This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read each statement and determine whether it describes an obsession or a compulsion:Intrusive thoughts about causing harm to others. A) Obsession. B) Compulsion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compulsion. 2. Extroverts are ..... by time with other people. A) Energized. B) Exhausted. C) Happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energized. 3. Ancient Egyptians developed medical practices that demonstrated a basic understanding of the ..... and its role in mental functioning. A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Liver. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 4. Implicit memory- A) A memory that consists of the skills and procedures one has learned. B) General knowledge memory of a skill or fact that you know but don't remember learning. C) Taking a photograph in one's mind of a specific event. D) Contains only memories of visual stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A memory that consists of the skills and procedures one has learned. 5. It is the systematic study of the behavior of individual and the mentalprocesses. A) Scientific Methods. B) Psychology. C) Behavior. D) Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychology. 6. As the owner of a company, you want to make as much profit as possible. Happy employees will be better producers, hence, more money to be made. What type of psychologist would you use to ensure your employees were happy on the job and producing to the best of their ability? A) Counseling. B) Industrial-organizational. C) Psychiatrist. D) Clinical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial-organizational. 7. A Hypothesis is a A) Large mammal. B) Prediction. C) Disease. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prediction. 8. What does the term 'placebo effect' refer to in psychological experiments? A) The effect of the actual treatment. B) The impact of participants' expectations on their behavior. C) The influence of the experimenter's bias. D) The random assignment of participants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The impact of participants' expectations on their behavior. 9. What is Abraham Maslow best known for in the field of psychology? A) Developing the theory of classical conditioning. B) Proposing a hierarchy of basic human needs. C) Creating the concept of operant conditioning. D) Introducing the idea of the unconscious mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proposing a hierarchy of basic human needs. 10. For the behaviorism the Conditioning is divided into: A) Classical. B) Operative and Clasical. C) Classical and Operant. D) Operative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical and Operant. 11. A substance that adversely effects prenatal development is called ..... ? A) Teratogen. B) Phenotype. C) Specificity. D) Amniocentesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teratogen. 12. Which branch of psychology studies the link between biological and psychological processes? A) Biological. B) Evolutionary. C) Behavioral. D) Social-cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biological. 13. What are considered the 'basic units of heredity'? A) Centromere. B) Chromosomes. C) Atoms. D) Genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genes. 14. How do compulsions in OCD typically relate to obsessions? A) Compulsions are completely unrelated to obsessions. B) Compulsions are efforts to avoid or reduce anxiety related to obsessions. C) Compulsions reinforce obsessions, making them more intense. D) Compulsions replace obsessions entirely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compulsions are efforts to avoid or reduce anxiety related to obsessions. 15. Which Gestalt principle states that if something is missing in an otherwise complete figure, we will tend to add to it? A) Similarity. B) Continuation. C) Closure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Closure. 16. ..... psychologists apply psychology's principles and methods in the criminal justice system. A) Behavioral. B) Cognitive. C) Bio. D) Forensic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forensic. 17. Which of the following subfields of psychology conducts applied research? A) Developmental. B) Social. C) Personality. D) Clinical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clinical. 18. Chao plays music in the subway station and occasionally someone throw money in his guitar case. His behavior is learned through A) Classical conditioning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Observational learning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant conditioning. 19. How does the 'Strange Situation' categorize children with insecure-resistant attachment? A) They are easily soothed upon reunion. B) They show little distress when the caregiver leaves. C) They are upset when the caregiver leaves but difficult to soothe upon reunion. D) They exhibit a lack of interest in the caregiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are upset when the caregiver leaves but difficult to soothe upon reunion. 20. Which perspective views behaviour from the perspective of biological functioning? A) Neuroscience. B) Cognitive. C) Psychodynamic. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroscience. 21. Any researcher should weigh the expected ..... for society with the potential ..... A) Benefits, harm. B) Risks, costs. C) Anonymity, confidentiality. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benefits, harm. 22. A limitation of research used to support the life events explanation of stress is much of it is based on ..... A) Observational data that is prone to subjective interpretation. B) Second-hand data. C) Participants' memories that may be inaccurate. D) First-hand data collected using objectivve methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participants' memories that may be inaccurate. 23. The ability to bounce back from negative emotional experiences and by flexible adaptation to the changing demands of stressful experiences A) Gratitude. B) Savoring. C) Resilience. D) Self compassion "self care". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resilience. 24. Developmental Research Designs:-+1 cohorts or age-groups studied-1 time of testing-Studying age differences at any one time A) Cross-Sectional Designs. B) Longitudinal Designs. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cross-Sectional Designs. 25. Which theory of personality least believes in personality change? A) Psychoanalytic. B) Humanist. C) Social cognitive. D) Trait. 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