This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rearranging the elements of a problem to arrive at an original solution A) Recombination. B) Insight. C) Language. D) Phoneme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recombination. 2. A toddler pulling on the pant leg of an adult to indicate he or she wants food is an example of ..... A) Schema. B) Assimilation. C) Accommodation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schema. 3. What is framing in the context of decision-making? A) The process of building a picture frame. B) How an issue is posed or presented. C) A technique for memorizing information. D) The act of framing someone for a crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How an issue is posed or presented. 4. It refers to a system of belief about how society should function, behave, and operate. A) Ideology. B) Philosophy. C) Psychology. D) Theology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideology. 5. At what age does the babbling stage of language development typically begin? A) At birth. B) Around 6 months. C) Around 1 year. D) Around 2 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around 6 months. 6. What activates System 2 according to some research? A) Being in a good mood. B) Reading a difficult-to-read font. C) Facial expressions inducing disfluency. D) Estimating the percentage of students studying each major. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading a difficult-to-read font. 7. Seeing only the worst possible outcome of a situation. A) Should statements. B) Overgeneralization. C) Fortune telling. D) Catastrophizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catastrophizing. 8. Older people's capacity to understand the meaning of words does not decline as much as their capacity to engage in abstract reasoning. This best illustrates the stability of A) Emotional intelligence. B) Crystallized intelligence. C) Cross-sectional intelligence. D) Fluid intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crystallized intelligence. 9. True or False? It is always beneficial to use system 2 thinking. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. The awareness of or thinking about one's own cognitive process (thinking about what you are thinking about0 A) Metacognition. B) Algorithm. C) Heuristic. D) Mental set. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metacognition. 11. What is the primary goal of artificial intelligence? A) To replace human workers. B) To simulate human thought processes. C) To create emotional robots. D) To speed up internet connections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To simulate human thought processes. 12. Suppose a researcher wants to study the effect of drug A on subjects' alertness. He divides 100 subjects into two groups of 50, an experimental group and a control group. He dissolves drug A in saline solution and injects it into all the subjects in the experimental group. He then gives all the control group subjects an injection of only saline solution.What is the independent variable? A) Drug A. B) Saline solution. C) The subjects. D) The needles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drug A. 13. Which type of problem solving technique is methodical, logical, and will always lead to a correct answer if there is one? A) Heuristic. B) Insight. C) Algorithm. D) Convergent Thinking. E) Divergent Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algorithm. 14. Which psychological theory primarily focuses on the role of mental processes in how people process information, develop language, solve problems, and think? A) Behaviorism. B) Cognitive Theory. C) Psychoanalytic Theory. D) Humanistic Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive Theory. 15. Simple thinking strategies that allow us to solve problems and make judgments efficiently are called A) Fixations. B) Heuristics. C) Prototypes. D) Algorithms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heuristics. 16. Which theorist believed that our brains are prewired for a universal grammar? A) Daniel Kahneman. B) Noam Chomsky. C) B. F. Skinner. D) Benjamin Whorf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noam Chomsky. 17. Fill in the blank: ..... are concepts organized in layers, influencing decision speed. A) Semantic Hierarchies. B) Cognitive Dissonance. C) Procedural Memory. D) Sensory Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semantic Hierarchies. 18. Which of the following is a reason why the IB may not flag your work as unethical-potentially leading to no credit for your internal assessment A) Failure to include citation of sources and references. B) Including the name of your participants in your raw data list. C) Having exactly the same graph and /or statement of findings as other members of your group. D) Not clearly manipulating the IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not clearly manipulating the IV. 19. What is the sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem called? A) Algorithm. B) Insight. C) Trial and Error. D) Heuristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insight. 20. Chandra is very athletic and is able to quickly master new and complex dance routines. Howard Gardner would be most likely to suggest that Chandra demonstrates a high level of A) Social intelligence. B) Spatial intelligence. C) Emotional intelligence. D) Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. 21. Language rules that govern how words can be combined to form meaningful phrases and sentences A) Syntax. B) Semantics. C) Thinking. D) Image. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 22. 'Loss of personal identity' is a description of: A) Antisocial behaviour. B) Anonymity. C) Deindividuation. D) Collective behaviour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deindividuation. 23. What is the "gambler's fallacy" and how might it affect decision-making in gambling? A) The belief that past independent events affect the probability of future independent events. B) The belief that winning is guaranteed after a series of losses. C) The belief that skill can influence the outcome of a game of chance. D) The belief that gambling is always a losing endeavor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The belief that past independent events affect the probability of future independent events. 24. Top-down processing is ..... A) Interpretation guided by experience and expectations. B) Processing based only on raw sensory input. C) Detecting stimuli at threshold. D) Adjusting to constant smells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpretation guided by experience and expectations. 25. What is one criticism of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory? A) It lacks empirical evidence. B) It is too complex. C) It focuses only on academic skills. D) It ignores emotional intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It lacks empirical evidence. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 10Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books