This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of introspection? A) Process by which someone examines their own conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts. B) A method of collecting data through external observation only. C) A process of learning through trial and error. D) A technique for measuring intelligence using standardized tests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Process by which someone examines their own conscious experience in an attempt to break it into its component parts. 2. According to Carl Rogers, which therapy method involves the patient taking a lead role in the therapy session? A) Psychoanalysis. B) Client-centered therapy. C) Cognitive-behavioral therapy. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Client-centered therapy. 3. Which psychological perspective focuses on the mental processes associated with behavior? A) Cognitive perspective. B) Behavioral perspective. C) Humanistic perspective. D) Psychoanalytic perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive perspective. 4. Approach in psychology in which the psychologist studies how unconscious motives & conflicts determines human behavior A) Behaviorist. B) Functionalist. C) Structuralist. D) Psychoanalyst. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychoanalyst. 5. Research on problems like poverty, discrimination, hate crimes, violence and war are often done by ..... A) Community psychologist. B) Environment Psychologist. C) Social Psychologist. D) Developmental psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social Psychologist. 6. In which type of study does the experimenter knows whats happening and the participants do not? A) Observational study. B) Correlational study. C) Single blind study. D) Double blind study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single blind study. 7. Dr. Jones is conducting a test on a fourth grader who is having difficulty with math. Based on the results of these tests, she sets up mentoring sessions to help the child learn how to multiply and divide. Dr. Jones is most likely a(n): A) Developmental psychologist. B) Counseling psychologist. C) School psychologist. D) Educational psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) School psychologist. 8. The nature of experiences for every individual is A) Subjective. B) Objective. C) Subjective and objective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subjective. 9. Social psychologists differ from personality psychologists in their focus A) External rather than internal influences. B) Behavior rather than cognitive activities. C) Heredity rather than environmental causes for behavior. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) External rather than internal influences. 10. ..... involves applying psychology to criminal investigation and the law. A) Clinical psychology. B) Social psychology. C) Forensic psychology. D) Neuro psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forensic psychology. 11. Psychology is a pseudoscience because all of theories are based upon opinion, not research. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. How many contemporary approaches are there? A) Six. B) Seven. C) Eight. D) Nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seven. 13. Any action that people can observe or measure, such as walking, talking, sleeping, and eating: A) Cognitive activities. B) Principles. C) Theory. D) Behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behavior. 14. Research in biopsychology can include the study of drug use and ..... A) Abuse. B) Nutrition. C) Exercise. D) Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abuse. 15. Which term describes an action that can be directly observed or measured? A) Behavior. B) Cognitive activity. C) Principles. D) Theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavior. 16. Mental process, such as a dream or memory A) Cognitive activity. B) Structuralism. C) Sociocultural perspective. D) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive activity. 17. Psychological perspectives are A) Ways to explain behavior. B) Research methods to test hypotheses. C) Past historical movements that really don't have any relevance today. D) Things psychologists disregard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ways to explain behavior. 18. Which area of study in psychology applies psychological principles to the workplace? A) Cognitive Psychology. B) Industrial-Organizational Psychology. C) Biological Psychology. D) Developmental Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial-Organizational Psychology. 19. A person who focuses on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental and organizational concerns A) Clinical psychologist. B) Counseling psychologist. C) Therapist. D) Psychiatrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counseling psychologist. 20. Four things psychologists do: A) Pure research, applied research, study numbers, sing. B) Teaching, practic psychology, practice biology, sing. C) Pure research, applied research, practice psychology, traching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pure research, applied research, practice psychology, traching. 21. What is the definition of psychology? A) The study of plant life. B) The study of the brain and its functions. C) The scientific study of the mind and behavior. D) The study of physical health. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The scientific study of the mind and behavior. 22. The year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of psychology as a science because that is the year A) Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. B) B.F. Skinner developed and opened the first psychology laboratory. C) First laboratory of Psychology was established in Leipzig by William James. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 23. Which field of psychology helps people with adjustment problems, but do not have a serious psychological disorder? A) Clinical psychology. B) Counseling psychology. C) Developmental psychology. D) School psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counseling psychology. 24. Which of the following correlation co-efficients would indicate the strongest relationship between two variables? A) -0.90. B) 0.50. C) -0.23. D) 1.25. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -0.90. 25. Which branch of psychology would argue that a child who is hungry will not be able concentrate on schoolwork or being good in class? A) Humanistic. 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