This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repetition of the methods used in a previous experiment to see whether the same methods will yield the same results. A) Validity. B) Research. C) Replication. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replication. 2. Modern psychology has developed because of application of the scientific method to study psychological phenomena. This will come under A) Psychology as a social science. B) Psychology as a natural science. C) Psychology as a discipline. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychology as a natural science. 3. With age, mental similarities between adopted children and whom wanes to a correlation of roughly 0? A) Cultural leaders. B) Adoptive families. C) Biological siblings. D) Peers. E) Biological parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adoptive families. 4. What is more important to a long life? A) Exercise. B) Education. C) Relationships. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relationships. 5. Which branch studies the physical, emotional, cognitive changes throughout one's life? A) Social. B) Personality. C) Developmental. D) Clinical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developmental. 6. A mental image of a spatial layout is called A) Insight. B) An algorithm. C) A mental set. D) A heuristic. E) A cognitive map. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A cognitive map. 7. What is considered the lethal component of the Type A personality? A) Aggression. B) Hostility. C) Impatience. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hostility. 8. In Spearman's Theory of Intelligence, the ability to reason and solve problems, or general intelligence, is referred to as ..... A) Analytic intelligence. B) S factor. C) Creative intelligence. D) G factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) G factor. 9. Moral principles that govern a persons behavior or the conducting of an activity. A) Religion. B) Consent. C) Confidentiality. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethics. 10. What side of the brain is said to be the creative part? A) Right. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 11. A Sample in Psychology is A) The notes from an experiment. B) The results from an experiment. C) The population in a study. D) The errors occurred in the experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The population in a study. 12. What does intuition often lead to? A) Scientific conclusions. B) Personal experiences. C) Empirical data. D) Thorough analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal experiences. 13. What is meant by "debriefing" ? A) Giving participants information about the study before it starts. B) Giving participants information about the study after it is complete. C) Giving participants the right to leave the study. D) Making sure all participants are paid for their role in the study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving participants information about the study after it is complete. 14. To make assumptions or have a generalised belief about a particular type of person is known as what? A) Stereotype. B) Discrimination. C) Prejudice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stereotype. 15. Analyzing the geographical locations associated with a single offender A) Victimology. B) Geographic Profiling. C) Geographic Mapping. D) Organized Offender. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geographic Profiling. 16. Once participants have started the research study they cannot withdraw unless the researcher gives permission. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Murdock used lists of words, which means that his study: A) Was a laboratory experiment. B) Was not very well controlled. C) Tested a wide range of memory skills. D) Only tells us about some of the ways that memory is used in everyday life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only tells us about some of the ways that memory is used in everyday life. 18. The individual associated with the field of psychoanaylsis is A) BF Skinner. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) William James. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sigmund Freud. 19. All of the individuals in the gorup to which the study applies A) Random sample. B) Population. C) Group. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 20. What does biopsychology focus on? A) The relationship between biology and behavior. B) The study of social interactions. C) The analysis of cultural influences. D) The examination of historical events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationship between biology and behavior. 21. An illusory correlation is best defined as a A) Correlation of 0. B) Causal relationship. C) Correlation of-1.0. D) Perceived relationship where one does not exist. E) Correlation of +1.0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perceived relationship where one does not exist. 22. Which describes an experiential psychologist? A) Looks at student's behavior to see if it interferes with learning. B) Studies the law and criminal justice system and how it applies to psychology. C) Studies the nervous system, sensation, motivation, emotion, memory, and thoughts. D) Studies how the environment influences behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studies the nervous system, sensation, motivation, emotion, memory, and thoughts. 23. When she stands in front of her classmates, Miriam cannot recite a poem she had memorized. Miriam is A) Engaging ingroupthink. B) Displaying socialinhibition. C) Violating a norm. D) Performing a taskfunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Displaying socialinhibition. 24. What does cognitive development refer to? A) Emotional development throughout the lifespan. B) Social development throughout the lifespan. C) Physical development throughout the lifespan. D) Development of cognition throughout the lifespan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Development of cognition throughout the lifespan. 25. What is the term used to describe the stage in cognitive development where children can think logically about concrete events? A) Sensorimotor stage. B) Preoperational stage. C) Concrete-operational stage. D) Formal operational stage. 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