Free Online Human Psychology Quiz

Free Online Human Psychology Quiz

Psychology Sample Questions

1. Sometimes, psychologists would like to ask everyone in the world a few well chosen questions. The answer to questions reveal much about significant psychological events in the lives of large group of people. But since, it is impractical to question everyone, psychologists use the ________

(a) Case study method

(b) Experimental method

(c) Survey method

(d) None of these

Ans. (c)

2. ………. a cousin of Charles Darwin, developed the first tests designed to measure intelligence.

(a) Alfred Binet

(b) Francis Galton

(c) Lewis Teram

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

3. When psychologists use the powerful technique of controlled experimentation, it is called_________

(a) Correlation method

(b) Experimental method

(c) Clinical method

(d) None of these

Ans. (b)

4. When psychologists use questionnaires and surveys to poll large groups of people, is known as ______

(a) Naturalistic observation

(b) Survey method

(c) Experimental method

(d) All of the above

Ans. (b)

5. The latest changes in the standford-Binet test was made in …….. by revising the scoring methods.

(a) 1939

(b) 1955

(c) 1972

(d) 1960

Ans. (c)

6. Naturalistic observation only provides description of ——_____

(a) Experience

(b) Feeling

(c) Behaviour

(d) None of these

Ans. (c)

7. Collection of solid observation evidence, accurate description and measurement, precise definition, controlled observation, and repeatable results, is called_____

(a) Observation

(b) Experimepation

(c) Theory formulation

(d) Scientific method

Ans. (d)

8. A is tentative explanation of an even or observation

(a) Hypothesis

(b) Null hypothesis

(c) Alternate hypothesis

(d) All of the above

Ans. (a)

9. ………. of Stanford University revised Binet’s scale intended for school children in the United States.

(a) Wechsler

(b) Spearman

(c) Terman

(d) Thurstone

Ans. (c)

10. State the exact procedures used to represent a concept.

(a) Definitions

(b) Operational definitions

(c) Experimentations

(d) None of these

Ans. (b)

11. In their search for accurate information and useful theories, psychologists study behaviour in many ways. They observe behaviour as it unfolds in natural settings, this is known as _________

(a) Co relational method

(b) Experimental method

(c) Clinical method

(d) Naturalistic observation

Ans. (d)

12. Who among the following was the first person who devised systematic tests to measure intelligence of children?

(a) Terman

(b) Binet

(c) Thorndike

(d) Wechsler

Ans. (b)

13. Psychologists make measurements to discover relationships between events, this is called________

(a) Co relational method

(b) Experimental method

(c) Clinical method

(d) All of the above

Ans. (a)

14. A major problem with naturalistic studies is the _______ on the observed.

(a) Effect of the observer

(b) Effect of the behaviour

(c) Effect of the observed

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

15. The first organised programme for the retarded was started in 1837 by a French psychiatrist named

(a) Binet

(b) Seguin

(c) Terman

(d) Grossman

Ans. (b)

16. The problem of effect of the observer is minimized by ______.

(a) Concealing the behaviour

(b) Concealing the observer

(c) Concealing the observed

(d) None of these

Ans. (b)

17. A _____ finds the degree of correlation, or relationship, between two existing traits, behaviors or events.

(a) Correlational study

(b) Factor analysis

(c) Analysis of variance

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

18. …………. is said to be one of the most acute maternal infection leading to mental retardation.

(a) Syphillis

(b) Herpes

(c) Rubella

(d) Small Pox

Ans. (c)

19. _____technique is used to find the degree of correlation.

(a) Experimental

(b) Observational

(c) Statistical

(d) None of these

Ans. (c)

20. In correlation coefficient, if the number is zero or close to zero, it indicates a ________

(a) Weak or nonexistent4elationship

(b) Strong or existent relationship

(c) Neutral relationship

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

21. Who among the following had given the ‘Structural Model Theory’ of intelligence?

(a) Spearman

(b) Thurstone

(c) Guilford

(d) Thorndike

Ans. (c)

22. A relationship in correlation co-efficient that does not form a straight line when it is graphed is described as _________

(a) Linear relationship

(b) Negative relationship

(c) Curvilinear relationship

(d) Positive relationship

Ans. (c)

23. The simplest Psychological experiment is based on two groups of subjects, one group is called the experimental group, the other becomes the _____.

(a) Observed group

(b) Test-group

(c) Control group

(d) Uncontrolled group

Ans. (b)

24. The term intelligence refers to individual’s

(a) Ability to understand complex ideas

(b) Ability to adapt effectively to the environment and learn from experience

(c) Ability to engage in various forms of reasoning and to overcome obstacles by careful thought

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

25. In psychological experiment, psychologists

(a) Directly vary a condition which might cause changes in behaviour

(b) Create two or more groups of subjects

(c) Record whether varying condition has any effect on behaviour

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)