This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 37 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Gestalt means A) Unified whole. B) Fractured whole. C) Imagery perception. D) Cognitive perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unified whole. 2. *Which of the following processes is likely to result in the best memory for words? A) Visual encoding. B) Acoustic encoding. C) Rote memorization. D) Semantic encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semantic encoding. 3. Biological science focuses on A) Nervous system. B) Hormones. C) Genetics. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Loftus' research showed that the most problematic source of inaccurate eyewitness testimony was from A) Witnesses conferring with each other about the events. B) Leading questions by police and lawyers. C) Underdeveloped schema leading to the witness not understanding their surroundings. D) Witnesses not wanting to participate in legal proceedings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leading questions by police and lawyers. 5. Phrenology was a pseudoscience that believed different portions of the brain were responsible for different functions. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which of these options are NOT a task that younger brains are better at? A) Distracted Driving. B) Hearing high frequencies. C) Word scrambles. D) Keeping track of multiple items at a time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word scrambles. 7. What is a potential drawback of using self-report measures in psychological experiments? A) They provide objective data. B) They are time-consuming to administer. C) They may be subject to social desirability bias. D) They require complex statistical analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They may be subject to social desirability bias. 8. What is trephination? A) A modern psychological practice. B) Drilling holes into the skull. C) A type of ancient writing. D) A method of meditation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drilling holes into the skull. 9. Why should teachers create concise and straightforward lessons for adult learners? A) Because adults prefer long and detailed lessons. B) Because adults have limited time and work pressure. C) Because adults need to master all topics at once. D) Because adults are not interested in learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because adults have limited time and work pressure. 10. Badly designed doors are sometimes called A) Bad doors. B) Bad dogs. C) Norman doors. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norman doors. 11. Evolutionary psychology deals with how the natural selection of ..... is passed down throughout generations. A) Traits. B) Organs. C) Feelings. D) Thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traits. 12. Who established the first psychology lab in the U.S. and was the first president of the APA? A) G. Stanley Hall. B) Sigmud Freud. C) WIlliam James. D) Charles Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G. Stanley Hall. 13. Paying attention in a particular way:on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally A) Character strengths. B) PERMA. C) Flow. D) Mindfulness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mindfulness. 14. A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs, and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation the experimenter is most likely measuring the individual's A) Sound localization ability. B) Dichotic listening ability. C) Echoic memory. D) Difference threshold. E) Attention span. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Difference threshold. 15. ..... rely upon our knowledge of the situation and of the world. A) Physical constraints. B) Logical constraints. C) Semantic constraints. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semantic constraints. 16. A different group of parpts is used for each level of the IV A) Independent measures. B) Matched pairs. C) Repeated measures. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent measures. 17. A defense mechanism in which a person tries to alter an unhealthy or destructive behavior to make themselves feel better about what they've done A) Staging. B) Undoing. C) Modus operandi. D) Corpus delicti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undoing. 18. What is a strength of lab experiments? A) They offer low replicability. B) They provide a broad generalization to real-life contexts. C) They offer high replicability and precise control over variables. D) They are conducted without any control over variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They offer high replicability and precise control over variables. 19. The branch of psychology that studies the physical, cognitive, and social changes that occur throughout the life cycle ..... A) Egocentrism. B) Cognitive Psychology. C) Moral Psychology. D) Development Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Development Psychology. 20. Who typically makes decisions and has the final say about research ethics issues? A) Ethical Committees. B) The APA or BPS. C) Individual Researchers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethical Committees. 21. If participants are deceived, which other ethical issue does this automatically create? A) Lack of privacy. B) Lack of informed consent. C) Lack of right to withdraw. D) Lack of confidentiality or anonymity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack of informed consent. 22. What are the two types of conformity? A) Behavioral conformity and psychological conformity. B) Normative conformity and informational conformity. C) Peer conformity and group conformity. D) Social conformity and cultural conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Normative conformity and informational conformity. 23. Your mind wanders (off topic) how much percent of the time? A) 30%. B) 40%. C) 60%. D) 20%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30%. 24. What famous psychologist is credited with opening the first ever psychology laboratory? A) Sigmund Freud. B) Wilhelm Wundt. C) John Watson. D) B. F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wilhelm Wundt. 25. Which of the following approaches seems to lack the most scientific support, since it seems to rely on after the fact explanations about correlations about childhood experiences and adult personality? A) Behavioral. B) Psychoanalysis. C) Evolutionary. D) Cognitive. 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