This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The part of the neuron that decided if the message will travel to the next neuron or not is the ..... A) Cell body. B) Axon. C) Dendrite. D) Myelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell body. 2. When an action has no apparent result, you may conclude it was ineffective. A) False. B) True. C) Not a causality. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. The ..... nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord. A) Autonomic. B) Central. C) Peripheral. D) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central. 4. Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist? (HINT:Who was the first person we discussed?) A) Sigmund Freud. B) Wilhelm Wundt. C) Carl Jung. D) Ivan Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wilhelm Wundt. 5. What is the main concern of cross-cultural psychology? A) Studying psychological disorders. B) Understanding how culture influences behavior. C) Analyzing brain functions. D) Measuring intelligence across populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understanding how culture influences behavior. 6. We communicate in order to: A) To educate, to inform, to entertain, to gather knowledge. B) To establish relationships and to influence others. C) To Solve problems. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Which theorist explained that positive reinforcement makes children more likely to repeat wanted behaviour? A) Skinner. B) Bruner. C) Bandura. D) Bowlby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skinner. 8. A change in bodily function or activity that occurs more often than 24 hourly is referred to as A) Ultradian rhythm. B) Circadian rhythm. C) Biological rhythm. D) Infradian rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ultradian rhythm. 9. Which IQ tests yield a verbal score and a performance score, as well as an overall score of intelligence? A) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. B) Wechsler Intelligence Tests. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wechsler Intelligence Tests. 10. Trauma has effects on which brain region A) Cerebral Cortex. B) Hippocampus. C) Hypothalamus. D) Frontal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippocampus. 11. What does Humanistic Psychology consider essential for personal development? A) Competitive success. B) Strict discipline. C) Open and honest communication. D) Adherence to societal norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open and honest communication. 12. A response to the belief that the independent variable will have an effect on the subjects when they haven't been given the independent variable. A) Placebo effect. B) Case study. C) Experiment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placebo effect. 13. What is the primary focus of clinical psychology? A) The treatment and assessment of mental illness. B) The study of workplace behavior. C) The analysis of childhood development. D) The examination of cultural differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The treatment and assessment of mental illness. 14. Which of the following is a common method to reduce bias in psychological experiments? A) Using a small sample size. B) Implementing a double-blind procedure. C) Selecting participants based on convenience. D) Allowing participants to choose their group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implementing a double-blind procedure. 15. Who pointed out that Lawrence Kohlberg experiment was bias towards white upper-class males? A) Carol Gilligan. B) Marie Curie. C) Lady antebellum. D) Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carol Gilligan. 16. What is the term for the mental process that involves the manipulation of information to reach a conclusion or solve a problem? A) Reasoning. B) Memory. C) Perception. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasoning. 17. Ainsworth's 'Strange Situation' is a procedure used to assess: A) Caregiver-infant reciprocity. B) The role of the father in attachment. C) Types of attachment in infants. D) The critical period for attachment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Types of attachment in infants. 18. What is introspection? A) A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings. B) A method of studying the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness. C) A method of analyzing how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events or the environment. D) A method of studying how we process, retrieve, and use information and how cognitive processes influence our behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings. 19. Treat mental illness with medication. A) Biological approach. B) Psychodynamic approach. C) Humanistic approach. D) Behavioral approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biological approach. 20. What is the term for the concept that refers to the influence of early attachment on later relationships and behavior? A) Interactional synchrony. B) Monotropy. C) Attachment hierarchy. D) Internal working model. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal working model. 21. Conventions are cultural constraints A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Cultural variations in attachment have been studied by researchers like van Ijzendoorn. What is a common finding in these studies? A) Attachment patterns are universal across cultures. B) Attachment patterns vary significantly across cultures. C) Fathers play a more significant role in attachment in all cultures. D) Cultural variations do not impact attachment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attachment patterns vary significantly across cultures. 23. Albert Bandura would be best qualified to promote which of the following agendas? A) How parents can learnto avoid displaying aggressive behavior in front of their children. B) How companies canprevent workers from social loafing. C) How governmentagencies can avoid falling into groupthink. D) How to preventdiffusion of responsibility from limiting altruism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How parents can learnto avoid displaying aggressive behavior in front of their children. 24. Which of the following is an example of a positive correlation? A) The more I study, the higher my exam score. B) The more I sleep, the less tired I feel. C) The more I work out, the less I weigh. D) The more it rains, the fewer birds I see in my yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The more I study, the higher my exam score. 25. Which describes an educational psychologist? A) Interviews and tests to determine problems. B) Teaches performers how to focus/concentrate on performance and not the crowd. C) Studies the nervous system, sensation, motivation, emotion, memory, and thoughts. D) Focuses on the instructional methods. 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