This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Neta cuts her arms when overwhelmed by emotion, abruptly changes from laughter to anger, and needs constant reassurance from others to feel any sense of self worth. She most likely has ..... disorder. A) Dissociative Identity. B) Major Depressive. C) Borderline Personality. D) Bipolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Borderline Personality. 2. You can help reduce your anxiety by A) Worrying about it more. B) Taking deep breaths to help slow the heart rate. C) Having an energy drink. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking deep breaths to help slow the heart rate. 3. What is the Mind and Body Problem? A) The mind-body problem is a debate concerning the relationship between thought and consciousness in the human mind, and the brain as part of the physical body. B) It is the debate between whether the soul is kept in the mind or body. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mind-body problem is a debate concerning the relationship between thought and consciousness in the human mind, and the brain as part of the physical body. 4. Which of the following can result in what Staub calls "difficult life conditions?" A) Rapid Technological advancement. B) A well-funded healthcare system. C) The introduction of a new crop. D) Granting women the right to vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rapid Technological advancement. 5. Which psychological approach emphasizes personal growth and self-actualization? A) Behaviorism. B) Cognitive Psychology. C) Humanistic Psychology. D) Psychodynamic Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanistic Psychology. 6. A study by Robert Fantz found that the two month-old infants preferred pictures of human face to any other pictures A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. What are some of the different types of Stressors? Choose all that apply. A) Personal. B) Foreground. C) Current. D) PTSD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal. 8. *Determine if 2 or more variables are related*Correlation:A measure of the relationship-Can range from +1.0 to-1.0-Positive:variables move in same direction-Negative:variables move in opposite dir.*No relationship if correlation is 0*Cannot establish a causal relationship A) The Experimental Method. B) The Correlational Method. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Correlational Method. 9. Which of the following authors is known for exploring psychological themes in their works? A) J.K. Rowling. B) Stephen King. C) Virginia Woolf. D) Mark Twain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virginia Woolf. 10. Which of the following is a cognitive skill that involves the ability to understand and manipulate language? A) Linguistic Intelligence. B) Emotional Intelligence. C) Spatial Intelligence. D) Musical Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linguistic Intelligence. 11. Who developed the 4 stage theory of cognitive development? A) Lev Vygotsky. B) Arnold Palmer. C) Erik Erikson. D) Jean Piaget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jean Piaget. 12. An individual with damage to Wernicke's area is most likely to have difficulty A) Planning what to wear to a party. B) Distinguishing between red and green. C) Comprehending a spoken request for information. D) Remembering the name of a person in a photograph. E) Identifying an object held in the hand but not seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comprehending a spoken request for information. 13. Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes and to define psychology as "the scientific study of observable behavior" ? A) Edward Titchner. B) Jean Piaget. C) John B. Watson. D) William James. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John B. Watson. 14. Which two doctors noticed many of their patients had suffered disruption to their lives during the previous year, requiring a degree of change and adjustment? A) Holmes & Rahe (1967). B) DeLongis et al. (1982). C) Kanner at al. (1981). D) Courtois et al. (2007). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holmes & Rahe (1967). 15. A confederate is best defined as: A) A term for a political enemy. B) A historical figure from the Civil War era. C) A type of military strategy. D) An ally or associate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ally or associate. 16. A mistaken belief that two factors or events are related when they are not is called A) The rule of falsifiability. B) Pseudoscience. C) An illusory correlation. D) A paranormal phenomenon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An illusory correlation. 17. Which of the following is a key component of creativity? A) Routine and repetition. B) Conformity to existing norms. C) The generation of novel and valuable ideas. D) The avoidance of risk and uncertainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The generation of novel and valuable ideas. 18. The lobe of the brain that interprets what we see is the ..... lobe. A) Temporal. B) Parietal. C) Frontal. D) Occipital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occipital. 19. Which of these was a reason for tension between Hutu and Tutsis A) Cultural differences between Hutu and Tutsis. B) Rwanda was on the most densely populated countries in Africa. C) Ongoing Civil war. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. This psychologist is most famously known for his theory of cognitive development that looked at how children develop intellectually throughout the course of childhood A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) Wiliam James. C) Abraham Maslow. D) Jean Piaget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jean Piaget. 21. A child imitates the adults very easily because of A) Concept formation. B) Sensation. C) Perception. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perception. 22. This developmental psychologist believed that humans continued to develop over their lifetime rather than just in childhood. A) Erik Erikson. B) Jean Piaget. C) Donald Johansson. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erik Erikson. 23. If a salesman convinced you to let him into your living room to talk about vacuum cleaners, he is using the A) Cathartic effect. B) Power of conformity. C) Groupthink dilemma. D) Foot-in-the-doortechnique. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foot-in-the-doortechnique. 24. In their study on context, Godden and Baddeley studied: A) Fisherman. B) Deep sea divers. C) Rugby players. D) Swimmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep sea divers. 25. How are implicit attitudes different from explicit attitudes? A) Explicit attitudes are unconscious, but don't tend to impact behavior. B) Both explicit and implicit are conscious, however implicit impacts behavior more strongly. C) Implicit are unconscious attitudes while explicit are conscious. D) Both explicit and implicit are conscious, however implicit impacts behavior more strongly. 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