This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 43 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Humanistic Psychology, what underlies personal nastiness or niceness? A) They are masks and illusions. B) They are unchangeable. C) They are inherent traits. D) They are determined by genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are masks and illusions. 2. ..... focuses on how people change and grow throughout life A) Educational psychology. B) Developmental psychology. C) Sports psychology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developmental psychology. 3. In the context of reading comprehension, what is the primary function of 'schema'? A) To decode words. B) To organize and interpret information. C) To memorize text. D) To translate language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To organize and interpret information. 4. What does research show about eyewitness confidence? A) They are always accurate. B) They are never confident. C) They are just as confident when wrong. D) They rely on empirical data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are just as confident when wrong. 5. Seligman's three-part description of happiness describes a pleasant life, an engaged life, and a meaningful life. In his analysis a meaningful life derives from A) The inevitable tragedies of life. B) Involvement in activities that express our strengths and interests. C) Going beyond self-interest through involvements in something larger than the self, such as serving others. D) Events and personal qualities associated with happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going beyond self-interest through involvements in something larger than the self, such as serving others. 6. The understanding that materials continue to exist even when they cannot be perceived (seen, heard, touched, smelled or sensed in any way) A) Object disappearing. B) Object Permanence. C) Stability. D) Cultural Materialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object Permanence. 7. Dr. Ali is a psychologist who believes that psychology should not attempt to understand the mind, but rather focus on understanding the observable actions that people and animals engage in. Dr. Ali s point of view is most compatible with the approach to psychology known as A) Psychoanalytic theory. B) Behaviorism. C) Functionalism. D) Structuralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behaviorism. 8. Who proposed the cognitive developmental theory of psycho social development? A) Piaget. B) Freud. C) Erikson. D) Vygotsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Piaget. 9. The protection of participant's self esteem is not a concern for researchers A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. A mechanism whereby a person attributes their own threatening impulses onto someone else A) Projection. B) Anger. C) Rage. D) Blame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Projection. 11. Which of the following best represents late adulthood? A) Independence and identity crisis. B) Career building. C) Reflection on life and preparation for death. D) Play and learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflection on life and preparation for death. 12. Behavior is primarily shaped by learning. The statement applies to the A) Cognitive view. B) Trait view. C) Behavioral view. D) Developmental view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Developmental view. 13. Social Representations are A) System of values, ideas and practices. B) Thoughts, schemes and heuristics. C) Feeling, moods and emotions. D) Beliefs and attributions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) System of values, ideas and practices. 14. A physiological function of the right hemisphere: A) Recognising emotions. B) Movement on the right side of the body. C) Movement on the left side of the body. D) Non-verbal tasks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement on the left side of the body. 15. Of the following, who is a humanistic psychologist? A) Abraham Maslow. B) John Watson. C) William James. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abraham Maslow. 16. Who developed the concept of imprinting? A) Lawerence Kohlberg. B) Konrad Lorenz. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Konrad Lorenz. 17. The range of possible (physical) actions by a user on an artefact are A) Affordances. B) Efforts. C) Real affordances. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affordances. 18. The concepts of stranger and separation anxiety were pioneered by which of the following theorists? A) Jean Piaget. B) Carol Gilligan. C) Harry Harlow. D) Mary Ainsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary Ainsworth. 19. Memory that holds an image of what we have seen is: A) Short-term memory. B) Long-term memory. C) Visual memory. D) Auditory memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visual memory. 20. "when you see a button, you want to push it." A) Strong affordances. B) Weak affordances. C) Singifiers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strong affordances. 21. What does Humanistic Psychology say about human motivation? A) It includes an achievement motivation and need for varied experience. B) It is based on achieving societal standards. C) It is primarily driven by deficiency. D) It is fixed and unchangeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It includes an achievement motivation and need for varied experience. 22. The psychosocial conflict during adolescence, according to Erikson, is: A) Trust vs. Mistrust. B) Industry vs. Inferiority. C) Identity vs. Role Confusion. D) Intimacy vs. Isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identity vs. Role Confusion. 23. Which statement reflects a reasonable attitude for a good student of psychology to have toward any claim about human behavior? A) The older an idea is, the more likely it is to be correct. B) It is fine to accept an idea until it is proven wrong. C) The more popular an idea is, the more likely it is to be correct. D) Skepticism is advisable until an idea is proven right. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skepticism is advisable until an idea is proven right. 24. Which of the following is NOT one of the nine major research areas in psychology? A) Health Psychology. B) Cognitive Neuroscience. C) Social Psychology. D) Developmental Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive Neuroscience. 25. What is a consequence that improves a behavior that it follows?EX:Praising a student for not running in the hallway. A) Antecedent. B) Behaving. C) Reinforcer. D) Conditioning. 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