Chapter 1 : What is Psychology?- Important Questions and Answers

List of Questions and Answers

1.In terms of helping solve an important social problem such as discrimination , the branch of psychology which is most suitable is______________.
(a) Educational
(b) Clinical
(c) Social
(d) Industrial
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Ans: (c) Social

2.The introspective report in an experiment is given by____________ .
(a) Experimenter
(b) Subject
(c) Both the experimenter and subject
(d) None of the above
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Ans: (b) Subject

3.In Psychology the words Psyche and logos are made up of two words which mean:
(a) Psychology is the science of soul
(b) Psychology is the science of conscience experience
(c) Psychology is the science of behaviour
(d) None of the above
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Ans: a) Psychology is the science of soul

4.________ established the first experimental laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
(a) Dr. N.N. Sengupta
(b) Wilhelm Wundt
(c) Dweck
(d) None of the above
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Ans: b) Wilhelm Wundt

5.Where was the first laboratory of modern psychology established?
(a) Moscow
(b) Leipzig
(c) New york
(d) Calcutta
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Ans: b) Leipzig

6.The psychology in which behaviours are studied in a social situation is called:
(a) Social Psychology
(b) General Psychology
(c) Abnormal Psychology
(d) Clinical Psychology
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Ans: a) Social Psychology

7. The first psychology laboratory was established in the year
(a) 1915
(b) 1922
(c) 1986
(d) None of the above
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Ans: a) 1915

8. _____________ studies the changes that occur from infancy to old age.
(a) Developmental Psychology
(b) Biological Psychology
(c) Cognitive Psychology
(d) Health Psychology
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Ans: a) Developmental Psychology

9.________________ work with persons who suffer from motivational and emotional problems.
(a) Counselling psychologists
(b) Clinical psychologists
(c) Community psychologists
(d) Organisational psychologists
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Ans: a) Counselling psychologists

10.Name the psychologist who said psychology as a study of behaviour or responses which can be measured and studied objectively.
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) William James
(c) John Watson
(d) None of the above
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Ans: a) Sigmund Freud

11.___________ first proposed the famous equation B = f(P,E)
(a) Kurt Lewin
(b) William James
(c) John Watson
(d) None of the above
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Ans: a) Kurt Lewin

12.Name the psychologist who founded psychoanalysis.
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) William James
(c) John Watson
(d) None of the above
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Ans: a) Sigmund Freud

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