This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Explain the impact of socio-emotional learning on student outcomes. A) Socio-emotional learning positively impacts student outcomes by improving academic performance, behavior, and emotional well-being. B) Socio-emotional learning has no effect on student outcomes. C) Socio-emotional learning decreases student engagement. D) Socio-emotional learning only benefits teachers, not students. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socio-emotional learning positively impacts student outcomes by improving academic performance, behavior, and emotional well-being. 2. Personality primarily depends upon ..... A) Economic factor. B) Mental set up. C) Heredity. D) Social environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heredity. 3. Which of the following is a key difference between HL and SL psychology? A) HL students do not have a paper 3. B) SL students focus on practical applications. C) SL students study more topics. D) HL students have more options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HL students have more options. 4. This influential figure in cognitive psychology emphasized the importance of scientific evidence obtained by careful observation and experimentation. A) Aristotle. B) Mary Whiton Calkins. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) William James. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 5. 5 How would you handle a situation where a colleague is behaving unethically? A) Ignore the behavior. B) Emulate the behavior. C) Report the behavior to a supervisor or relevant authority. D) Encourage the behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Report the behavior to a supervisor or relevant authority. 6. Where was first Experimental psychology Laboratory set up? A) Leipzig. B) Frankfurt. C) Berlin. D) Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leipzig. 7. Community psychology A) Studies interaction with social environments. B) Examines historical social movements. C) Analyzes economic factors in communities. D) Focuses solely on individual behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studies interaction with social environments. 8. A sudden awareness of a solution to a problem. The "Aha!" moment. A) Belief bias. B) Algorithm. C) Insight thinking. D) Exaggerated fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insight thinking. 9. What is the focus of social neuroscience according to Social Psychology? A) Focusing only on psychological factors. B) Exploring the neural bases of social and emotional processes and behaviors. C) Studying social behavior without considering neuroscience. D) Ignoring the biological aspect of social behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploring the neural bases of social and emotional processes and behaviors. 10. The oldest method in psychology is A) Clinical method. B) Observation,. C) Case study. D) Introspection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introspection. 11. What is the primary purpose of experimental design in behavioral research? A) To ensure that results are due to chance. B) To control variables and establish cause-and-effect relationships. C) To collect as much data as possible. D) To observe behavior in natural settings only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To control variables and establish cause-and-effect relationships. 12. People are not simply either Fixed or Growth Mindset. instead they are on a A) Slippery slope. B) Continuum. C) Road to success. D) Journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continuum. 13. This approach examines how the physical structure of the brain, our genes, hormones, and nervous system make us who we are. A) Biological Approach. B) Sociobiological Approach. C) Humanistic Approach. D) Behavioral Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biological Approach. 14. Selling Girl Scout cookies door-to-door is reinforced on a ..... schedule. A) Variable ratio. B) Variable interval. C) Fixed interval. D) Fixed ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable ratio. 15. Which of the following is the best definition of "sensation" ? A) The process by which we interpret information from our environment. B) The process by which we receive information from our environment. C) The process by which we organize and process information from our environment. D) The process by which we decide which information to process from our environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process by which we receive information from our environment. 16. If a test is standardized, this means that A) Most test scores will cluster near the average. B) The test will yield consistent results when administered on different occasions. C) A person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group. D) It accurately measures what it is intended to measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group. 17. What psychology works with athletes? A) Athletic Psychology. B) Sports Psychology. C) Performance Psychology. D) Trained Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sports Psychology. 18. Psychological processes + Physiology. Mind-Body Phenomenon. Functions of brain + nervous systems A) Social-Cultural. B) Biopsychosocial. C) Evolutionary. D) Biological. E) Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological. 19. An assumption about the causes of behavior or events A) Fundamentals. B) Situation. C) Image. D) Attribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attribution. 20. When the same participants take part in each condition of the independent variable A) Repeated measures. B) Independent groups. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repeated measures. 21. The outcome variable A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 22. He is considered the father of cognitive psychology. A) Ulric Neisser. B) Noam Chomsky. C) Max Weirtheimer. D) Frederic Bartlett. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ulric Neisser. 23. A sensory neuron carries ..... information. A motor neuron carries ..... information. A) Afferent, efferent. B) Efferent, afferent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afferent, efferent. 24. Their most-influential findings were summarized in the book Human Sexual Response (1966) ..... measured physiological responses to sexual stimulation in their subjects ..... identified four distinct stages of sexual arousal (excitement, plateau, orgasmic, and resolution). A) Singer/Schacter. B) Cannon/Bard. C) Masters/Johnson. D) Watson/Rainor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Masters/Johnson. 25. What is a 'SAQ'? A) Shirt Answer Queen. B) Short Answer Quest. C) Strong Answer Question. D) Short Answer Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short Answer Question. 26. What does the term 'delayed gratification' refer to? A) The need for immediate feedback. B) Instantly receiving rewards. C) The ability to wait for a more favorable reward. D) Avoiding all forms of reward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ability to wait for a more favorable reward. 27. What is cognitive psychology primarily concerned with? A) Cognitive psychology is primarily concerned with mental processes. B) Physical health. C) Social interactions. D) Emotional responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive psychology is primarily concerned with mental processes. 28. The measure used by researchers that indicates the speed with which someone completes a task is known as A) Accuracy. B) Reaction-time. C) Self-report. D) An independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reaction-time. 29. Continuing to believe in a matter despite contrary evidence to the fact is: A) Hippocampus. B) Mental set. C) Framing. D) Belief perserverance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belief perserverance. 30. In an experiment, the ..... is being being changed while the ..... is being measured A) Independent variable; Dependent variable. B) Dependent variable; Independent variable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable; Dependent variable. 31. What are some common applications of cognitive psychology in everyday life? A) Common applications of cognitive psychology include education, memory enhancement, user experience design, mental health therapies, and marketing. B) Cooking techniques. C) Gardening methods. D) Physical fitness routines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Common applications of cognitive psychology include education, memory enhancement, user experience design, mental health therapies, and marketing. 32. What is the chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another nerve cell? A) Impulse. B) Threshold. C) Synapse. D) Neurotransmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters. 33. Which school of psychology focuses on observable behavior and dismisses internal mental processes as irrelevant to understanding behavior? A) Psychoanalysis. B) Behaviorism. C) Gestalt. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behaviorism. 34. The ..... part of the autonomic nervous system is active during resting. A) Peripheral. B) Somatic. C) Parasympathetic. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic. 35. Why do the researchers believe that the subjects acted as they did? A) The subjects began to think that the experiment would never end. B) The guards were all secretly sadistic and the prisoners all unknowingly submissive. C) The subjects were following the roles they were expected to play. D) Zimbardo and his team accidentally allowed people with anger disorders to take part in the experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The subjects were following the roles they were expected to play. 36. Which explanation of forgetting does Baddeley and Godden's study on divers Support? A) Retroactive inference. B) State dependent forgetting. C) Proactive interference. D) Context dependent forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Context dependent forgetting. 37. In Piaget's theory the 'formal operational' stage is when children can start to A) Associate noises with actions. B) Engage in play activities taking on others roles. C) Engage in idealistic and conceptual thinking. D) Follow logical instructions in sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engage in idealistic and conceptual thinking. 38. Which of the following illustrates an algorithm? A) Walking straight to the back of the grocery store because that is usually where they keep the milk. B) Using online reviews to determine if a restaurant has good food. C) Walking up and down every aisle until you find a gallon of milk at the grocery store. D) Getting dinner at a buffet because it is the first restaurant that comes to mind when your friend asks where you want to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking up and down every aisle until you find a gallon of milk at the grocery store. 39. Amicus curiae briefs: A) Help experts testifying in court get their point across. B) Provide a way to influence the court when expert testimony is not allowed. C) Summarize the questions raised by the jury during the deliberation of a verdict. D) Reflect scientists' lack of interest in the legal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provide a way to influence the court when expert testimony is not allowed. 40. Which term describes the process of using existing theories to make predictions about future behavior? A) Inductive reasoning. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Observational learning. D) Random sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive reasoning. 41. The application of psychology to the workplace to improve productivity and well-being. A) Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychology. B) Experimental psychology. C) Developmental psychology. D) Human factors psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychology. 42. Tendency to overstate one's role in a positive venture & underestimate in a failure. A) Self-fulfilling prohecies. B) Retrograde Amnesia. C) Self-serving bias. D) Anterograde Amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-serving bias. 43. Technologies like ..... and ..... help researchers study the brain. A) X-ray, Ultrasound. B) MRI, Sonogram. C) FMRI, EEG. D) CT scan, PET scan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FMRI, EEG. 44. McGarrigle and Donaldson's study on conservation involved A) Beakers of coloured water. B) A Naughty Teddy bear. C) A policeman doll. D) Male and female dolls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Naughty Teddy bear. 45. Where are experiments conducted in Social Psychology? A) Only in a laboratory setting. B) Only in a natural environment. C) Both in a laboratory setting and in a natural environment. D) Experiments are not conducted in Social Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both in a laboratory setting and in a natural environment. 46. What is debriefing A) Debriefing is a method of conducting surveys to gather feedback. B) Debriefing refers to a formal training session for new employees. C) Debriefing is a technique used to prepare for upcoming events. D) Debriefing is a process of reviewing and discussing an event to analyze performance and outcomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Debriefing is a process of reviewing and discussing an event to analyze performance and outcomes. 47. What do you have when you have evidence to support your hypothesis in the Scientific Method? A) Correlation. B) Causation. C) Theory. D) Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 48. Cognitive activity A) Private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving. B) Observable behaviors that can be measured and quantified. C) Physical actions taken in response to stimuli. D) Emotional responses to external events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving. 49. What is the main focus of positive psychology? A) Increasing well-being. B) Studying pathology. C) Exploring genetics. D) Treating mental illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing well-being. 50. What did the Elms and Milgram study find? A) Those who went to 450v tended to score more highly on the f-scale. B) No difference on the f-scale between those who went ot 450v and those that didn't. C) Authoritarian personality could explain all obedience. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Those who went to 450v tended to score more highly on the f-scale. 51. In the original Milgram study what % went to 450v? A) 0.5. B) 0.75. C) 0.33. D) 0.65. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.65. 52. 1 What does Pure Psychology primarily focus on? A) Practical applications of psychological principles. B) Application of psychology in real-world settings. C) Theoretical understanding and research of psychological phenomena. D) Applying psychology in forensic investigations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theoretical understanding and research of psychological phenomena. 53. Describe the concept of learning styles in educational psychology. A) Learning styles only refer to visual methods of teaching. B) Learning styles are fixed traits that cannot change over time. C) Learning styles are irrelevant to student performance and engagement. D) Learning styles are the preferred ways individuals process information, including visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learning styles are the preferred ways individuals process information, including visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities. 54. In Asch's Conformity study, they found that conformity tends to increase when ..... people are present. However, there is little change once the group size goes ..... four or five people. A) More, lower than. B) More, beyond. C) Less, beyond. D) Less, lower than. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More, beyond. 55. Who recognized that an autonomic response could be triggered in animals, specifically dogs? A) Pavlov. B) Trenton. C) Skinner. D) Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pavlov. 56. The concept of the 'whole being greater than the sum of its parts' is central to which psychological school? A) Behaviorism. B) Psychoanalysis. C) Structuralism. D) Gestalt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gestalt. 57. Which of the following is an example of a negative correlation? A) People who spend more time exercising tend to weigh less. B) Teenage female tend to have fewer speeding tickets thatn teenage males. C) Students with low IQ scores tend to have lower grades. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who spend more time exercising tend to weigh less. 58. Which of these is NOT part of Sri Aurobindo's planes of consciousness? A) Intuition. B) Collective Unconscious. C) Higher Mind. D) Overmind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collective Unconscious. 59. How familiar the participant is to the location of the study. A) Criterion validity. B) Construct validity. C) Population validity. D) Ecological validity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecological validity. 60. Just-World Phenomenon A) The tendency to believe that people get what they deserve. B) The use of stereotyping to release anger. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tendency to believe that people get what they deserve. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArt Humanities QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 1Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 2Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 3Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 5Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 6Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 7Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 8Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books