This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following crimes would NOT be suitable for profiling? A) Arson committed for profit. B) Bank robbery. C) Sadistic assaults. D) Sexual homicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arson committed for profit. 2. When variability in a data set is large, the standard deviation will be ..... ; when variability is small, the standard deviation will be ..... A) Large; large. B) Small; small. C) Small; large. D) Large; small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large; small. 3. What is the primary principle behind Self-Directed Learning (SDL) in adult education? A) Adults prefer structured learning guided entirely by teachers. B) Adults prefer to take responsibility for their own learning and seek autonomy. C) Adults require external motivation to achieve learning goals. D) Adults rely solely on textbooks for language acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adults prefer to take responsibility for their own learning and seek autonomy. 4. Not being able to remember an old phone number because you can only remember the new one is an example of: A) Proactive interference. B) Primacy Effect. C) Reteroactive interference. D) Recency Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reteroactive interference. 5. If someone wishes that they had a best friend, they maybe experiencing A) Friend loneliness. B) Relational loneliness. C) Intimate loneliness. D) Collective loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intimate loneliness. 6. In what stage would students benefit the most from using a manipulative to solve math problems? A) Sensorimotor. B) Pre-operational. C) Concrete operational. D) Formal operations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete operational. 7. Biological explanations for interpersonal attraction tend to focus on: A) Friendship attraction. B) Romantic attraction. C) Familial attraction. D) Puppies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romantic attraction. 8. The relationship between the traits of self-esteem and optimism to physical/emotional health may be based on the connection of these two traits to A) A "can do" attitude. B) Positive emotions. C) The emotional support of others. D) Success and competence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive emotions. 9. An increase in the intensity of criminal behavior A) Escalation. B) Staging. C) Signature. D) Undoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Escalation. 10. When staff at the same level in the hierarchy exchange emails, what type of communication are they using? A) Vertical communication. B) Horizontal communication. C) Informal communication. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horizontal communication. 11. What do behaviorists believe is the result of observable behaviors and their consequences? A) Behavior is a result of conditioning. B) Behavior is unrelated to environmental factors. C) Behavior is influenced only by internal thoughts. D) Behavior is solely determined by genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavior is a result of conditioning. 12. What does Humanistic Psychology emphasize? A) The unconscious mind. B) Observable behaviors. C) Cognitive processes. D) Self-actualization and creativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-actualization and creativity. 13. Read each statement and determine whether it describes an obsession or a compulsion:Needing to have everything in perfect symmetry. A) Obsession. B) Compulsion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsession. 14. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is an upside down pyramid? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. When analyzing the victimology of a crime, what would investigators consider? A) The age of the offender. B) The occupation of the victim. C) The age at which the victim began to talk. D) The race of the offender. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The occupation of the victim. 16. Research Methods in Developmental Psychology:This type of research considers groups of subjects of different ages at the same point in time.* Each of the age groups is called a Cohort * A cohort is roughly a group of people of the same age or developmental level. A) Longitudinal Research. B) Cross-Sectional Research. C) Sequential Designs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cross-Sectional Research. 17. What does "Limited Generalizability" imply about lab experiment results? A) The results can be applied to any population without limitations. B) The results are only valid within the laboratory setting. C) Results from lab experiments may not apply to diverse populations or outside the experimental setting. D) The results are universally accepted by the scientific community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Results from lab experiments may not apply to diverse populations or outside the experimental setting. 18. According to the Robbers Cave experiment, an effective way to end hostilities between two groups would be to A) Allow individuals inone group to administer electric shocks to members of the other group. B) Set up a series ofcompetitions between the two sides. C) Designate one groupas prisoners and one group as guards in a role-playing exercise. D) Make them cooperatewith each other to complete a task. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make them cooperatewith each other to complete a task. 19. The cognitive perspective assumes that a person's cognitions are central to abnormal behavior. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. ..... design is where one group is research/followed and assessed at different times as the group ages. A) Longitudinal. B) Cross-Sectional. C) Cross-Sequential. D) Human Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitudinal. 21. ..... is a requirement that participants be assigned randomly to experimental conditions in formal experiments rather than in a systematic way. A) Experimental control. B) Random assignment. C) Random selection. D) Matching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Random assignment. 22. Who developed the psychodynamic technique used to study abnormal behavior? A) B.F. Skinner. B) Abraham Maslow. C) Sigmund Freud. D) Carl Rogers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sigmund Freud. 23. Holistic is ..... A) Treating the symptoms and tackling the causes of depression. B) Reducing the causes of depression. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treating the symptoms and tackling the causes of depression. 24. Operant conditioning is associated with A) Pavlov. B) Thorndike. C) Skinner. D) Kohler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skinner. 25. What is cognitive behaviorism? A) Is a way to study the behavior based on mental processes, looking for problems related with wrong ways of thinking. B) Is to study the behavior of people who can control the cognitive skills. C) The study of how behavior is related to biological processes. D) Is how we think influence our social abilities on a work environment. 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