This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A quarter in your hand casts a different image on your retina than a quarter taped to the wall across the room, yet you know that the quarters have exactly the same dimensions. This phenomenon would be best explained by a A) Behaviorist. B) Gestalt psychologist. C) Evolutionary psychologist. D) Structuralist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gestalt psychologist. 2. The scores from a standardized group of people, aka the standards against which all others who take the test would be compared is called the ..... A) Baseline. B) Subset. C) Trendsetters. D) Norm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Norm. 3. Tristan tries to understand his world through his senses only, and explains how something makes him feel rather than attempting to record data. He most likely would agree with what school of thought? A) Functionalism. B) Humanistic. C) Structuralism. D) Psychodynamic. E) Evolutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structuralism. 4. Which describes a school psychologist? A) Teaches performers how to focus/concentrate on performance and not the crowd. B) Studies changes in emotions, physical, and social in a life span. C) Looks at student's behavior to see if it interferes with learning. D) Studies effects of health problems on behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looks at student's behavior to see if it interferes with learning. 5. The difference between hedonic and eudaimonic conceptions of happiness boils down to the difference between A) Serving the self and serving others. B) Short-term and long-term satisfaction. C) Pleasure and happiness. D) Pleasure/happiness and meaning/personal expressiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleasure/happiness and meaning/personal expressiveness. 6. Which of the following can affect how a witness remembers a scene? A) The time of day. B) The age of the witness. C) Who they interacted with after the crime. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Which of the following is an example of a prelinguistic event? A) Telegraphic speech. B) Holophrasing. C) Paraphrasing. D) Babbling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Babbling. 8. Where was Ms. Chiang born? A) California. B) Ohio. C) Michigan. D) Taiwan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michigan. 9. According to the survey conducted by the POPCOM last year, what is the youngest age of a Filipino girl who gave birth? A) 9. B) 10. C) 11. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10. 10. A man can become a criminal because of A) Environment. B) Training and education. C) Heredity. D) Heredity and environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heredity and environment. 11. What term is used to describe a child's inability to see the world through anyone else's eyes except his or her own? A) Egocentrism. B) Narcissism. C) Disparity. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Egocentrism. 12. A strength of Rahe et al.'s (1970) research into the link between life changes, stress and illness is ..... A) The research looked at the medium-term effects. B) The research looked at the long-term effects. C) The research looked at the short-term effects. D) The research looked at the immediate effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The research looked at the long-term effects. 13. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of an experiment? A) Enables researchers to identify cause-and-effect relationships. B) Enables researchers to control bias by using a double blind study. C) Creates artificial laboratory conditions that do not correspond to real life situations. D) Enables researchers to manipulate the independent variable and measure the dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creates artificial laboratory conditions that do not correspond to real life situations. 14. A variable that the experimenter manipulates is called a(n) ..... A) Dependent variable. B) Independent variable. C) Control condition. D) Extraneous variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent variable. 15. A person who has normal emotional attachments begins seeing and hearing things that others do not as a result of traumatic stress. How would this be classified? A) Psychopathy. B) Sociopathy. C) Psychosis. D) Criminal profiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychosis. 16. Who founded psychoanalysis? A) William James. B) B.F. Skinner. C) Sigmund Freud. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sigmund Freud. 17. What was the difference between men and women in the powerless condition in the Graveline et al., (2017) study? A) Women were more likely to consider the victim's perspective than men. B) Men took on the victim's perspective while women were more defensive and threatened. C) Men were unaffected while women became more defensive. D) Both men and women did not take the victim's perspective into account. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Men took on the victim's perspective while women were more defensive and threatened. 18. Introspection means A) Observing the behaviour of others. B) To look within. C) Observing the behaviour of deviant children. D) A behaviour in specific life situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To look within. 19. Which branch helps athletes with performance problems? A) Sports. B) Educational. C) Personality. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sports. 20. What are the ethical considerations in educational psychology? A) Mandatory testing for all students. B) Informed consent, confidentiality, avoiding harm, fairness, and respect for individuals' rights. C) Prioritizing standardized testing over individual needs. D) Public disclosure of student records. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informed consent, confidentiality, avoiding harm, fairness, and respect for individuals' rights. 21. Independent Variables are A) Never controlled. B) Manipulated by the researcher. C) Constantly changing. D) Notes from experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manipulated by the researcher. 22. What does the term 'empirical' mean in the context of psychology? A) Based on speculation. B) Based on tradition. C) Based on observation. D) Based on theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Based on observation. 23. Who set up the first true scientific psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879? A) William James. B) Edward Titchener. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) Max Wertheimer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wilhelm Wundt. 24. Which of the following professionals is also a medical doctor? A) Psychiatrist. B) Psychologist. C) Counselor. D) Biiologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychiatrist. 25. In John Watson's "Little Albert" studies, a loud noise was paired with a white rat causing Little Albert to be afraid. What is the conditioned response? A) The white rat. B) The loud noise. C) Fearing the loud noise. D) Fearing the white rat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fearing the white rat. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 1Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 2Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 3Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 4Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 5Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 6Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 7Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 8Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 9Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books