Psych 102 UBC -Second Half Questions With Complete
Solutions
"Sally-Anne Task" / "False Belief Task" Correct Answers •
Sally hides an object in one location
• When Sally is away, Anne moves the object to another
location
• When Sally returns, where will she look?
• To succeed, the child needs to understand that Sally's
knowledge is different from the child's
"The most important effect in psychology" Correct Answers
Fundamental attribution error
2 types of Mood Disorders Correct Answers Depression
Bipolar Disorder
4 Criteria for diagnosing psychological disorders Correct
Answers 1. The diagnosis must distinguish from other, similar
diagnoses FINISH
2 .The diagnosis must predict behaviour, such as performance
on a test or in everyday life FINISH
3 .The diagnosis must predict family history of disorders
FINISH
4. The diagnosis must predict outcomes- what will happen to the
person over time (e.g. the depressed individual will continue
being bedridden)
,Active control is important because... Correct Answers • It still
gives the patient interaction with another person.
• It can act as a placebo.
• It allows us to measure efficacy by comparing the proposed
treatment to the standard or fake treatment.
Actor- Observer Effect Correct Answers the fact that we
commit the fundamental attribution error when we are judging
others, but we are rarely decide that our bad behaviour is
because of our own dispositions
agency Correct Answers detecting and evaluating others
agent Correct Answers physical being that is capable of
detecting and influencing its environment
Aggression Correct Answers behaviour done with the intention
of physically, mentally, or socially hunting or killing another
living being
Agoraphobia Correct Answers the fear of being in public
places, usually leading to people staying inside their homes at all
times.
All modern theories of cognitive development agree that
children.... Correct Answers Children can learn in varied and
unpredictable ways.
,Babies and young children know much more about the world
that we
ever thought.
Children can go beyond their perception and use logical thinking
much earlier than we ever expected.
Altruism Correct Answers behaviours that are done for the pure
benefit of others
gives a clear advantage to the group but at cost of the individual
ex. increasing the chance of somebody else's survival at the
express of your own
Alzheimer's Disease Correct Answers the most common form
of dementia; includes significant loss of working and episodic
memory, problems with finding words, reasoning, spatial
navigation, an issues with controlling emotions.
Antisocial Personality Disorder Correct Answers a
dramatic/erratic personality disorder associated with a pervasive
pattern of disregard for others and high impulsivity that begins
in childhood and continues into adulthood (diagnosis only after
age 18).
disruptions of amygdala and feeling fear
Anxiety Disorders Correct Answers the class of mental
disorders in which anxiety or excessive fear in response to some
stimulus or situation is the dominant characteristic
, Are stereotypes accurate? Correct Answers No, usually they are
often inaccurate and hard to validate
Asch Conformity Experiment Correct Answers an extremely
influential experiment demonstrating how easy it is to conform.
Participant are brought in and asked to a simply identify which
of three presented lines is as long as another.
In reality, only one person is really a participant, and the rest are
actors who will purposefully choose the wrong lines to see if the
participant conforms. The actors do so in a calm, nonchalant
way.
The finding: 70% of participants went with the group and
identified the incorrect line as the correct answer (even though it
was blatantly obvious which line is correct).
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Correct
Answers a persistent pattern of problems with paying attention
and/or with hyperactive behaviour or impulsiveness that causes
a significant impairment in functioning.
5% of population
Attitudes Correct Answers enduring feelings and beliefs that
predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people,
and events.
Solutions
"Sally-Anne Task" / "False Belief Task" Correct Answers •
Sally hides an object in one location
• When Sally is away, Anne moves the object to another
location
• When Sally returns, where will she look?
• To succeed, the child needs to understand that Sally's
knowledge is different from the child's
"The most important effect in psychology" Correct Answers
Fundamental attribution error
2 types of Mood Disorders Correct Answers Depression
Bipolar Disorder
4 Criteria for diagnosing psychological disorders Correct
Answers 1. The diagnosis must distinguish from other, similar
diagnoses FINISH
2 .The diagnosis must predict behaviour, such as performance
on a test or in everyday life FINISH
3 .The diagnosis must predict family history of disorders
FINISH
4. The diagnosis must predict outcomes- what will happen to the
person over time (e.g. the depressed individual will continue
being bedridden)
,Active control is important because... Correct Answers • It still
gives the patient interaction with another person.
• It can act as a placebo.
• It allows us to measure efficacy by comparing the proposed
treatment to the standard or fake treatment.
Actor- Observer Effect Correct Answers the fact that we
commit the fundamental attribution error when we are judging
others, but we are rarely decide that our bad behaviour is
because of our own dispositions
agency Correct Answers detecting and evaluating others
agent Correct Answers physical being that is capable of
detecting and influencing its environment
Aggression Correct Answers behaviour done with the intention
of physically, mentally, or socially hunting or killing another
living being
Agoraphobia Correct Answers the fear of being in public
places, usually leading to people staying inside their homes at all
times.
All modern theories of cognitive development agree that
children.... Correct Answers Children can learn in varied and
unpredictable ways.
,Babies and young children know much more about the world
that we
ever thought.
Children can go beyond their perception and use logical thinking
much earlier than we ever expected.
Altruism Correct Answers behaviours that are done for the pure
benefit of others
gives a clear advantage to the group but at cost of the individual
ex. increasing the chance of somebody else's survival at the
express of your own
Alzheimer's Disease Correct Answers the most common form
of dementia; includes significant loss of working and episodic
memory, problems with finding words, reasoning, spatial
navigation, an issues with controlling emotions.
Antisocial Personality Disorder Correct Answers a
dramatic/erratic personality disorder associated with a pervasive
pattern of disregard for others and high impulsivity that begins
in childhood and continues into adulthood (diagnosis only after
age 18).
disruptions of amygdala and feeling fear
Anxiety Disorders Correct Answers the class of mental
disorders in which anxiety or excessive fear in response to some
stimulus or situation is the dominant characteristic
, Are stereotypes accurate? Correct Answers No, usually they are
often inaccurate and hard to validate
Asch Conformity Experiment Correct Answers an extremely
influential experiment demonstrating how easy it is to conform.
Participant are brought in and asked to a simply identify which
of three presented lines is as long as another.
In reality, only one person is really a participant, and the rest are
actors who will purposefully choose the wrong lines to see if the
participant conforms. The actors do so in a calm, nonchalant
way.
The finding: 70% of participants went with the group and
identified the incorrect line as the correct answer (even though it
was blatantly obvious which line is correct).
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Correct
Answers a persistent pattern of problems with paying attention
and/or with hyperactive behaviour or impulsiveness that causes
a significant impairment in functioning.
5% of population
Attitudes Correct Answers enduring feelings and beliefs that
predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people,
and events.
