MCAT Psychology Study
Practice Questions with Latest
2025-2026 Correct Answers
GRADED A+
Bystander effect
- ANS - individuals do not intervene to help victims when
others are present
Social Loafing
- ANS - tendency of individuals to put in less effort when in a
group setting than individually
In studies of bystander intervention, which variable is
typically found to be positively correlated with the time it
takes for an individual to offer help in case of emergency?
A. The severity of the emergency
B. The number of bystanders who witness the emergency
C. The individual's level of altruism as assessed by a
standardized measure
,D. The degree to which altruism is a part of the individual's
self-image
- ANS - B. The number of bystanders who witness the
emergency
An individual arrives late at a meeting. Which explanation for
being tardy is consistent with self-serving bias? The individual
will attribute being late to:
A. an uncontrollable personality trait.
B. a situational variable.
C. a controllable personality trait.
D. a stable variable.
- ANS - B. a situational variable.
Self-serving bias
- ANS - the tendency for people to view their own success
based on internal factors and failures on external factors
Actor-observer bias
- ANS - the tendency to blame our actions on the situation and
blame the actions of others on their personalities
, A researcher interested in actor-observer bias asks a group of
viewer participants to watch a target participant work on a
series of puzzles. Which two variables is the researcher most
likely to compare in this study?
A. The viewers' memory for the puzzles and the target's
memory for the puzzles
B. The viewers' estimate of the difficulty of the puzzles and
the target's estimate of the difficulty of the puzzles
C. The viewers' likelihood of accurately remembering the
target's performance and the target's likelihood of accurately
remembering his or her own performance
D. The viewers' likelihood of attributing the target's
performance to intellect and the target's likelihood of
attributing his or her own success to intellect
- ANS - D. The viewers' likelihood of attributing the target's
performance to intellect and the target's likelihood of
attributing his or her own success to intellect
A public health video designed to promote flu shots shows a
physician from a prestigious institution delivering facts about
how viruses spread. The video also features data on how
viruses can expose the body to serious illnesses. The video
uses all of the following variables to manipulate attitudes
EXCEPT:
Practice Questions with Latest
2025-2026 Correct Answers
GRADED A+
Bystander effect
- ANS - individuals do not intervene to help victims when
others are present
Social Loafing
- ANS - tendency of individuals to put in less effort when in a
group setting than individually
In studies of bystander intervention, which variable is
typically found to be positively correlated with the time it
takes for an individual to offer help in case of emergency?
A. The severity of the emergency
B. The number of bystanders who witness the emergency
C. The individual's level of altruism as assessed by a
standardized measure
,D. The degree to which altruism is a part of the individual's
self-image
- ANS - B. The number of bystanders who witness the
emergency
An individual arrives late at a meeting. Which explanation for
being tardy is consistent with self-serving bias? The individual
will attribute being late to:
A. an uncontrollable personality trait.
B. a situational variable.
C. a controllable personality trait.
D. a stable variable.
- ANS - B. a situational variable.
Self-serving bias
- ANS - the tendency for people to view their own success
based on internal factors and failures on external factors
Actor-observer bias
- ANS - the tendency to blame our actions on the situation and
blame the actions of others on their personalities
, A researcher interested in actor-observer bias asks a group of
viewer participants to watch a target participant work on a
series of puzzles. Which two variables is the researcher most
likely to compare in this study?
A. The viewers' memory for the puzzles and the target's
memory for the puzzles
B. The viewers' estimate of the difficulty of the puzzles and
the target's estimate of the difficulty of the puzzles
C. The viewers' likelihood of accurately remembering the
target's performance and the target's likelihood of accurately
remembering his or her own performance
D. The viewers' likelihood of attributing the target's
performance to intellect and the target's likelihood of
attributing his or her own success to intellect
- ANS - D. The viewers' likelihood of attributing the target's
performance to intellect and the target's likelihood of
attributing his or her own success to intellect
A public health video designed to promote flu shots shows a
physician from a prestigious institution delivering facts about
how viruses spread. The video also features data on how
viruses can expose the body to serious illnesses. The video
uses all of the following variables to manipulate attitudes
EXCEPT:
