CBSE Class 11 Psychology What Is Psychology Assignment

Multiple Choice Questions

Question. Psychology is a _________.
(a) A natural science
(b) A physical science
(c) A biological science
(d) A social science
Answer. D

Question. Psychology as a ‘Science of Mind’, defined by _________ school of psychology.
(a) Psychoanalysts
(b) Behaviourists
(c) Functionalists
(d) Ancient Greek Philosophers
Answer. D

Question. In the year _________ the Scientific Psychology was first accepted.
(a) 1779
(b) 1679
(c) 1879
(d) 1889
Answer. C

Question. Who is the father of Experimental Psychology.
(a) Wilhelm Wundt
(b) Sigmund Freud
(c) C.G. Jung
(d) E.B. Titchener
Answer. A

Question. Psychology can be literally defined as the _________.
(a) Science of mind
(b) Science of behaviour
(c) Science of soul
(d) Science of consciousness
Answer. C

Question. J.B. Watson, the founder and father of behaviouristic school of psychology defined ‘Psychology’ as the science of _________.
(a) Soul
(b) Consciousness
(c) Mind
(d) Behaviour
Answer. D

Question. E.B. Titchener (1867-1927) defined ‘Psychology’ as the science of_________.
(a) Conscious Experience
(b) Science of Mind
(c) Science of Experience
(d) Science of Soul
Answer. A

Question. Who defined ‘Psychology’ as the scientific study of activities of organism in relation to its environment?
(a) J.BWatson
(b) Sigmund Freud
(c) Wood worth
(d) William James
Answer. C

Question. “S-R” concept was first established by _________.
(a) J.BWatson
(b) Wilhelm Wundt
(c) William James
(d) I.P. Pavlov
Answer. A

Question. Rejecting the concept of “S-R” connectionism, further “S-O-R” concept was developed by _________.
(a) Woodworth
(b) C.G. Jung
(c) E.B. Titchener
(d) Sigmund Freud
Answer. A

Question. Who defined “Psychology as the science of immediate experience with consciousness being the main subject matter”?
(a) E.B. Titchener
(b) William James
(c) Sigmund Freud
(d) Wilhelm Wundt
Answer. A & D

Question. Who is the founder and principal proponent of psychoanalysis _________.
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) E.B Titchener
(c) C.G. Jung
(d) Alfred Adler
Answer. A

Question. Who is the psychologist who constructed the first intelligence test?
(a) William James
(b) J. B. Watson
(c) William Mc Dougall
(d) Alfred Binet
Answer. D

Question. The occurrence of ‘O’ in ‘S-O-R’ concept is responsible in regulating the behavior of the organism and making psychological activity _________.
(a) Complex
(b) Dynamic
(c) Fixed
(d) Puzzled
Answer. B

Question. Anything which evokes a response in the Organism is called.
(a) Stimulus
(b) Thing
(c) Situation
(d) Incidence
Answer. A

Question. The method of ‘Field Observation’ is always considered as _________.
(a) Subjective
(b) Complex
(c) Neutral
(d) Objective
Answer. D

Question. To study Abnormal Psychology means, to study mainly the nature of _________.
(a) Normality of mind
(b) Unconscious level of mind
(c) Subconscious level of mind
(d) Abnormality of mind
Answer. B

Question. Clinical Psychology deals with the practical aspect of _________.
(a) Abnormal Psychology
(b) Educational Psychology
(c) Child Psychology
(d) Experimental Psychology
Answer. A

Question. Sigmund Freud is regarded as the father of _________ in psychology.
(a) Gestalt school
(b) Behaviouristic school
(c) Functionalistic school
(d) Psychoanalytic school
Answer. D

Question. Ebbinghuas, had done the pioneering experiments on _________.
(a) Perception
(b) Emotion
(c) Memory
(d) Thinking
Answer. C

Question. Science is invariably characterised by_________.
(a) Its methodology
(b) Its theory
(c) Its fact
(d) Its hypothesis
Answer. A

Question. General psychology deals with _______.
(a) Personality
(b) Development
(c) Intelligent
(d) Fundamentals of all branches of psychology
Answer. D

Question. Industrial Psychology is _________.
(a) Theoretical Psychology
(b) Applied Psychology
(c) Educational Psychology
(d) Abnormal Psychology
Answer. B

Question. Developmental Psychology studies_________.
(a) Personality
(b) Motivation
(c) Intelligence
(d) Various stages of development of man
Answer. D

Question. Abnormal Psychology is concerned with_________.
(a) Developmental stages of individual
(b) Diagnosis of abnormal behaviour
(c) Abnormal behaviour and its causes
(d) Treatment of abnormal behaviour
Answer. C

Question. Social Psychology deals with ________.
(a) Behaviour of an individual at work
(b) Behaviour and experience in social situations
(c) Behaviour of ethnic groups
(d) Abnormal Behaviour of people
Answer. B

Question. Psychology is the science studying the behaviour of _________.
(a) Mankind
(b) Living Organism
(c) Animals
(d) Plants
Answer. B

Question. Some of the most useful knowledge of human perception has borrowed from _________.
(a) Chemistry
(b) Physics
(c) Sociology
(d) Zoology
Answer. B

Question. A major part of developmental psychology is devoted to the understanding of behaviour of _________.
(a) Children
(b) Adolescents
(c) Women
(d) Old people
Answer. A

Question. Who is the founder of ‘Individual Psychology’?
(a) David Hull
(b) Thorndike
(c) Alfred Binet
(d) Alfred Adler
Answer. D

Question. From the following pioneered psychologist who is associated with Behaviourism?
(a) B.F. Skinner
(b) William James
(c) Megde Arnold
(d) David Hull
Answer. A

Question. Who is recognised as the father of psychoanalysis?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Tolman
(c) Alfred Adler
(d) William James
Answer. A

Question. Wolf Gang Kohler was associated with_________ school of psychology.
(a) Social Psychology
(b) Gestalt Psychology
(c) Industrial Psychology
(d) Educational Psychology
Answer. B

Question. The “Law of effect” was coined by_________.
(a) Skinner
(b) Pavlov
(c) Kohler
(d) Thorndike
Answer. D

Question. Archetype is a terminology associated with _________.
(a) Jung
(b) Freud
(c) Adler
(d) Skinner
Answer. C

Question. Who established the first experimental psychological laboratory?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) B.F. Skinner
(c) Evan Pavlov
(d) Wilhelm Wundt
Answer. D

Question. Who is the valuable contributor in insightful learning?
(a) Throndike
(b) B.F. Skinner
(c) Evan Pavlov
(d) Kohler
Answer. D

Question. The most pioneered contributor to Behavioural school of psychology is _________.
(a) Freud
(b) Allport
(c) Watson
(d) Fechner
Answer. C

Question. Wilhelm Wundt established the first laboratory of experimental psychology at _________.
(a) Greenwich
(b) Zurich
(c) Leipzig
(d) Munich
Answer. C

Question. From the following psychologist, who rejected introspection as a method of psychology _________.
(a) B.F. Skinner
(b) Fulton
(c) Cattell
(d) J.B.Watson
Answer. D

Question. In which method of study of psychology, independent and dependent variable are important elements.
(a) Introspection Method
(b) Experimental Method
(c) Observational Method
(d) Case History Method
Answer. B

Question. In _________ method of study in psychology, passive study and analysis of human behaviour is usually done.
(a) Introspection Method
(b) Experimental Method
(c) Observational Method
(d) Genetic Method
Answer. C

Question. In the simplest experimental method, ‘E’ manipulates _________.
(a) One Variable
(b) Two Variables
(c) Three Variables
(d) Four Variables
Answer. A

Question. What it is called, when more than one independent variable works in an experimental situation.
(a) Situational Crisis
(b) Interaction
(c) Multisituational Effect
(d) Variable Crisis
Answer. B

Question. Who has been considered as the father of psychoanalysis method of study _________?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) E.B Titchener
(c) C.G. Jung
(d) Alfred Adler
Answer. A

Question. Who has been credited as the first developer of first intelligence test and made important contributions to our understanding of the thought process?
(a) William James
(b) Alfred Binet
(c) William McDougall
(d) J.B. Watson
Answer. B

Question. The concepts like “Introspection” and “Conscious Experience” are associated with _________.
(a) Functionalism
(b) Behaviourism
(c) Structuralism
(d) Gestalt Psychology
Answer. C

Question. A Provisional theory to explain observed facts is known as _________.
(a) Construct
(b) Theory
(c) Hypothesis
(d) Event
Answer. C

Question. _________ is the least noticeable value of stimulus.
(a) Stimulus Threshold
(b) Response Threshold
(c) Hypothesis
(d) Problem
Answer. A

Question. Which one of the following approaches tries to analyze human behaviour in terms of stimulus-response units acquired through the process of learning, mainly through instrumental conditioning.
(a) Cognitive Approach
(b) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
(c) Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic Approach
(d) Existential Approach
Answer. C

True or False

Question. As psychology is a science, psychologist use empirical methods in their studies and most frequently rely on sensory experience.
Answer. True

Question. The movement of the flies are studied in Ergonomics.
Answer. True

Question. Psychologist concerned with human behaviour only.
Answer. False

Question. Behaviourist perceive nature as the significant factor.
Answer. False

Question. William James propounded behaviourism.
Answer. False

Question. Kohler is associated with behaviourism.
Answer. False

Question. Skinner is famous for principles of reinforcement.
Answer. True

Question. Chimpanzees were the subject of Pavlov’s Conditioning.
Answer. False

Question. Purposive theory of learning was proposed by Tolman.
Answer. True

Question. Thorndike and Law of Effect are associated each other.
Answer. True

Guidelines to Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) Type Questions
(a) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is the correct explanation of ‘A’
(b) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true but ‘R’ is not the correct explanation of ‘A’
(c) ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false
(d) ‘A’ is false ‘R’ is true

Question.A. Political psychology is not a part of military psychology.
R. Political psychology does not deal with war.
Answer. B

Question.A. The psychologists working in public sector are not very successful
R. Public sector is more bureaucratic.
Answer. B

Question.A. Skinner is a behaviouristic.
R. Classical condition is his contribution?
Answer. C

Question.A. The consulting psychologists are more successful.
R. They help people to help themselves.
Answer. A

Question.A. J. B Watson is consider as the father of behaviouristic approach.
R. J. B. Watson established the behaviourstic School.
Answer. A

More Question-

Q1- Define the term ‘psychology’. 
Q2- Explain the term ‘psychology’. 
Q3- What are the two kinds of behaviours? Explain with the help of examples. 
Q4- Discuss the status of psychology as a discipline. 
Q5- Answer these:
(i) What is hypothetico-deductive model? 
(ii) What is a ‘theory’? 
Q6- Explain briefly how psychology is viewed as a social science. 
Q7- Define the term ‘psychoneuroimmmunology’. 
Q8- Write short notes on the following:
(i) Structuralism
(ii) Functionalism
(iii) Gestalt psychology
(iv) Behaviourism
(v) Cognitive psychology
Q9- Briefly explain the terms: 
(i) Psychoanalysis
(ii) Humanistic psychology
(iii) Constructivism
Q10- Write short notes on the following: 
(ii) Biological psychology
(iii) Developmental psychology
(iv) Industrial psychology
(v) Educational psychology
Q11- Briefly explain the following branches of psychology:
(i) Social psychology
(ii) Cross-cultural and cultural psychology
(iii) Environmental psychology
(iv) Health psychology
(v) Educational psychology
(vi) Sports psychology
Q12- Differentiate between the two:
(i) Psychiatrist and clinical psychologist
(ii) Clinical psychologist and counselor