This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 47 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is vertical communication A) Staff at different levels in the hierarchy communicating. B) Staff at the same level in the hierarchy communicating. C) Staff in different businesses communicating. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staff at different levels in the hierarchy communicating. 2. Which of the following best explains 'Genetics and behaviour'? A) Environment determines all behaviour. B) Behaviour is only learned. C) Heredity influences certain behavioural traits. D) Behaviour is unrelated to genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heredity influences certain behavioural traits. 3. What is any action that people can observe or measure A) Behavior. B) Psychology. C) Sociology. D) Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavior. 4. This type of motivation is the desire to perform a task because of outside factors, such as a reward or threat of punishment A) Intrinsic. B) Extrinsic. C) Self-regulation. D) Initiative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extrinsic. 5. During the 6 month tour, Rahe et al. (1970) monitored the participants' health finding a positive correlation between ..... A) SRRS scores and illness scores. B) SAS scores and illness scores. C) SRRS scores and wellness scores. D) SRSR scores and illness scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SRRS scores and illness scores. 6. The theory that we can explain someone's behavior based off their situation or disposition. A) Attribution theory. B) Pythagorean theorem. C) Social Psychology. D) Cognitive Dissonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attribution theory. 7. The first experimental lab was established in Leipzig by ..... A) William james. B) Wilhelm Wundt. C) John Watson. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wilhelm Wundt. 8. What type of intelligence is NOT included in Gardner's Theory of multiple intelligences? A) Verbal/linguistic. B) Logicial/mathematical. C) Olfactory/scent. D) Spatial/visual. E) Interpersonal/intrapersonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory/scent. 9. Read each statement and determine whether it describes an obsession or a compulsion:Fear of contamination and avoiding touching certain objects. A) Obsession. B) Compulsion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsession. 10. Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors A) Frontal Lobe. B) Parietal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal Lobe. 11. What is the area of psychology that focuses on the interactions between mental and emotional factors and physical performance in sports, exercise, and other activities? A) Sports and Exercise Psychology. B) Clinical Psychology. C) Behavioral Psychology. D) Cognitive Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sports and Exercise Psychology. 12. Everyone in Ty's family is in the military, so he feel pressured to join too. He likes it at first but soon realizes he hates being in the military and wishes he was a teacher. What is Ty's Identity? A) Foreclosure. B) Achievement. C) Crisis. D) Diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreclosure. 13. ..... refer to legal liabilities arising from the provision of counseling services A) Confidentiality. B) Informed consent. C) Malpractice liability. D) Therapeutic relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malpractice liability. 14. According to this perspective, our genetics have a huge impact on our behavior and thought processes. A) Cognitive. B) Psychoanalytic. C) Humanistic. D) Biological. E) Behavioral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological. 15. A strength of the life events explanation of stress is knowing that an accummulation of life events can lead to stress-related illness ..... A) Allows therapists to prepare and thus modify the impact. B) Allows individuals to prepare and thus modify the impact. C) Allows individuals and therapists to prepare and not modify the impact. D) Allows individuals and therapists to prepare and thus modify the impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allows individuals and therapists to prepare and thus modify the impact. 16. B = f(P, E) What does this formula stand for? A) Behavior is a product of a person. B) Behavior is the product of a person and her/ his environment. C) A person is a product of his environment. D) The environment is a product of human behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavior is the product of a person and her/ his environment. 17. Fill in the blank:Wilhelm Wundt is known for his work in ..... , which sought to identify the basic elements of consciousness. A) Functionalism. B) Structuralism. C) Behaviorism. D) Gestalt psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structuralism. 18. Human beings actively create their perceptions by exploring their physical and the social world. What is this view known as? A) Functionism. B) Cognitivism. C) Behaviorism. D) Constructivism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constructivism. 19. Point in development in which a person will best learn a particular skill or behavior A) Attachment. B) Imprinting. C) Egocentricity. D) Critical Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Critical Period. 20. Discourse analysis is a research method for studying written or spoken language within specific social contexts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Which of the following is an example of fine motor development? A) Control of the torso. B) The development of leg muscles. C) The movement of fingers. D) The development of arm muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The movement of fingers. 22. In a psychology experiment, what is the primary purpose of a control group? A) To introduce a new variable. B) To serve as a baseline for comparison. C) To manipulate the independent variable. D) To ensure all participants receive the treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To serve as a baseline for comparison. 23. IQ tests can be biased against certain races, genders, socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Brandy has naturally blond hair. Based on this information, what do we know about Brandy's parents? A) At least one of her parents has a recessive gene forblond hair. B) Each of her parents must have one recessive gene forblond hair. C) Each of her parents must have one dominant gene forbrown hair. D) Neither of her parents has a recessive gene for blond hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Each of her parents must have one recessive gene forblond hair. 25. By which stage of the human life cycle has your body fully developed? A) Adolescence. B) Adulthood. C) Old age. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adulthood. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 1Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 2Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 3Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 4Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 5Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 6Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 7Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 8Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 9Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books