitive development should teachers help children count their fingers, toy, or food? A) Formal operations. B) Pre-operational. C) Sensorimotor. D) Concrete operational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensorimotor. 29. During the night, Alicia stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Alicia is most likely suffering from which of the following conditions? A) Narcolepsy. B) Insomnia. C) The REM rebound effect. D) Sleep apnea. E) Night terrors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep apnea. 30. Which term describes the mental process of focusing on specific stimuli while ignoring others? A) Cognition. B) Memory. C) Perception. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attention. 31. The long, fiber like part of a neuron which the cell sends information to receiving neurons A) Axon. B) Myelin. C) Node of Ranvier. D) Dendrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axon. 32. According to Freud, what is the unconscious mind a repository of? A) Memories and thoughts. B) Urges and Motivations. C) Skills and habits. D) Knowledge and beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urges and Motivations. 33. How does psychology differ from educational psychology? A) Educational psychology does not involve research on learning. B) Psychology studies mind and behavior, while educational psychology focuses on learning processes and teaching methods. C) Psychology only focuses on mental disorders. D) Educational psychology is a subset of clinical psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychology studies mind and behavior, while educational psychology focuses on learning processes and teaching methods. 34. A Psychopathic personality type tends to be evident when A) A person shows little or no remorse or concern for their actions. B) A person has empathy but cannot control his/her urges to offend. C) A person suffers from depression and Anxiety. D) A person has not been adequately supported in their views about life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person shows little or no remorse or concern for their actions. 35. There are limits to intuition and common sense. What are they? A) Overconfidence, Hindsight Bias, and Random thinking. B) Overconfidence, Hindsight Bias, and perceiving patterns in random events. C) Overconfidence, Hindsight Bias and building a more pleasant, engage and meaningful life. D) Overconfidence and Hindsight Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overconfidence, Hindsight Bias, and perceiving patterns in random events. 36. Health Psychology emphasizes on how:- A) Society influences personal well being. B) Health is a social construct. C) Behaviour influences health. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behaviour influences health. 37. In English grammar, which sentence structure is used to express a psychological state? A) Passive voice. B) Active voice. C) Subjunctive mood. D) Imperative mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subjunctive mood. 38. The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in highly emotional group situations in which people feel anonymous. A) Deindividuation. B) Conformity. C) Prejudice. D) Groupthink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deindividuation. 39. How do psychological assessments benefit education? A) Psychological assessments benefit education by identifying individual student needs, guiding personalized learning strategies, and supporting mental health interventions. B) They focus solely on academic performance without considering mental health. C) They provide standardized testing scores for all students. D) They eliminate the need for teacher assessments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychological assessments benefit education by identifying individual student needs, guiding personalized learning strategies, and supporting mental health interventions. 40. What are the three components of a mental process? A) Prospective, cognition, emotion. B) Perception, action, behaviour. C) Perception, cognition, emotion. D) Perception, facial expression, emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perception, cognition, emotion. 41. Which describes an industrial psychologist? A) Studies people in fields such as business. B) Studies technical systems to make more user-friendly things. C) Studies people across different cultures and how they influence behavior. D) Studies relationships between people and work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Studies relationships between people and work. 42. Fine motor development refers to babies progress in coordinating major muscle groups. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 43. Which describes ation psychologist? A) Studies people in fields such as business. B) Studies behavior of pilots, passengers, and attendants. C) Studies changes in emotions, physical, and social in a life span. D) Focuses on the instructional methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studies behavior of pilots, passengers, and attendants. 44. The noted scientist who developed the principles of Classical Conditioning is A) B.F. Skinner. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Albert Bandura. D) E.L. Thorndike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ivan Pavlov. 45. Who can be considered the father of behaviorism A) Jonathan Watson. B) Pierre Cardin. C) Skinner. D) John Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Watson. 46. Which of the following groups changed the definition of Psychology to "the scientific study of observable behavior" ? A) Humanists. B) Behaviorists. C) Psychodynamic psychologists. D) Cognitive psychologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behaviorists. 47. Narrative perspectives are associated with which of Bruner's two modes of thought: A) Paradigmatic thought. B) Narrative thought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative thought. 48. What are the three basic components of evolution according to Darwin? A) Variation, inheritance, selection. B) Variation, mutation, inheritance. C) Inheritance, adaptation, mutation. D) Selection, mutation, adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variation, inheritance, selection. 49. Professor Woo noticed that the distribution of students' scores on her last biology test had an extremely small standard deviation. This indicates that the A) Students' scores tended to be very similar to one another. B) Mean test score was lower than the median score. C) Test was given to a very small class of students. D) Students generally performed very well on the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students' scores tended to be very similar to one another. 50. Which one is least likely to cause someone to be stress A) Work related pressure. B) Academic pressure. C) Financial problems. D) Major life changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Major life changes. 51. What is the importance of research in psychology? A) Research in psychology has no impact on real-world applications. B) Research in psychology is important for understanding behavior, developing theories, informing practices, and advancing knowledge. C) Research in psychology is only for academic purposes. D) Research in psychology is primarily focused on animal behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research in psychology is important for understanding behavior, developing theories, informing practices, and advancing knowledge. 52. Frued believed that life was build around ..... and ..... A) Ups and downs. B) Ins and outs. C) Tension and pleasure. D) Decisions and influencers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tension and pleasure. 53. In experimental studies which group receives nothing? In other words, they do not get the variable that is under study. A) Experimental group. B) Control group. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Control group. 54. Major Depressive Disorder is 3 times more common in women than men. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes what three types of intelligence? A) Analytic, creative and practical. B) Emotional, creative and analytical. C) Interpersonal, visual and verbal. D) Emotional, practical, and creative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analytic, creative and practical. 56. Which type of psychotherapy emphasizes the individual's inherent potential for self-fulfillment? A) Humanistic therapy. B) Psychoanalysis. C) Cognitive therapy. D) Behavior therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humanistic therapy. 57. What is the true goal of Psychology? A) Control. B) Understand. C) Predict. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control. 58. Life is better with pets! It is a good idea for most people to have pets. A) Intersectionality. B) Naive realism. C) Implicit bias. D) Explicit bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naive realism. 59. The closer in relation you are to someone, the more likely you are to have similar IQs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. 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