This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Permission obtained from a research participant after the risks and benefits of an experimental procedure have been thoroughly explained is called ..... A) IRB approval. B) Informed consent. C) Parental assent. D) Assumption of risk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informed consent. 2. Martin fell off his skateboard and badly bruised his elbow. He immediately began rubbing the area around the bruise until the pain subsided. This method of reducing pain can be explained by which of the following? A) Expectancy theory. B) Trichromatic theory. C) Gate-control theory. D) Phantom pain. E) Opponent-process theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gate-control theory. 3. What is introspection used for in psychology? A) Examining one's own thoughts and feelings. B) Analyzing social interactions. C) Studying animal behavior. D) Observing cultural practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Examining one's own thoughts and feelings. 4. This psychologist discovered classical conditioning by conducting an experiment with dogs, thus proposed that behaviors could be learned via conditioned associations A) Abraham Maslow. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Jean Piaget. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ivan Pavlov. 5. Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation emphasizes the potential negative effects of: A) Attachment to the father. B) Separation from peers. C) Separation from the mother. D) Multiple attachments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separation from the mother. 6. Which group of participants in the Wilkins & Kaiser (2013) study were threatened by racial progress A) Whites who viewed the US hierarchy as illegitimate. B) All participants felt threatened regardless of their view of the US hierarchy. C) No effect was recorded. D) Whites who viewed the US hierarchy as legitimate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whites who viewed the US hierarchy as legitimate. 7. In study 3 in the Ambient belonging study, how did the stereotypical environment affect the interest levels of men and women? A) Only men had a decreased interest level. B) There was no overall effect. C) Only women had a decreased interest. D) Both women and men had a decreased interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both women and men had a decreased interest. 8. To be classified as a group, a collection of people must be A) Interdependent. B) Polarized. C) Altruistic. D) Aggregate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interdependent. 9. The term 'proximity' in communication refers to how close in age the two people communicating are to each other. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. A young child's inability to understand another person's perspective A) Egocentrism. B) Identification. C) Sublimation. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Egocentrism. 11. Psychology is A) Study of the human body. B) Just the study of the actions of humans. C) The scientific study of behaviour and mental process. D) The scientific study of animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The scientific study of behaviour and mental process. 12. How many hours of sleep are those under 18 recommended to get? A) At least 6. B) 8-9 hours. C) At least 7. D) 9-10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8-9 hours. 13. How does cultural context influence psychological practices in education? A) No impact on educational practices. B) Psychological practices are the same across cultures. C) Affects only physical education. D) Influences by shaping values, beliefs, and communication styles that affect learning approaches and acceptance of psychological theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Influences by shaping values, beliefs, and communication styles that affect learning approaches and acceptance of psychological theories. 14. The degree to which a test actually measures what it's supposed to measure is called ..... A) Reliability. B) Norms. C) Validity. D) Integrity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Validity. 15. According to the ..... perspective, anxiety is sometimes produced by the submerged mental energy associated with repressed impulses. A) Biological. B) Learning. C) Social-cognitive. D) Psychoanalytic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychoanalytic. 16. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) are widely used tests for measuring what type of intelligence? A) Emotional intelligence. B) Fluid intelligence. C) Crystallized intelligence. D) General intelligence (g). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) General intelligence (g). 17. Understands abstract ideas and hypothetical situations; capable of logical and deductive reasoning-4th Stage in Piaget's cognitive development theory A) Sensorimotor. B) Pre-Operational. C) Concrete Operations. D) Formal Operations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Formal Operations. 18. Arby's is two miles from Collin's high school. Collin understands that if he wants to be back at school for baseball practice at 3:30, he has roughly 10 minutes to drive to and from Arby's. Which stage of Cognitive Development is Collin in? A) Concrete. B) Formal. C) Preoperational. D) Sensorimotor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concrete. 19. Which of the following is not a stage of Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development? A) Generativity vs. stagnation. B) Industry vs. despair. C) Trust vs. mistrust. D) Initiative vs. guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industry vs. despair. 20. A person with obsessive compulsive disorder is best described as an individual who experiences A) Memory loss. B) Intense mood swings. C) Extreme fear of open spaces. D) Persistent anxiety provoking thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persistent anxiety provoking thoughts. 21. *Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin's classic three-stage model of memory includes all of the following, except: A) Short-term memory. B) Long-term memory. C) Flashbulb memory. D) Sensory memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashbulb memory. 22. Which is NOT a variable used by Asch? A) Group size. B) Location. C) Unanimity. D) Task difficulty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Location. 23. How does having an ally affect conformity A) Having an ally in the room does not impact conformity. B) Decreases conformity, but only if the ally seems competent. C) Increase conformity. D) Decrease conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decrease conformity. 24. What is Synaptogenesis? A) It is the growth and development of the white fatty substance called myelin that wraps around axons. B) The process of eliminating connections. C) The process of forming new synapsis. D) The ability of the brain's neural structure or function to be changed by experience throughout the life span. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process of forming new synapsis. 25. Fill in the blank: ..... is the idea that all knowledge should come from the senses and that science can only flourish through observation and experimentation. A) Rationalism. B) Empiricism. C) Idealism. D) Pragmatism. 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