This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Pavlov, a neutral stimulus is ..... A) Brings on a conditioned response. B) Brings on an unconditioned response. C) By itself does not bring on a response. D) Is never used in classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By itself does not bring on a response. 2. The FBI classifies a serial killer as someone with- A) 3 victims back to back. B) 4 or more victims in one location. C) 3 victims with a cooling off period. D) More than 1 victim at more than 1 location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 victims with a cooling off period. 3. Which of the following is a stimulus? A) Being afraid. B) Brushing your teeth. C) The smell of bacon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The smell of bacon. 4. Behavior consists of simple motor responses to sensory stimuli; lacks concept of object permanence-1st Stage in Piaget's cognitive development theory A) Sensorimotor. B) Pre-Operational. C) Concrete Operations. D) Formal Operations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensorimotor. 5. One cluster of personality disorders marked by noticeably odd or eccentric behavior is exemplified by the ..... personality disorder. A) Avoidant. B) Narcissistic. C) Schizoid. D) Antisocial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schizoid. 6. What does heredity refer to? A) Genetic inheritance passed down from parents to offspring. B) Environmental factors influencing behavior. C) Life experiences. D) Cultural upbringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic inheritance passed down from parents to offspring. 7. The stage of life that follows infancy and spans the period from the second birthday to the beginning of adolescence ..... A) Maturation. B) Reflex. C) Childhood. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Childhood. 8. How can you "operationalize" verbal aggression? A) Yelling at someone. B) Kicking someone. C) The number of insulting comments per hour. D) Giving someone the silent treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of insulting comments per hour. 9. What does the physiological perspective focus on in psychology? A) The role of nerve cells in behavior. B) The influence of culture on behavior. C) The impact of natural selection on traits. D) The role of memory in learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The role of nerve cells in behavior. 10. This psychological researcher believed that the scientific method should be used to study sensation and perception. He created the first psychological laboratory so that he was able to continue his studies. Who was he: A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) William James. C) Sigmund Freud. D) B.F. Skinner. E) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wilhelm Wundt. 11. Abnormal sensory processing may lead to: A) Hallucinations. B) Motivation. C) Stress. D) Forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hallucinations. 12. The process by which sensory information is detected and transmitted to the brain is called: A) Perception. B) Sensation. C) Cognition. D) Intuition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensation. 13. In the study of language, which cognitive process is essential for understanding and producing speech? A) Syntax. B) Semantics. C) Pragmatics. D) Phonology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semantics. 14. To achieve its goal of restoring balance to the discipline of psychology, positive psychology needs further development in research and theory focused on A) How to overcome the negative effects of the disease model. B) The origins of negative behaviors. C) Positive behaviors and descriptions of positive mental health. D) The positive side of negative behaviors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive behaviors and descriptions of positive mental health. 15. What is a common emotional symptoms of stress A) Increase energy levels. B) Enhance mood. C) Feeling irritable. D) Improve focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling irritable. 16. What type of intelligence tends to increase as people age? A) Fluid Intelligence. B) Crystallized intelligence. C) Musical Intelligence. D) Spatial Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crystallized intelligence. 17. ..... are variables that can potentially distort the relationship between the IV and the DV. A) Target population. B) Confounding variables. C) Matching variables. D) Target variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confounding variables. 18. Which branch develops tests like "True Colors" ? A) Counseling. B) Social. C) Personality. D) Clinical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personality. 19. Which school of psychology focuses on storing and processing information similarly to how a computer functions? A) Humanistic psychology. B) Cognitive psychology. C) Evolutionary psychology. D) Gestalt psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive psychology. 20. An infant's response to turn and suck when touched on face is which reflex? A) Babinski. B) Imprinting. C) Rooting. D) Attachment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rooting. 21. When is it best to remind participants of their "right to withdraw" ? A) After the study has been completed. B) Before the study as been started. C) During the study. D) Before, during and after the study has taken place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before, during and after the study has taken place. 22. Who are the people established Gestalt Psychology? A) Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler. B) Sigmund freud and Carl Jung. C) Ludwig Binswanger and Viktor Frankl. D) Robert Carkhuff and Thomas Gordon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler. 23. *According to the serial position effect, you will remember more: A) Items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle. B) Items in the middle of a list, than at the beginning and end. C) Vocabulary words if you process them visually. D) Vocabulary words if you process them acoustically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle. 24. Giving the test to a large group of people that represents the kindof people for whom the test is designed is called ..... A) Valuation. B) Purposeful testing. C) Validation. D) Standardization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Standardization. 25. What two psychological approaches dominated psychology from the 1920s to the 1950s? A) The cognitive perspective and structuralism. B) Monism and evolutionary psych. C) Gestalt psych and functionalism. D) Behaviorism and the psychodynamic approach. 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