This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a mainstream psychologist most likely to think about Sigmund Freud? A) Freudian theory is untestable and not grounded in science. B) Freud, a great pioneer in psychology, discovered the unconscious. C) Freud was a complete fraud who barely rates a mention in psychology textbooks. D) Rigorous research has proven that most of Freud's theories were correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freudian theory is untestable and not grounded in science. 2. What types of people receive prejudice? A) Handicapped. B) Religious. C) Homosexuals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. During which stage of psychosexual development is a child fixated on the mouth? A) Oral. B) Anal. C) Phallic. D) Latent. E) Genital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oral. 4. ..... is a culturally preferred timing of events, such as marriage, parenthood, buying a house. Many Young Adults use this to set their goals and priorities. A) Social Clock. B) Young adulthood. C) Intimacy v Isolation. D) Identity Diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Clock. 5. Which of the following is concerned with the real life applicablity of a study? A) Test-retest reliability. B) Inter-rater reliability. C) Contruct Validity. D) External Validity. E) Internal Validity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External Validity. 6. Encoding is mostly acoustic and capacity is between 5 and 9 items. Which memory is this? A) Short term memory. B) Sensory memory. C) Visual memory. D) Long term memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short term memory. 7. Schemas are A) Video tapes and photographs of people, places, or things. B) 'packets' of knowledge that correspond to frequently encountered people, objects or situations. C) Pathways in the brain that enable us to see, hear, and remember pieces of unusual information. D) One of the many ineffective tricks our brain uses to locate and remember past information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'packets' of knowledge that correspond to frequently encountered people, objects or situations. 8. What factor did NOT affect participants willingness to gay bash in the Bahns & Branscombe (2011) study A) Whether the confederate was gay or straight. B) Whether participants felt the current sexual hierarchy was illegitimate. C) The collective guilt of participants. D) Whether participants felt the current sexual hierarchy was legitimate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whether the confederate was gay or straight. 9. People overestimate the number of people who agree with their opinions A) Confirmation bias. B) Mere exposure effect. C) False consensus. D) Naive realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False consensus. 10. Which of the following will be the most alike? A) Fraternal twins raised in the same environment. B) Identical twins raised in different environments. C) Siblings raised in the same environment. D) Identical twins raised in the same environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Identical twins raised in the same environment. 11. The continued focus on an earlier stage of psycho sexual development due to an unresolved conflict at the oral, anal, and phallic stage A) Fixation. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Archetypes. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixation. 12. Perceived affordances may be correct or incorrect A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. What science gave birth to Psychology? A) Biology. B) Philosophy. C) Sociology. D) Math. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philosophy. 14. How can understanding cognitive development improve teaching practices? A) Understanding cognitive development allows teachers to tailor their methods to match students' developmental stages. B) Cognitive development only affects younger students. C) Cognitive development is irrelevant to teaching practices. D) Teachers should ignore cognitive development and focus solely on curriculum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding cognitive development allows teachers to tailor their methods to match students' developmental stages. 15. Context related to memory suggests that: A) A cue can trigger accurate recall. B) We remember more in the mornings. C) We remember less at the weekend. D) We forget things if we go back to where we learnt them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cue can trigger accurate recall. 16. Mental processes are the same for everyone. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. The issue of racial profiling has been a controversial topic in the United States for many years, and it was particularly widespread after the events of September 11, 2001. When an individual engages in profiling and assumes that one person must possess certain qualities because of their race or ethnicity, (s)he is engaging in ..... A) Attributing. B) Discrimination. C) Stereotyping. D) Categorizing. E) Social loafing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stereotyping. 18. This technique gathers self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people by questioning them randomly and representatively. A) Experiment. B) Case Study. C) Survey. D) Exploratory study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Survey. 19. "Convergent thinking" is best described as: A) The ability to generate many diverse ideas. B) The ability to identify a single correct solution to a problem. C) The ability to work collaboratively with others. D) The ability to think critically and logically. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ability to identify a single correct solution to a problem. 20. Pseudo-science refers to beliefs or practices that ..... A) Have no basis in scientific fact. B) Have enough evidence to support their claim. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have no basis in scientific fact. 21. Seeing flying unicorns monsters would be a(n) ..... Believing that you are King Tut would be a ..... A) Delusion; compulsion. B) Obsession; delusion. C) Hallucination; compulsion. D) Hallucination; delusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hallucination; delusion. 22. Long term memory is defined as A) Is the process of repeatedly verbalizing or thinking about a piece of information. B) The unlimited capacity memory store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time. C) Bringing a thought or idea learned previously, and thus stored in memory into conscious awareness. D) The retention of encoded material over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The unlimited capacity memory store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time. 23. Perception is A) How our brain interacts with our nervous system. B) How we relay information to others. C) How we comprehend objects and events in the world around us. D) What our eyes see. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How we comprehend objects and events in the world around us. 24. Trephination is significant to modern psychology because it shows that prehistoric peoples linked the brain to ..... A) Behavior. B) Agriculture. C) Art. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavior. 25. The Naturalistic-Observation Method takes place ..... A) On a computer. B) In a house. C) In the field. D) In a lab. 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