This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 9 Applications Of Psychology Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After the student council election, a friend tells you he has known for weeks who would be elected president. What does this seem to illustrate? A) Critical thinking. B) Hindsight Bias. C) Overconfidence. D) Skepticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindsight Bias. 2. Information from the senses comes into this type of memory before it passes to short term memory. A) Long term memory. B) Mental set. C) Sensory memory. D) Semantic memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory memory. 3. Which of the following is an attitude? A) Prejudice. B) Discrimination. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prejudice. 4. Psychoanalysis A) A school of psychology founded by Skinner that focuses on observable behavior. B) A therapeutic approach that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior. C) A branch of psychology that studies the biological basis of behavior. D) A method of psychological research that relies on statistical analysis of data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A therapeutic approach that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior. 5. This field is also known as ..... neuroscience or ..... psychology. A) Behavioral, biological. B) Cognitive, developmental. C) Clinical, social. D) Evolutionary, cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavioral, biological. 6. Classical Conditioning, Foundation for Behaviorism A) Dorthea Dix. B) Charles Darwin. C) Wilhelm Wundt. D) William James. E) Ivan Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Ivan Pavlov. 7. Babbling, one word speech, telegraphic speech, and whole sentences refers to? A) Growth Development. B) Concrete Operations. C) Language Development. D) Formal Operations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language Development. 8. Which of the following is a faculty of the thinking mind? A) Digestion. B) Imagination. C) Sensory reaction. D) Reflective thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflective thought. 9. Willingham believes A) The brain waves of people with autism are all the same. B) Learning styles make no difference to grades. C) Learning styles help improve grades. D) Praise should be given when expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learning styles make no difference to grades. 10. The scientific study of how people grow and change across the lifespan. A) Cognitive psychology. B) Humanistic psychology. C) Developmental psychology. D) Biological psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developmental psychology. 11. What is the significance of formative assessment in education? A) Formative assessment is irrelevant to student engagement. B) Formative assessment enhances learning by providing continuous feedback and guiding instructional adjustments. C) It focuses solely on the final exam results. D) Formative assessment is only used for grading purposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formative assessment enhances learning by providing continuous feedback and guiding instructional adjustments. 12. When we add information to an already existing schema it's known as A) Accommodation. B) A self-schema. C) Addition. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assimilation. 13. Biopsychology is the study of the relationship between the ..... and ..... A) Brain, behavior. B) Heart, emotions. C) Lungs, respiration. D) Stomach, digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain, behavior. 14. If somebody has split-brain surgery, they lose the ability to ..... A) Name objects. B) Draw objects. C) Communicate between hemispheres via the corpus callosum. D) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communicate between hemispheres via the corpus callosum. 15. Retreiving, changing and reorganizing information stored in memory to create new information is called: A) Representative heuristics. B) Phonemes. C) Thinking. D) Mental set. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thinking. 16. Operational definition A) Exact procedures used in a research study. B) A vague description of a concept. C) A summary of research findings. D) A theoretical framework for analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exact procedures used in a research study. 17. After learning about his low score on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Draco complained, "I don't believe that test is a measure of intelligence at all." Draco's statement is equivalent to saying that the WAIS lacks ..... A) Validity. B) Standardization. C) Reliability. D) A Normal Distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Validity. 18. Behavior may be the product of unconscious conflict and anxiety. A) Cognitive. B) Behavioral. C) Biological. D) Psychoanalytic. E) Evolutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychoanalytic. 19. Explain the impact of socio-emotional learning on student outcomes. A) Socio-emotional learning positively impacts student outcomes by improving academic performance, behavior, and emotional well-being. B) Socio-emotional learning has no effect on student outcomes. C) Socio-emotional learning decreases student engagement. D) Socio-emotional learning only benefits teachers, not students. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socio-emotional learning positively impacts student outcomes by improving academic performance, behavior, and emotional well-being. 20. Personality primarily depends upon ..... A) Heredity. B) Social environment. C) Mental set up. D) Economic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heredity. 21. Which of the following is a key difference between HL and SL psychology? A) HL students do not have a paper 3. B) SL students focus on practical applications. C) SL students study more topics. D) HL students have more options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HL students have more options. 22. This influential figure in cognitive psychology emphasized the importance of scientific evidence obtained by careful observation and experimentation. A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) Mary Whiton Calkins. C) William James. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 23. Introspection A) An examination of one's own thoughts and feelings. B) A method of analyzing external stimuli. C) A process of memorizing information. D) A technique for improving physical health. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An examination of one's own thoughts and feelings. 24. 5 How would you handle a situation where a colleague is behaving unethically? A) Ignore the behavior. B) Report the behavior to a supervisor or relevant authority. C) Encourage the behavior. D) Emulate the behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Report the behavior to a supervisor or relevant authority. 25. The first modern psychologist who was interested in the uncounsious mind was A) Wilhelm Wundt. B) Francis Galton. C) Sigmund Freud. D) Ivan Pavlov. 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