This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 44 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Our behavior is a direct result of how we feel about ourselves. A) Humanistic perspective. B) Psychodynamic perspective. C) Behavioral perspective. D) Social-cultural perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humanistic perspective. 2. Lorenz's research on attachment in animals is associated with which phenomenon? A) Imprinting. B) Interactional synchrony. C) Monotropy. D) Reciprocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imprinting. 3. Pavlov is famous for conducting experiments with what animal? A) Rats. B) Monkeys. C) Cats. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dogs. 4. In Bowlby's attachment theory, what role does the father play in attachment? A) Primary caregiver. B) Secondary caregiver. C) Primary attachment figure. D) Tertiary attachment figure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary caregiver. 5. The extent to which an instrument measure what it is supposed to measure. A) Reliability. B) Validity. C) Standardized. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Validity. 6. Freud's efforts to understand and treat psychological disorders stemmed from his puzzlement over ..... disorders. A) Conversion. B) Dissociative identity. C) Antisocial personality disorder. D) Biopolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conversion. 7. The ..... is the part of the brain that holds the hemispheres together. A) Medulla. B) Corpus callosum. C) Cerebrum. D) Reticular formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corpus callosum. 8. A psychologist that uses ethnicity, gender, culture and socioeconomic status influence our behavior. A) Behaviorist. B) Humanist. C) Socio-cultural psychology. D) Psychoanalyst. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socio-cultural psychology. 9. Seeing one-eyed monsters would be a(n) ..... Believing that you are Christopher Columbus would be a ..... A) Delusion; compulsion. B) Obsession; delusion. C) Hallucination; compulsion. D) Hallucination; delusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hallucination; delusion. 10. The first school of psychological thought was A) Functionalism. B) Structuralism. C) Behaviorism. D) Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structuralism. 11. What is the primary focus of health psychology? A) Measurement of behavior and capacities. B) Human development across the life span. C) Promotion and maintenance of physical health. D) Interpersonal behavior and social forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promotion and maintenance of physical health. 12. The part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behaviour A) Id. B) Ego. C) Super Ego. D) Psycho dynamic theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Super Ego. 13. ..... is known for memorizing nonsense syllables and plotting a curve of forgetting A) Loftus. B) Mneumonic. C) Ebbinghaus. D) Luriab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ebbinghaus. 14. The part of the neuron that insulates the axon and increases the speed of the neural message within the neuron. A) Synapse. B) Dendrite. C) Myelin Sheath. D) Axon Terminal Button. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin Sheath. 15. People who are color blind most likely have deficiencies in their A) Rods. B) Optic nerve. C) Lens. D) Occipital lobe. E) Cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cones. 16. Which literary device requires the reader to use cognition to understand the deeper meaning behind the text? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. Amy's mom is more of a friend to her than a parent. At home there is hardly any rules and Amy is hardly ever punished for her negative behavior. What type of parenting style is Amy's mom? A) Authoritarian. B) Permissive. C) Laid back. D) Authoritative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permissive. 18. What is Brain Plasticity? A) The ability of the brain's neural structure or function to be changed by experience throughout the life span. B) The process of forming new synapsis. C) The process of eliminating connections. D) It is the growth and development of the white fatty substance called myelin that wraps around axons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability of the brain's neural structure or function to be changed by experience throughout the life span. 19. If you want to use your psychological training to make the workplace more productive, which type of psychology would you probably enjoy most as a career? A) Developmental psychology. B) School psychology. C) Industrial organizational psychology. D) Forensic psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial organizational psychology. 20. Isaac has an intense fear of injections. Although he realizes that this fear is irrational, he becomes fearful just going into a doctor's office for a check-up. Which disorder do these symptoms describe? A) Agoraphobia. B) Specific Phobia. C) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. D) Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specific Phobia. 21. Studies into deep ocean biology is a type of A) Basic research. B) Applied research. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic research. 22. Which cognitive process is primarily involved in the ability to recall past experiences? A) Memory. B) Perception. C) Cognition. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memory. 23. Short Term Memory A) The retention of encoded material over time. B) The process in which information in your memory can be recalled. C) The part of the memory system where information is stored for roughly 30 seconds. D) A way of organizing information into familiar groupings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The part of the memory system where information is stored for roughly 30 seconds. 24. Which describes an environmental psychologist? A) Studies the nervous system, sensation, motivation, emotion, memory, and thoughts. B) Studies how the environment influences behavior. C) Focuses on the instructional methods. D) Measures the traits & determines how they influence behavior and the thought process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studies how the environment influences behavior. 25. Someone who frequently procrastinates may be seen to have what type of Personality A) Type A. B) Type B. C) Type D. D) None of the above. 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