AHSEC/ASSEB CLASS 11 Education
Important MCQs for Exam
Chapter 6: Bases and Direction of Human Behaviour
1. Who is known as the founder of the school of Behaviourism?
a) William James
b) Sigmund Freud
c) J.B. Watson
d) Carl Rogers
Answer: c) J.B. Watson
2. What does the term 'instinct' originate from?
a) Latin term ‘Instinctus’
b) Greek term ‘Instinctos’
c) French term ‘Instincte’
d) German term ‘Instinkten’
Answer: a) Latin term ‘Instinctus’
3. Which psychologist is associated with the hierarchy of needs?
a) Freud
b) Maslow
c) Skinner
d) Rogers
Answer: b) Maslow
4. Which book was written by Charles Darwin?
a) The Descent of Man
b) Behaviourism
c) The Principles of Psychology
d) The Origin of Emotions
Answer: a) The Descent of Man
5. Which type of behaviour is not directly observable?
a) Overt behaviour
b) Covert behaviour
c) Reflex behaviour
d) Instinctive behaviour
Answer: b) Covert behaviour
6. What is the primary aim of every organism?
a) Adaptation
b) Existence
c) Reproduction
d) Evolution
Answer: b) Existence
7. What is the meaning of the term 'Catharsis'?
a) Emotional repression
b) Purging out emotions
c) Control of emotions
d) Avoidance of emotions
Answer: b) Purging out emotions
8. Which psychologist classified major instincts in adults and infants?
a) William James
b) Freud
c) Watson
d) Skinner
Answer: a) William James
9. Which need is at the base of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
a) Safety needs
b) Social needs
c) Physiological needs
d) Esteem needs
Answer: c) Physiological needs
10. What is the relationship between need, drive, and motive?
a) Needs create motives, motives create drives
b) Drives create needs, needs create motives
c) Motives create drives, drives create needs
d) Needs create drives, drives create motives
Answer: d) Needs create drives, drives create motives
11. Who introduced the concept of instinct modification?
a) Watson
b) William James
c) Freud
d) McDougall
Answer: d) McDougall
12. What is sublimation?
a) Suppression of emotions
b) Transformation of instincts into socially acceptable forms
c) Removal of instincts
d) Emotional breakdown
Answer: b) Transformation of instincts into socially acceptable forms
13. What type of behaviour includes physical reactions to stimuli?
a) Reflex behaviour
b) Instinctive behaviour
c) Overt behaviour
d) Covert behaviour
Answer: c) Overt behaviour
14. What emotion is strongly associated with self-preservation?
a) Fear
b) Anger
c) Love
d) Jealousy
Answer: a) Fear
15. Which method is used to discourage harmful instincts?
a) Catharsis
b) Pleasure principle
c) Pain principle
d) Sublimation
Answer: c) Pain principle
16. Who emphasized the similarity between human characteristics and higher animals?
a) Darwin
b) Freud
c) Watson
d) Maslow
Answer: a) Darwin
17. What does the S-R-B formula stand for?
a) Stimulus-Response-Behaviour
b) Sensation-Reaction-Behaviour
c) Signal-Response-Behaviour
d) Stimulus-Reaction-Balance
Answer: a) Stimulus-Response-Behaviour
18. Which method involves substitution of an instinct with an acceptable activity?
a) Sublimation
b) Repression
c) Substitution principle
d) Catharsis
Answer: c) Substitution principle
19. Which psychologist used instincts to explain behaviour?
a) Freud
b) Watson
c) McDougall
d) Skinner
Answer: c) McDougall
20. What is the primary role of instincts?
a) To fulfill complex desires
b) To maintain life and preserve races
c) To develop intelligence
d) To suppress emotions
Answer: b) To maintain life and preserve races
21. What does emotion mean?
a) Rational behavior
b) Instinctive reaction
c) Strong feelings
d) Logical thinking
Answer: c) Strong feelings
22. Which is an example of quasi-instinct?
a) Hunger
b) Fear
c) Sympathy
d) Anger
Answer: c) Sympathy
23. What is the key difference between instinct and reflex?
a) Instincts are voluntary, reflexes are not
b) Reflexes are unmodifiable, instincts are not
c) Reflexes involve mental processes
d) Instincts are automatic
Answer: b) Reflexes are unmodifiable, instincts are not
24. Which psychologist highlighted the importance of environmental factors in behaviour?
a) Freud
b) Darwin
c) Watson
d) Maslow
Answer: b) Darwin
25. What are the two main dimensions of behaviour?
a) Reflex and Habit
b) Overt and Covert
c) Conscious and Unconscious
d) Instinct and Drive
Answer: b) Overt and Covert
26. Which psychologist emphasized that instincts are modifiable by habits?
a) Watson
b) James
c) Freud
d) Skinner
Answer: b) James
27. Which need arises after physiological needs are met?
a) Esteem needs
b) Safety needs
c) Social needs
d) Self-actualization needs
Answer: b) Safety needs
28. Which principle reduces harmful instinctive behaviour?
a) Pleasure principle
b) Pain principle
c) Catharsis
d) Sublimation
Answer: b) Pain principle
29. Who gave the famous nature vs. nurture controversy?
a) Freud
b) Darwin
c) Watson
d) Maslow
Answer: b) Darwin
30. What are instincts classified as?
a) Inborn tendencies
b) Acquired skills
c) Rational thoughts
d) Learned reactions
Answer: a) Inborn tendencies
31. Who introduced the term ‘instinct’ in psychology?
a) William James
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Charles Darwin
d) J.B. Watson
Answer: a) William James
32. What is the primary characteristic of reflex action?
a) Voluntary
b) Conscious
c) Involuntary
d) Habitual
Answer: c) Involuntary
33. What does ‘homeostasis’ refer to?
a) Emotional balance
b) Biological balance
c) Instinctual reaction
d) Learned response
Answer: b) Biological balance
34. Which need dominates according to Maslow’s hierarchy if lower needs are unmet?
a) Safety needs
b) Esteem needs
c) Physiological needs
d) Social needs
Answer: c) Physiological needs
35. What type of behaviour is developed through experience and practice?
a) Reflexive
b) Instinctive
c) Habitual
d) Emotional
Answer: c) Habitual
36. Which part of the brain regulates emotions?
a) Cerebrum
b) Hypothalamus
c) Medulla Oblongata
d) Cerebellum
Answer: b) Hypothalamus
37. Which principle explains the avoidance of unpleasant situations?
a) Pleasure Principle
b) Sublimation
c) Pain Principle
d) Catharsis
Answer: c) Pain Principle
38. What is the term for an emotional reaction without a clear cause?
a) Mood
b) Feeling
c) Anxiety
d) Instinct
Answer: c) Anxiety
39. Who developed the theory of classical conditioning?
a) Skinner
b) Pavlov
c) Watson
d) Freud
Answer: b) Pavlov
40. What type of motivation comes from within an individual?
a) Extrinsic motivation
b) Intrinsic motivation
c) Primary drive
d) Reflexive motivation
Answer: b) Intrinsic motivation
41. What do drives primarily aim to reduce?
a) Pleasure
b) Discomfort
c) Motivation
d) Satisfaction
Answer: b) Discomfort
42. What is the highest level in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
a) Esteem needs
b) Self-actualization
c) Safety needs
d) Social needs
Answer: b) Self-actualization
43. Which emotion is associated with self-defense and survival?
a) Anger
b) Love
c) Fear
d) Jealousy
Answer: c) Fear
44. Which psychologist introduced the concept of ‘defense mechanisms’?
a) Freud
b) Watson
c) Skinner
d) Darwin
Answer: a) Freud
45. Which term refers to learned emotional responses?
a) Reflex
b) Instinct
c) Habit
d) Conditioned response
Answer: d) Conditioned response
46. What is the key factor in the development of habits?
a) Fear
b) Repetition
c) Instinct
d) Reflex
Answer: b) Repetition
47. What regulates physiological drives like hunger and thirst?
a) Cerebrum
b) Hypothalamus
c) Amygdala
d) Thalamus
Answer: b) Hypothalamus
48. Which behaviorist is associated with operant conditioning?
a) Pavlov
b) Freud
c) Skinner
d) Watson
Answer: c) Skinner
49. What is the term for emotional release through talking or expression?
a) Repression
b) Catharsis
c) Sublimation
d) Rationalization
Answer: b) Catharsis
50. What is an example of an innate emotional response?
a) Crying at birth
b) Learning to read
c) Solving a puzzle
d) Singing a song
Answer: a) Crying at birth
51. What is a conditioned reflex?
a) An automatic response
b) A learned response to a specific stimulus
c) An inborn action
d) An emotional response
Answer: b) A learned response to a specific stimulus
52. What type of behaviour is directly observable?
a) Covert
b) Reflexive
c) Overt
d) Instinctive
Answer: c) Overt
53. What are primary drives?
a) Social drives
b) Acquired drives
c) Innate drives
d) Emotional drives
Answer: c) Innate drives
54. Which emotion is associated with love and care?
a) Fear
b) Anger
c) Sympathy
d) Jealousy
Answer: c) Sympathy
55. Which principle motivates action towards pleasure?
a) Pain principle
b) Reality principle
c) Pleasure principle
d) Fear principle
Answer: c) Pleasure principle
56. Who proposed the theory of instinctual drives?
a) Freud
b) Darwin
c) Watson
d) Skinner
Answer: a) Freud
57. What is the primary function of emotions?
a) Intelligence
b) Motivation
c) Communication
d) Reasoning
Answer: c) Communication
58. What type of needs follow safety needs in Maslow's hierarchy?
a) Physiological needs
b) Esteem needs
c) Social needs
d) Self-actualization
Answer: c) Social needs
59. Which hormone is associated with stress response?
a) Adrenaline
b) Insulin
c) Melatonin
d) Dopamine
Answer: a) Adrenaline
60. What drives motivated behaviour according to Freud?
a) Love and fear
b) Pleasure and pain
c) Life and death instincts
d) Curiosity and habit
Answer: c) Life and death instincts
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