Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. When flashed with many letters on the screen and asked to remember the letters, you can only recall most of the letters from the final slide. This phenomenon is called:
2. Analysis that begins with sensory receptors and works up to brain's integration
3. Which psychological perspective studies how the situation and our upbringing influence our behavior?
4. True or False. Findings from patient KF cannot be explained by the working memory model?
5. The mind can be viewed as an information processing system.
6. What is NOT a top tip for success as identified by the handbook?
7. Which gland is considered the master gland?
8. True or False. Obedience increases if authorities are perceived as legitimate?
9. A main criticism of Piaget's stages of development theory is that he
10. A rule of thumb used to make decisions based on prior information. A shortcut.
11. The brain's permanent storage locker is called:
12. Clinical psychology
13. Who was the first woman to earn a PHd in Psychology?
14. Describe the role of a Psychologist in society.
15. After a stroke, Martha can say words, but her sentences are meaningless. What part of her brain has been damaged to cause her to lose her ability to comprehend language?
16. The DSM is short for
17. This Psychologist's study highlighted tensions created by ingroup/outgroup conflict for resources and how resolution can be found in a need to achieve subordinate goals that more than one group is needed to accomplish it
18. Who are Eros and Psyche?
19. Behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person's ability to cope with everyday life are called
20. Manipulating an IV to test a DV in an environment unfamiliar to the participant.
21. A habitual strategy or pattern for problem solving using an approach that was successful in the past.
22. Which of the following are parts of neurons?
23. What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and how is it used in clinical psychology?
24. Ms. Jones sold more raffle tickets when she told potential buyers they had a 10% chance of winning a prize hat when she told them they had a 90% chance of not winning. Which of the following concepts does this example demonstrate?
25. According to Psychology, all education is
26. What is the age range for Piaget's cognitive development theory stage 3:concrete operational stage?
27. What is the reality behind the myth that we only use one side of our brain?
28. The whole is not discovered from analysis of parts in isolation from the whole. The whole is greater than parts
29. Which explanation of forgetting does Burke and Skrull's study Support?
30. What is the significance of cognitive biases in decision-making?
31. The major contribution educational psychology might be expected to make towards modern education lies in area of
32. Reveal the structure of the human thinking (Periodic Table)
33. Behavior determined by past experiences left in the Unconscious Mind. People are unaware. Unconscious drives conscious. Sigmund Freud
34. List any three career options in the field of Psychology.
35. A researcher looking for gender differences in 3-year old observes a preschool class and records how many minutes children of each gender play with dolls. She then compares the two sets of numbers. What type of descriptive research is the conducting?
36. What are the Latin roots for Psychology?
37. A child reading a book points to a picture on the page and calls to his mother in another room and says, "Mommy, who's in this picture?" He expects that she will know what he is pointing at, even though she cannot see it. Which of the following concepts is illustrated in this example?
38. An interview with a theme but no set questions
39. The tendency to attribute our own behaviour mainly to situation causes but the behaviour of others mainly to internal causes is called .....
40. This approach emphasizes on the individual and that each individual has great freedom in directing his or her future.
41. Which of these statements is a criticism of interference theory?
42. Define the term 'Psychology'.
43. A weakness of Hughes' task is
44. A supervisor who doubts the competence of a new employee unwittingly criticizes everything the new employee does. If the new employee consequently performs poorly, which of the following will most likely have occurred?
45. Your psychology professor studies processes like thought, memory, and attention. She is most likely what type of psychologist?
46. What methods does psychology use related to social science?
47. Integral Psychology emphasizes:
48. Learning perspective
49. When a person loses his/her identity and normal social restraints in a situation that offers anonymity, this is
50. Who emphasized that the whole may exceed the sum of its parts and that our brains organize sensation so we can make sense of it?
51. The notion that the mind and body are separate and distinct is called .....
52. How does cognitive development theory influence educational practices?
53. The branch of psychology focused on enhancing teaching and learning.
54. In explaining human behavior, psychoanalysts are likely to focus on ..... ?
55. The name for a living things biological processes (such as sleep) that occur roughly every 24 hours is the
56. A learner with a fixed mindset according to the theory would
57. Attitude is comprised of 3 parts:the ..... element, the behavioral element, and the cognitive element.
58. In Social Psychology, why is it not recommended to rely on common sense to understand social behavior and thought?
59. Which of the following is a basic step in the scientific research process in psychology?
60. Which of these is a layer in the outer being?