This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Psychologists study the way people think A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. A hypothesis is a prediction that is: A) Self-evident. B) Testable. C) Founded in Semantics. D) Able to be replicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testable. 3. A weakness of a survey is that people may lie. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Mrs. Thompson believes that her son has learned to play the piano because she consistently rewards his efforts with praise and affection. Her belief best illustrates which perspective? A) Behavioral. B) Humanistic. C) Psychoanalytic. D) Cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavioral. 5. According to the Ethics Code, should psychologists pay or offer other inducements to their research partipants? A) When offering professional services as an inducement for research participations & psychologist clarify the nature of the services as well as the risks, obiligations and limitations. B) The study of normal educaitonal practices, curricula or classroom mangement metods conducted in educational settings. C) None of the above. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 6. What is superstition? A) The tendency to remember or notice information that fits one's expectations Correct Answer An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence. B) An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence. C) The tendency to believe claims because they seem true or because it would be nice if they were true. D) Someone with a dominant personality that can strongly influence other people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence. 7. Psychologists only study the behaviour and mental processes of humans. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which lobe of the brain controls "executive functioning?" A) Parietal Lobe. B) Occipital Lobe. C) Broca's Area. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frontal Lobe. 9. You're a psychology researcher exploring how memory works in the brain, not necessarily to fix a specific problem but to learn more about how we remember things. What kind of research are you doing? A) Basic research. B) Applied research. C) Clinical research. D) Experimental research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic research. 10. What is functionalism? A) School of psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations. B) Study of thinking, learning, perception in whole units only, not parts. C) School of psychology that studies individual sensations and personal experiences. D) School of psychology that emphasizes study of observable actions over study of the mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) School of psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations. 11. Carl Rogers believed therapists need unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and ..... A) Empathy. B) Sympathy. C) Authority. D) Detachment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empathy. 12. The ..... stresses the influence of unconscious forces on human behavior. A) Sociocultural perspective. B) Biological perspective. C) Cognitive perspective. D) Psychoanalytic perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychoanalytic perspective. 13. Anxiety in sport can be defined as ..... A) Feeling cool, calm and collected before competition. B) Feelings of nerves of worry before or during a sports performance. C) A state of physical preparedness prior to sports performance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feelings of nerves of worry before or during a sports performance. 14. Which approach to psychology emphasizes free will and personal growth? A) Behaviorism. B) Cognitive psychology. C) Humanistic psychology. D) Biological approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanistic psychology. 15. In ..... , John B. Watson defined psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior. A) Structuralism. B) Psychodynamic thinking. C) Behaviorism. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behaviorism. 16. A law is A) An explanation of what happens. B) An explanation of why something happens. C) An educated guess. D) An opinion without the backing of research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An explanation of what happens. 17. Perspective of psychology that emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior A) Consumer. B) Socrates. C) Learning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learning. 18. The ..... perspective argues that people can learn by experience and by observing others. A) Learning. B) Educational. C) Cognitive. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning. 19. Course planning and instructional methods for school districts are usually handled by A) School psychologists. B) Developmental psychologists. C) Personality psychologists. D) Educational psychologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Educational psychologists. 20. Who prescribes medication for mental health issues? A) Clinical psychologist. B) Counseling psychologist. C) Therapist. D) Psychiatrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychiatrist. 21. Detailed study of one person A) Case Study. B) Survey. C) Profile. D) Naturalistic Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Case Study. 22. Mind is like the computer, it receives, processes, transforms, stores and retrieves information. Which school of thought stated this? A) Gestalt. B) Functionalism. C) Constructivism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constructivism. 23. What would be the correlation be between temperature and ice cream sales? A) Positive correlation. B) Negative correlation. C) No correlation. D) Cannot be determined. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive correlation. 24. Sensation and perception are the same thing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Which school of psychology considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations? A) Gestalt psychology. B) Behaviorism. C) Functionalism. D) Structuralism. 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