This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are some common applications of cognitive psychology in everyday life? A) Common applications of cognitive psychology include education, memory enhancement, user experience design, mental health therapies, and marketing. B) Cooking techniques. C) Gardening methods. D) Physical fitness routines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Common applications of cognitive psychology include education, memory enhancement, user experience design, mental health therapies, and marketing. 2. What is the chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another nerve cell? A) Neurotransmitters. B) Synapse. C) Threshold. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 3. Which school of psychology focuses on observable behavior and dismisses internal mental processes as irrelevant to understanding behavior? A) Gestalt. B) Psychoanalysis. C) Behaviorism. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behaviorism. 4. The ..... part of the autonomic nervous system is active during resting. A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) Somatic. D) Peripheral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 5. Why do the researchers believe that the subjects acted as they did? A) The subjects began to think that the experiment would never end. B) The guards were all secretly sadistic and the prisoners all unknowingly submissive. C) The subjects were following the roles they were expected to play. D) Zimbardo and his team accidentally allowed people with anger disorders to take part in the experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The subjects were following the roles they were expected to play. 6. Which explanation of forgetting does Baddeley and Godden's study on divers Support? A) Proactive interference. B) Retroactive inference. C) Context dependent forgetting. D) State dependent forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context dependent forgetting. 7. In Piaget's theory the 'formal operational' stage is when children can start to A) Associate noises with actions. B) Engage in play activities taking on others roles. C) Engage in idealistic and conceptual thinking. D) Follow logical instructions in sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engage in idealistic and conceptual thinking. 8. Which of the following illustrates an algorithm? A) Walking straight to the back of the grocery store because that is usually where they keep the milk. B) Using online reviews to determine if a restaurant has good food. C) Walking up and down every aisle until you find a gallon of milk at the grocery store. D) Getting dinner at a buffet because it is the first restaurant that comes to mind when your friend asks where you want to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking up and down every aisle until you find a gallon of milk at the grocery store. 9. Amicus curiae briefs: A) Help experts testifying in court get their point across. B) Provide a way to influence the court when expert testimony is not allowed. C) Summarize the questions raised by the jury during the deliberation of a verdict. D) Reflect scientists' lack of interest in the legal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provide a way to influence the court when expert testimony is not allowed. 10. Which term describes the process of using existing theories to make predictions about future behavior? A) Inductive reasoning. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Observational learning. D) Random sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive reasoning. 11. The application of psychology to the workplace to improve productivity and well-being. A) Human factors psychology. B) Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychology. C) Experimental psychology. D) Developmental psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychology. 12. Tendency to overstate one's role in a positive venture & underestimate in a failure. A) Self-serving bias. B) Anterograde Amnesia. C) Retrograde Amnesia. D) Self-fulfilling prohecies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-serving bias. 13. Technologies like ..... and ..... help researchers study the brain. A) FMRI, EEG. B) X-ray, Ultrasound. C) CT scan, PET scan. D) MRI, Sonogram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FMRI, EEG. 14. McGarrigle and Donaldson's study on conservation involved A) Beakers of coloured water. B) A Naughty Teddy bear. C) A policeman doll. D) Male and female dolls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Naughty Teddy bear. 15. Where are experiments conducted in Social Psychology? A) Only in a laboratory setting. B) Only in a natural environment. C) Both in a laboratory setting and in a natural environment. D) Experiments are not conducted in Social Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both in a laboratory setting and in a natural environment. 16. Hindsight bias A) Belief of foreseeing an outcome after learning it. B) The tendency to underestimate the time needed to complete a task. C) The inclination to see patterns in random events. D) The belief that past events were more predictable than they actually were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belief of foreseeing an outcome after learning it. 17. Noam Chomsky A) French psychologist, development of the first intelligence test. B) Father of modern linguistics, theory on innate grammar. C) Published a revised Binet-Simon scale for American populations. D) Best known for this theory of multiple intelligences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father of modern linguistics, theory on innate grammar. 18. What is debriefing A) Debriefing is a method of conducting surveys to gather feedback. B) Debriefing refers to a formal training session for new employees. C) Debriefing is a technique used to prepare for upcoming events. D) Debriefing is a process of reviewing and discussing an event to analyze performance and outcomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Debriefing is a process of reviewing and discussing an event to analyze performance and outcomes. 19. What do you have when you have evidence to support your hypothesis in the Scientific Method? A) Cognition. B) Theory. C) Correlation. D) Causation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 20. Cognitive activity A) Private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving. B) Observable behaviors that can be measured and quantified. C) Physical actions taken in response to stimuli. D) Emotional responses to external events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Private, unobservable mental processes such as sensation, perception, thought, and problem solving. 21. Behavior A) Observable and measurable actions of people and animals. B) Random actions that cannot be predicted. C) Emotional responses to stimuli. D) Thought processes that are not visible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observable and measurable actions of people and animals. 22. What is the main focus of positive psychology? A) Treating mental illness. B) Increasing well-being. C) Exploring genetics. D) Studying pathology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing well-being. 23. What did the Elms and Milgram study find? A) Those who went to 450v tended to score more highly on the f-scale. B) No difference on the f-scale between those who went ot 450v and those that didn't. C) Authoritarian personality could explain all obedience. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Those who went to 450v tended to score more highly on the f-scale. 24. In the original Milgram study what % went to 450v? A) 0.33. B) 0.5. C) 0.65. D) 0.75. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.65. 25. 1 What does Pure Psychology primarily focus on? A) Practical applications of psychological principles. B) Application of psychology in real-world settings. C) Theoretical understanding and research of psychological phenomena. D) Applying psychology in forensic investigations. 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