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E-QUIZ ON PSYCHOLOGY By LMC HSS Sirkali

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of the following is the best view of the Mind held by Plato and Socrates?

a)

mind should be studied through careful and empirical observations.

b)

mind is an illusion produced by the brain.

c)

The mind is separate from the body and continues after the body dies.

d)

mind is made up of knowledge that is a result of our experiences.

2.

Which Philosopher is most well known for Theorizing that the mind at birth is "Tabula rasa" or a “blank slate”?

a)

Socrates

b)

John Locke

c)

Demple Kant

d)

Rene' Descartes

3.

Who was the first established "Psychological Laboratory"?

a)

William James.

b)

John Watson.

c)

Wilhelm Wundt.

d)

Sigmund Freud.

4.

Having the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience is called as

a)

structuralism

b)

introspection

c)

functionalism

d)

psychometrics

5.

Which Philosopher would have been the most enthusiastic about Modern Empiricism?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Rene' Descartes

6.

Who was a prominent American functionalist?

a)

John B. Watson

b)

Wilhelm Wundt

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

William James

7.

Who would have been the most likely to ignore mental processes and to define Psychology as “the scientific study of observable behavior”?

a)

John B. Watson

b)

Edward Titchener

c)

Wilhelm Wundt

d)

Jean Piaget

8.

"Criminal Proneness" theory was advocated by

a)

Albert Bandura

b)

John Dewey

c)

Hooton

d)

Murray

9.

The Ability to register words and numbers with speed and accuracy is

a)

Perceptual ability

b)

Intellectual ability

c)

Mechanical ability

d)

Spatial ability

10.

What is the best definition of Contemporary psychology?

a)

conscious and unconscious mental activity.

b)

observable responses to the environment.

c)

behavior and mental processes.

d)

thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

11.

Who was emphasized the inheritance of behavioral characteristics?

a)

John Larry.

b)

John Watson.

c)

Charles Darwin.

d)

B. F. Skinner.

12.

Striving to achieve a standard of excellence in actions is

a)

Integrated Personality

b)

Creativity

c)

Achievement Motivation

d)

Adjustment

13.

Which of the following theory of Psychology believes that we can reinvent ourselves and all have the potential to start over again.

a)

psychoanalytic theory

b)

humanist theory

c)

cognitive theory

d)

behaviorist theory

14.

Who believed that human beings and other animals perceive the external world as an organized pattern, not as individual sensations?

a)

American Psychologists

b)

Gestalt psychologists

c)

Behaviorist

d)

Educationalist

15.

Who believed that the mind and body were connected?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Descartes

c)

Socrates

d)

Plato

16.

Method for assessing aspects of Character and Personality from the physical appearances of certain areas of the cranium.

a)

trepanations

b)

hyptology

c)

phrenology

d)

ka

17.

Who was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Psychology after Harvard University declined to give Mary Calkins the Ph.D.?

a)

Nancy Bayley

b)

Rosalie Rayner

c)

Mary Calkins

d)

Margaret Washburn

18.

Who was the American philosopher who authored a textbook in 1890 for the emerging discipline of Psychology?

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

John B. Watson

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

William James

19.

Which part of the body controls the basic cognitive processes?

a)

The brain and immune system

b)

The brain and respiratory system

c)

The brain and nervous system

d)

The brain and digestive system

20.

Which basic cognitive process is the awareness of yourself and the world around you?

a)

Thinking

b)

Consciousness

c)

Intelligence

d)

Perception

21.

Which of the following are parts of Memory?

a)

sensory memory

b)

short term memory

c)

long term memory

d)

all of the above

22.

Which higher cognitive process you think it is referring to how people remember things

a)

Learning

b)

Memory

c)

Thinking

d)

Acting

23.

You must be able to use your ................................. to remember what you learn

a)

Spinal cord

b)

Senses

c)

Memory

d)

Vocal cord

24.

The Memory that last between 30 seconds and a few days is called as

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Short-term memory

c)

Long-term memory

d)

Memory

25.

The Memory that last for many years is called as

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Short-term memory

c)

Long-term memory

d)

Retrieved memory

26.

What is Psychology?

a)

The study of sport

b)

The study of the mind and behavior

c)

The study of hormones

d)

The study of history

27.

The Conditioned Stimulus (CS) is

a)

the response to the Unconditioned stimulus

b)

originally the neutral stimulus that gains the power to cause the Conditioned response

c)

Triggers an unconditioned response reflexively or automatically whem Conditioned response happens

d)

what triggers the Unconditioned response to occur

28.

After Classical Conditioning, the Neutral stimulus (NS) becomes the :

a)

Unconditioned response

b)

unconditioned stimulus

c)

Conditioned stimulus

d)

conditioned response

29.

Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of the bell, the bell was a?

a)

Unconditioned stimulus

b)

conditioned stimulus

c)

neutral stimulus

d)

unconditioned response

30.

In Classical Conditioning, the Unconditioned response is :

a)

Happens after the Conditioned response

b)

the response to the Conditioned stimulus

c)

the response to the Unconditioned stimulus

d)

triggers the Unconditioned stimulus to occur.

31.

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

a)

clapping after a thrilling concert performance

b)

jumping rope

c)

running through a maze to get a food reward

d)

sweating in hot weather

32.

If action is followed by pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be ?

a)

Ignored

b)

Remembered

c)

Repeated

d)

Used

33.

The process of using a reinforcement to alter the probability that a given behaviour will be repeated is known as

a)

Classical conditioning

b)

Iconic rote learning

c)

Operant conditioning

d)

Cognitive learning

34.

Which of the following is true about Learning as association in E.L Thorndik's view?

a)

Trial and Error

b)

A puzzle

c)

A series of associations between stimulus and responce

d)

Stimulus

35.

Which of the following personality type tries to meet the desires of the id in a way that is socially acceptable in the world and It deals with the reality?

a)

Self Esteem

b)

Id

c)

Superego

d)

Ego

36.

Who developed a "Psychoanalytic Personality Theory" which involved the id, ego and superego?

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Erik Erikson

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

William Golding

37.

The id,ego and superego can be seen as part of which hierarchy of needs?

a)

Erikson's

b)

Piaget's

c)

Maslow's

d)

Binet's

38.

Psychologists refer to the internally pre-programmed growth of a child is called

a)

Development

b)

Assimilation

c)

Maturation

d)

Socialization

39.

Adolescent depression is often due to a breakdown in the ________.

a)

Confidence

b)

Friendships

c)

Family

d)

Brainstem

40.

Educational Psychology is the study of

a)

Human beings

b)

Human behaviour

c)

Human learning behaviour

d)

Human beings teaching learning behaviour

41.

"Two Factor Theory" was advocated by

a)

Spearman

b)

Thorndike

c)

Vernor

d)

Guilford

42.

Ryan’s social phobia has led him to lose jobs and relationships. In this case, Ryan has a disorder because his behavior is:

a)

dangerous.

b)

common.

c)

medically based.

d)

dysfunctional.

43.

According to whom,"social development means attaining of maturity in social relationships"?

a)

Erickson

b)

Hurlock

c)

Kohlberg

d)

Sullivan

44.

What is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again?

a)

reinforcement

b)

flooding

c)

extinction

d)

systematic desensitization

45.

Who created the realistic Conflict Theory?

a)

Maslow

b)

Musafir Sherief

c)

Pavolov

d)

Piaget

46.

Which is the initial stage of learning?

a)

acquisition

b)

extinction

c)

spontaneous recovery

d)

renewal effect

47.

Which of these people is Sigmund Freud?

a)
b)
c)
d)
48.

Which of the following are part of the four goals of psychology? (select all the options that apply)

a)

Description

b)

Explanation

c)

Prediction

d)

Influence

49.

The person perceives things in their real perspective, then they have------------ maturity

a)

Moral

b)

Emotional

c)

Behavioural

d)

Social

50.

Which greek letter is the symbol for Psychology?

a)
b)
c)
d)