This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not one of psychology's 4 goals? A) Conform. B) Predict. C) Describe. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conform. 2. When you are studying by focusing on facts and not the meaning of information, you are using: A) Shallow processing. B) Implicit memory. C) Deep processing. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shallow processing. 3. Which part of a neuron receives neural information from another neuron? A) Soma. B) Axon terminal. C) Myelin sheath. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendrites. 4. Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's A) Ability to assume the perspective of others. B) Ability to utilize diffuse brain regions for storing memories. C) Accumulated knowledge. D) Ability to reason speedily and abstractly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ability to reason speedily and abstractly. 5. When graphic the distribution of a study, a researcher notices that a disproportionate number of subjects scored low on their test, shifting the peak of the bell curve she was expecting. This is called a A) Positive skew. B) Negative skew. C) Normal curve. D) Positive correlation. E) Negative correlation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive skew. 6. Scapegoat Theory A) An outlet for anger by providing someone to blame. B) The belief that people get what they deserve. C) Tendency to attribute behavior of others as dispositional. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An outlet for anger by providing someone to blame. 7. Psychology that studies the structure and functions of the nervous system and A) Nervous. B) Brain. C) Biopsychology. D) Anatomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biopsychology. 8. When in a group, people are less likely to give aid A) Social loafing. B) Groupthink. C) Bystander effect. D) Social facilitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bystander effect. 9. Mr. Matthews believes that his wife's angry outbursts against him result from an unconscious hatred of her own father. From which psychological perspective is Mr. Matthews viewing his wife's behavior? A) Socio-cultural. B) Biological. C) Psychodynamic. D) Behavioral. E) Evolutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychodynamic. 10. When you by a car because the sales person was cute A) Central Route of Persuasion. B) Peripheral route of persuasion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral route of persuasion. 11. The scientific approach assumes that A) Events are governed by some lawful order. B) Each event is completely unique. C) There are no general laws or principles that apply to human behavior. D) The search for absolute truth is the ultimate goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Events are governed by some lawful order. 12. In the 'Naughty Teddy Study' they concluded that contrary to Piaget's research A) Many of the children did not understand the purpose of their task. B) Many of the children could conserve quantities. C) Very few of the children could conserve quantities. D) The children demonstrated egocentric behaviour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many of the children could conserve quantities. 13. SQ3R A) Study method:Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review. B) Study method:Summarize, Question, Read, Reflect, Review. C) Study method:Survey, Question, Read, Repeat, Review. D) Study method:Survey, Query, Read, Retrieve, Review. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study method:Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review. 14. Social Facilitation A) Mere presence of other people can improve performance. B) Mere presence of other people can worsen performance. C) Mere presence of other people can make you do bad things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mere presence of other people can improve performance. 15. Self-actualization is part of which approach? A) Cognitive. B) Psychoanalysis. C) Biological. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humanistic. 16. Variables that are not controlled for A) Extraneous variables. B) Uncontrolled variables. C) Participant variables. D) Situational variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uncontrolled variables. 17. During the Stone Age, they would cut holes in people's heads to let the "evil spirits" leave a person so that they would have better behaviors. What was this process called? A) Introspection. B) Phrenology. C) Structuralism. D) Trephination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trephination. 18. The variable being manipulated A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 19. Numerical data A) Quantitative. B) Qualitative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantitative. 20. What is the scientific study of the mind, behavior, and mental processes called? A) Sociology. B) Psychology. C) Anthropology. D) Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychology. 21. What is psychiatry A) Psychiatry is the study of physical health and nutrition. B) Psychiatry is the medical specialty that deals with mental health disorders. C) Psychiatry is a form of therapy that uses physical exercise. D) Psychiatry is a branch of philosophy focused on human behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychiatry is the medical specialty that deals with mental health disorders. 22. In Bickman's study which uniform tended to get the highest level of obedience? A) Civilian. B) Milkman. C) Guard. D) Police. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guard. 23. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes is known as ..... A) Psychology. B) Biology. C) Morality. D) Behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychology. 24. Who would be most likely to emphasize the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior? A) Ivan Pavlov. B) William James. C) John Watson. D) Max Wertheimer. E) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sigmund Freud. 25. A testable prediction, often derived from a theory. A) Conclusion. B) Operational definition. C) Hypothesis. D) Law. 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