This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 17 (23 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is true about animal communication, according to the presentation? A) Animals do not communicate at all. B) Animal communication is identical to human language. C) Some primates can demonstrate language comprehension similar to a 2-year-old child. D) Only mammals can learn to communicate with humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some primates can demonstrate language comprehension similar to a 2-year-old child. 2. When people have the tendency to think they know more than they do A) Intuition. B) Hindsight bias. C) Overconfidence. D) Perceiving order in random events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overconfidence. 3. Inattentional blindness is ..... A) Failing to notice something because attention is elsewhere. B) Failing to notice changes in a scene. C) Becoming less sensitive after exposure. D) Seeing incorrect colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Failing to notice something because attention is elsewhere. 4. What is retinal disparity? A) A binocular cue based on the slight difference between each eye's image. B) A monocular cue based on shading. C) A cue based on motion. D) A cue based on object size. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A binocular cue based on the slight difference between each eye's image. 5. The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. A) Deindividuation. B) Entitlement. C) Group Dynamics. D) Group Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deindividuation. 6. Researchers find that there is a significant, positive correlation between the number of hours students sleep and their grades. The researchers would be justified in concluding that ..... A) Earning good grades causes people to sleep more. B) Sleeping more causes students to perform better in school. C) Students who earn good grades tend to sleep more than those who do not. D) More sleep has a beneficial impact on school performance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Students who earn good grades tend to sleep more than those who do not. 7. Heuristics are ..... but more error-prone than algorithms. A) Slower. B) Speedier. C) More accurate. D) Less useful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speedier. 8. Consumers respond more positively to ground beef advertised as "75 percent lean" than to ground beef described as "25 percent fat." This illustrates that consumer reactions are influenced by A) Belief perseverance. B) Confirmation bias. C) The availability heuristic. D) Framing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Framing. 9. Which theory says that if a child does not learn a language of any kind by the age of 7, they will never be able to master a language? A) Insight. B) Intuition. C) Phoneme. D) Morpheme. E) Critical Periods. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Critical Periods. 10. Dr. Lee is interested in the effect of lighting on people's ability to concentrate. Dr. Lee studies this by manipulating the amount of lighting while participants read and then measuring their scores on a reading comprehension test. Which of the following research methods is Dr. Lee using? A) Case study. B) Survey. C) Correlational study. D) Experiment. E) Simulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiment. 11. What are depth cues that require the use of both eyes? A) Binocular cues. B) Monocular cues. C) Linear perspective. D) Texture gradient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Binocular cues. 12. There can be many perspectives on the same event in history. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. A source that is original to the time period or created by someone who witnessed the event is called a A) Primary source. B) Secondary source. C) OG source. D) Best source. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary source. 14. The way an issue is presented may alter perception. A) Belief bias. B) Framing. C) Babbling. D) Mental set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Framing. 15. Which of the following is the strongest correlation? A) -.90. B) -.23. C) .40. D) .67. E) .72. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -.90. 16. When Janice forgot to pack a pillow for her camping trip she used her down-jacket as a substitute pillow. In this situation Janice: A) Was not constrained by functional fixedness. B) Was constrained by a mental set. C) Was constrained by functional fixedness. D) Used an algorithm to solve her problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not constrained by functional fixedness. 17. Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to: A) Allow preexisting beliefs to distort logicalreasoning. B) Cling to one's initial conceptions after thebasis on which they were formed has been discredited. C) Search randomly through alternative solutionswhen problem solving. D) Look for information that isconsistent with one's beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look for information that isconsistent with one's beliefs. 18. Figure-ground refers to ..... A) Distinguishing an object from its background. B) Grouping by similarity. C) Perceiving lines as continuous. D) Using binocular depth cues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distinguishing an object from its background. 19. In linguistics, what is a phoneme? A) A type of cellular phone. B) The smallest distinctive sound unit in a spoken language. C) A unit of written language. D) A grammatical rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The smallest distinctive sound unit in a spoken language. 20. According to Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory, how many types of intelligence does each person possess? A) Four. B) Six. C) Eight. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eight. 21. Which of the following is not a characteristic of System 1 thinking? A) It is dependent on context-that is, environmental cues-to solve the problem. B) Is able to transfer information from one situation to another. C) Requires little effort. D) Results in creating impressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is able to transfer information from one situation to another. 22. What is the placebo effect in research? A) The tendency for participants to respond in a socially desirable way. B) The influence of the researcher's expectations on the results. C) The participants' tendency to change their behavior due to being observed. D) The participants' response to a treatment that has no active ingredients. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The participants' response to a treatment that has no active ingredients. 23. What is the smallest form of language that can carry meaning? A) Phoneme. B) Morpheme. C) Grammar. D) Babbling. E) Critical Periods Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morpheme. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesClass 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 1Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 2Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 3Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 4Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 5Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 6Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 7Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 8Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 9Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books