This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason A) Stereotype. B) Discrimination. C) Prejudice. D) Judgement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prejudice. 2. The humanistic approach stresses the importance of personal growth, self-actualization, and finding ..... in life. A) Meaning. B) Wealth. C) Fame. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meaning. 3. The principle that a crime must be proven to have been committed before a person can be convicted of the crime A) Modus operandi. B) Corpus delicti. C) Signature. D) Staging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corpus delicti. 4. Introverts are ..... by time with other people. A) Energized. B) Exhausted. C) Happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhausted. 5. According to the humanistic perspective, what is difficult to investigate scientifically? A) Unconscious motives. B) Symbolic dreams. C) Philosophical aspects of human life. D) Animal behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Philosophical aspects of human life. 6. Learning something by putting it to music is an example of: A) Retrieval. B) Acoustic encoding. C) Tactile encoding. D) Visual encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acoustic encoding. 7. Prediction of how or more factors are likely to be related. A) Validity. B) Theory. C) Hypothesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 8. What is the term used to describe the stage in cognitive development where children develop the ability to think abstractly? A) Sensorimotor stage. B) Preoperational stage. C) Concrete-operational stage. D) Formal operational stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Formal operational stage. 9. Emma decides to change her life long views about supporting the labour party. She decided this after spending so much time with her new university friends who were all Conservatives A) Obedience. B) Conformity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conformity. 10. What is a Repeated Measures Design? A) Where the participants take part in each condition of the independent variable. B) It is an experimental design where different participants are used in each condition of the experiment. C) It is where the participants are matched with another participant in another group so that the results can be compared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where the participants take part in each condition of the independent variable. 11. For which of the following was Harry Harlow known for? A) Stranger anxiety. B) Imprinting. C) Contact comfort. D) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contact comfort. 12. Credibility within Psychology is A) An experiment. B) How much people can trust your results in reality. C) How you present your results. D) Not an important factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How much people can trust your results in reality. 13. We tend to believe that our opinions and preferences are objectively true (not just opinions, but actually facts) A) Naive realism. B) False consensus. C) Mere exposure effect. D) Cognitive dissonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Naive realism. 14. In literature, which term describes a character's psychological struggle within themselves? A) Conflict. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Internal conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal conflict. 15. Cognitive Dissonance A) Discomfort when our behavior is inconsistent w/our beliefs. B) Tendency to attribute behavior of others as dispositional. C) Belief that we get what we deserve. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discomfort when our behavior is inconsistent w/our beliefs. 16. What should be added to the study of psychology for better understanding? A) Generalized examples. B) Specific examples of individual differences and complexities. C) Simplified explanations. D) Only genetic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specific examples of individual differences and complexities. 17. What is Ms. Chiang's Room #? A) 552. B) 652. C) 659. D) 562. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 652. 18. What kind of motivation that Early Career Adults (Ages 25-35) is promoting? A) Intrinsic motivation. B) Extrinsic motivation. C) Intrinsic motivation & Extrinsic motivation. D) Balancing responsibilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intrinsic motivation & Extrinsic motivation. 19. A test has a mean of 80 with a standard deviation of 4. Which of the following scores is within one standard deviation of the mean? A) 99. B) 90. C) 86. D) 77. E) 75. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 77. 20. Psychology can be defined as ..... A) Study of personality. B) Examination of unconscious patients. C) Scientific study of behaviours and its causes. D) A study of people's mental life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientific study of behaviours and its causes. 21. An example of sensory memory in action is: A) Recognising a friend in the street. B) Repeating someone's phone number back to yourself. C) Seeing your name written in the air with a sparkler. D) Remembering the answer to an exam question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seeing your name written in the air with a sparkler. 22. Correlational research where one specific group of people or person is studied in detail through interviews, file reviews, etc. Not generalizable. A) Case study. B) Naturalistic evaluation. C) Experiment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Case study. 23. The fact that the Mexican immigrant was judged more harshly than the Canadian immigrant in the Mukherjee et al., (2013) is due to the fact that Mexican immigrant is seen as ..... A) A symbolic threat to the Anglo-centric US identity. B) A threat to national security. C) Is seen as taking jobs away from other immigrant groups. D) A source of cheap labor compared to the Canadian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A symbolic threat to the Anglo-centric US identity. 24. The prominent feature of mood disorders is the experience of A) Social phobia. B) Anxiety. C) Paranoia. D) Emotional extremes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotional extremes. 25. Which research method would be most appropriate for investigating the relationship between the religious beliefs of Americans and their attitudes toward abortion? A) Survey. B) Naturalistic observation. C) Case study. D) Experiment. 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