This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 12 (38 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A great strength of Piaget's theory is that it A) Identifies many of the issues with learning difficulties in eduction. B) Answers many of the questions about educational issues. C) Has had an enormous effect on primary school education. D) Is well written. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has had an enormous effect on primary school education. 2. What are the core values that all fields must adopt to be considered scientific in nature? A) Precision, Subjectivity, Belief, Open-mindedness. B) Accuracy, Objectivity, Skepticism, Open-mindedness. C) Accuracy, Objectivity, Skepticism, Closed-mindedness. D) Precision, Bias, Skepticism, Closed-mindedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accuracy, Objectivity, Skepticism, Open-mindedness. 3. The Naughty Teddy study tells us that: A) Piaget underestimated what children can do. B) The accidental condition of the experiment was trickery. C) Children can not conserve under the age of 7. D) Piaget overestimated what children can do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Piaget underestimated what children can do. 4. Process, store, and retrieve information. How information is used to reason and solve problems A) Evolutionary. B) Social-Cultural. C) Biological. D) Cognitive. E) Biopsychosocial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognitive. 5. A strength of Dweck's theory is A) It doesn't place too much emphasis on effort. B) It explains why natural ability leads to success. C) It identifies differences between people who do and don't succeed. D) It explains why praise is always a good thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It identifies differences between people who do and don't succeed. 6. Balanced psychological health includes ..... A) Home, family, relationships. B) Food, shelter, water. C) Emotions, love, pleasure. D) Biological, psychological, social. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological, psychological, social. 7. What is most likely to be true about the cognitive revolution? A) There was a paradigm shift from behaviorist approach to a holistic, cognitive approach. B) New developments in linguistics increased psychologists' satisfaction with behaviorism. C) Behaviorism did not contribute to contemporary research and therapeutic methods. D) Linguist Noam Chomsky fought for behaviorism as a useful tool to understand language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There was a paradigm shift from behaviorist approach to a holistic, cognitive approach. 8. Imagine this! Zoe is a charismatic salesperson at a local bakery. She cleverly asks Jennifer to try a free taste of a new pastry. Once Jennifer accepts, Zoe smoothly transitions into suggesting she purchase the full-sized pastry. This savvy strategy is based on which intriguing psychological phenomenon? A) Stereotype. B) Cognitive Dissonance Theory. C) Prejudice. D) Norms of Reciprocity. E) Foot in the door Phenomenon. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Foot in the door Phenomenon. 9. What is a theory in psychology A) A theory in psychology is a collection of unrelated facts. B) A theory in psychology is a random guess about behavior. C) A theory in psychology is a systematic framework that explains and predicts psychological phenomena. D) A theory in psychology is a personal belief about mental health. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A theory in psychology is a systematic framework that explains and predicts psychological phenomena. 10. What are the key components of CBT? A) Watching TV and avoiding social interactions. B) Identifying and challenging negative thought patterns, setting specific goals, and learning and practicing new coping skills. C) Eating healthy and exercising regularly. D) Ignoring problems and hoping they will go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identifying and challenging negative thought patterns, setting specific goals, and learning and practicing new coping skills. 11. Which of the following describe the Id? A) Primitive. B) Learned. C) Slow to react. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primitive. 12. The point at which a change in sensory stimulation is detected is called the A) Just noticeable difference. B) Psychological equation. C) Absolute threshold. D) Weber effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute threshold. 13. How many people did psychologists predict would go to 450v in Milgram's study? A) 1 in 100. B) 1 in 10000. C) 1 in 1000. D) 1 in 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 in 1000. 14. This case was the first time that social science research was explicitly used. A) Brown v. Board of Education. B) Muller v. Oregon. C) Mapp v. Ohio. D) Hidden v. Mutual Life Insurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brown v. Board of Education. 15. What does the 'vital' refer to in Sri Aurobindo's system? A) Soul. B) Emotions and life-energy. C) Mind. D) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotions and life-energy. 16. Who is considered the founder of forensic psychology? A) Sigmund Freud. B) William James. C) John Watson. D) Hugo Munsterberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hugo Munsterberg. 17. The DSM V is a book used to do what? A) Classifies mental disorders and describes the symptoms of each. B) Is useful for determining sanity and insanity but nothing more. C) Was once useful but no longer applies today. D) Was once useful but no longer applies today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classifies mental disorders and describes the symptoms of each. 18. The branch of psychology that diagnoses and treats psychological disorders. A) Community psychology. B) Educational psychology. C) Clinical psychology. D) Forensic psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clinical psychology. 19. How does Psychology help in improving mental health? A) Psychology is only for individuals with severe mental illnesses. B) Psychology provides therapy, counseling, and interventions to address underlying issues, develop coping strategies, and promote self-awareness and emotional regulation. C) Psychology relies solely on medication for treatment. D) Psychology involves mind reading and manipulation techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychology provides therapy, counseling, and interventions to address underlying issues, develop coping strategies, and promote self-awareness and emotional regulation. 20. Mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing remembering and communicating information. A) Mental Disorders. B) Biological Approach. C) Development Psychology. D) Cognitive Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognitive Psychology. 21. A mental disorder in which a person loses contact with reality A) Calm and colleted. B) Crazy. C) Instainity. D) Schizophrenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schizophrenia. 22. Peripheral Route Persuasion is ..... A) Using evidence and logic to persuade people. B) Using Famous people to persuade people. C) Trying to persuade people out of sight. D) Trying to persuade people who refuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using Famous people to persuade people. 23. Integral education focuses on: A) Examination scores. B) Technological literacy. C) Holistic development of body, mind, and soul. D) Competitive achievement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holistic development of body, mind, and soul. 24. Gestalt psychologists would most likely argue that when solving problems, learners should: A) Focus on each step of the problem individually. B) Use trial and error to find solutions. C) View the problem as a whole to gain insight into its solution. D) Rely solely on past experiences for answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) View the problem as a whole to gain insight into its solution. 25. Relying on information that is more popular or easily available to you and overlooking information that is less common when making a decision. A) Availability heuristic. B) Concept. C) Confirmation bias. D) Representative heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Availability heuristic. 26. Resolving a question based on possible tragic outcomes that are not as probable as others is an example of: A) Confirmation bias. B) Exaggerated fear. C) Mental set. D) Framing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggerated fear. 27. Psychology based on biology A) Biological psychology. B) Social psychology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biological psychology. 28. Which type of memory stores facts, words and concepts? A) Encoding. B) Episodic. C) Semantic. D) Implicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semantic. 29. Behavior reflects influence of physical and psychological traits that helped ancestors survive/reproduce A) Biological. B) Cognitive. C) Biopsychosocial. D) Social-Cultural. E) Evolutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Evolutionary. 30. True or False. Working memory has a limited capacity? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. In which disorder does a person seem to experience at least two or more distinct personalities existing in one body? A) Dissociative identity disorder. B) Depersonalization. C) Panic disorder. D) Schizophrenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissociative identity disorder. 32. The way in which a problem is presented may cause us to think of an answer in two different ways. This frame of mind we are in solving a problem is also called: A) Mental set. B) Insight solution. C) Framing. D) Heuristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Framing. 33. A key strength of Willingham's theory and research selected is that A) It has specific applications to teaching and learning. B) It uses diagnosis from brain scans to determine differences. C) It shows how to successfully use memory techniques to improve performance. D) It uses non-scientific studies to inform the theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has specific applications to teaching and learning. 34. A key evaluation point for the use of learning styles is that A) They cannot be used for anything at all. B) There is little evidence to support the idea that they can be used to improve performance. C) They cannot be used in any way to appropriately design teaching materials. D) It clearly defines the learning styles used by most people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is little evidence to support the idea that they can be used to improve performance. 35. The 'policeman doll study' was designed to investigate A) Accommodation. B) Egocentricity. C) Assimilation. D) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Egocentricity. 36. Which branch of the Autonomic nervous system is activated during a stressful, threatening situation? A) Parasympathetic NS. B) Sympathetic NS. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic NS. 37. In which approach is the focus more on behavior being an effort to adapt and survive in an environment or how our behaviors are influenced by those around us? A) Social Approach. B) Cognitive Approach. C) Biological Approach. D) Humanistic Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Approach. 38. When a person is more fair-minded than other members of their group, they illustrate ..... A) Outgroup bias. B) Just-world phenomenon. C) Social responsibility norm. D) Ingroup bias. 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