Class 12 Psychology – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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Wilhelm Wundt set up the world's first psychology laboratory in 1879 at which university?
Chapter 1: Psychology: A Scientific Discipline
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Answer: B. University of Leipzig
Wundt's 1879 laboratory at the University of Leipzig, Germany, is taken as the official start of psychology as a separate science.A girl's mental age is 15 years and her chronological age is 12 years. What is her IQ?
Chapter 2: Intelligence
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Answer: C. 125
IQ = (Mental Age ÷ Chronological Age) × 100 = (15 ÷ 12) × 100 = 125.According to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence, how many independent types of intelligence are there?
Chapter 2: Intelligence
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Answer: D. Nine
Gardner said there are nine independent types of intelligence, such as linguistic and logical-mathematical.In Allport's theory, a single highly dominant trait that shapes a person's behaviour for the whole life (e.g. humanitarianism in Mother Teresa) is called a:
Chapter 3: Personality
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Answer: A. Cardinal trait
Allport called such a life-dominating trait a cardinal trait; secondary traits are situational and minor.The Big Five Factor Model of personality (OCEAN) was developed by:
Chapter 3: Personality
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Answer: C. Robert McCrae and Paul Costa
Robert McCrae and Paul Costa (1987) developed the five-factor (OCEAN) theory of personality.In creative thinking, which stage comes when, after initial failure, a person leaves the problem aside and gets busy with unrelated things, before the solution suddenly appears?
Chapter 4: Cognitive Processes
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Answer: B. Incubation
This is incubation: the person stops consciously working on the problem, and it is followed by the sudden appearance of the solution.In Plutchik's model of eight basic emotions, which emotion is the polar opposite of joy?
Chapter 5: Emotions
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Answer: C. Sadness
Plutchik paired each primary emotion with an opposite: joy is opposite to sadness, and fear is opposite to anger.The Illness-Wellness Continuum model (1972), used in the textbook to explain mental wellness, was given by:
Chapter 6: Psychological Disorders
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Answer: A. John Travis
The book explains the mental wellness continuum with the Illness-Wellness Continuum model given by John Travis in 1972.In the ALGEE action plan for mental health first aid, what does the letter 'L' stand for?
Chapter 7: First Aid in Mental Health
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Answer: B. Listen non-judgmentally
ALGEE: Approach, assess and assist; Listen non-judgmentally; Give support and information; Encourage professional help; Encourage self help.Who officially introduced Positive Psychology as a subfield by making it the theme of the American Psychological Association conference in 1998?
Chapter 8: Positive Psychology
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Answer: D. Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman chose Positive Psychology as the APA conference theme in 1998, officially starting the subfield.
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