AAMC FL 2 PS
Which type of poverty is referenced in the passage?
A.Absolute poverty
B.Marginal poverty
C.Relative poverty
D.Structural poverty - ✔️✔️Relative poverty refers to social disadvantage by income or
wealth as compared to the social advantages linked to income or wealth in a society.
passage specifically discusses social disadvantage
When comparing the color perception of humans and baboons, similarity in which
anatomical structure of the eye is most important?
A.Optic disc
B.Sclera
C.Fovea
D.Lens - ✔️✔️color will always be seen more in the fovea because that is where a ton
of cones are
"During this phase, the target colors included colors all across the blue-green
continuum. The response options were always a focal blue and a focal green." -
✔️✔️So when looking at the graph choices, you need to choose the one where there is
a continuum because baboons did have some responses to it
If the researchers monitored the cortical activity of the baboons as they viewed the color
patches, they would most likely find increased activity in the:
A.occipital cortex.
B.temporal cortex.
C.somatosensory cortex.
D.motor cortex. - ✔️✔️A. Occipital lobe is where vision information is done
Which schedule of reinforcement is used in the color-matching task?
A.Fixed ratio
B.Variable ratio
C.Fixed interval
D.Variable interval
passage: When a correct response was produced, the subject received a banana chip.
When an incorrect response was produced, an aversive procedure was introduced—the
,screen became black and there was a 20-second delay before the experiment
continued. - ✔️✔️A. The passage states that the subjects received a banana chip
every time they responded correctly, which is an example of a fixed ratio schedule of
reinforcement.
The description of assimilation patterns in the passage (final paragraph) suggests that
there is geographic variation in which pair of concepts?
A.Social status and roles
B.Social and cultural capital
C.Cultural values and norms
D.Material and symbolic culture
Passage: Variation regarding how immigrants adopt the local traditions and behavioral
standards in a region can lead to distinct geographic patterns of assimilation. -
✔️✔️assimilation is all about conforming to what the new culture's norms. This goes
along with C.
Which historical factor primarily accounts for the projected increase in the population
aged 65 and older in the United States?
A.The increased immigration rate since the 1950s
B.The increased fertility rate after World War II
C.The sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s
D.The relative deprivation of the Great Depression - ✔️✔️BABY BOOM :)
B.
To explain the demographic dynamics in the passage, a conflict theorist is most likely to
consider the relationship among which factors?
A.Age, medicalization, and the illness experience
B.Generational status, social solidarity, and the welfare state
C.Age, social isolation, and networks of social support
D.Generational status, political power, and resource allocation - ✔️✔️Conflict= power;
D.
A- social constructivism
B- functionalism
C- symbolic interactionism (far stretch)
The aging of the U.S. population is most likely to increase:
A.the dependency ratio.
B.the social gradient in health.
C.the life course perspective.
, D.the intersectionality of medicine. - ✔️✔️A. dependency ratio is when there are more
elderly or super young people relying on other people who are working
Which finding best supports the linguistic relativity hypothesis?
A.All languages have a word for "up" and a word for "down."
B.Humans are better at learning words for primary colors than for secondary colors.
C.Some languages do not have words for "right" and "left."
D.Humans are better at distinguishing colors for which their language has a name. -
✔️✔️D. The linguistic relativity hypothesis says that people distinguish things better
when they understand it from their language. this correlates with D.
source monitoring errors - ✔️✔️misidentifying the origins of our knowledge.
Because the old names had a chance to become a part of your memory, you may
confuse them with famous names in that you might recognize them (since you've
already heard them once). For the new names, you haven't had a chance to associate
them with anything or to ingrain them in your memory, so you shouldn't confuse them
with the old or famous names.
A patient who is experiencing severe marital problems reports having no memory of any
life events surrounding the marriage and the spouse. The patient's memory for other life
events is intact. This patient is most likely to be diagnosed with:
A.a conversion disorder.
B.schizophrenia.
C.retrograde amnesia.
D.a dissociative disorder. - ✔️✔️Key words: patient's memory for other life events is
intact.
B and A are wrong.
When looking at C and D
C- you would not have any recollection of old life events. This proves it wrong.
D is correct. the patient is selectively forgetting distracting elements of his/her life,
indicating a dissociative disorder.
Some studies have found that increases in dopamine activity are associated with
increased reward-seeking motivation. This finding suggests an association between
dopamine levels and which type of learning?
A.Classical conditioning
B.Operant conditioning
C.Latent learning
Which type of poverty is referenced in the passage?
A.Absolute poverty
B.Marginal poverty
C.Relative poverty
D.Structural poverty - ✔️✔️Relative poverty refers to social disadvantage by income or
wealth as compared to the social advantages linked to income or wealth in a society.
passage specifically discusses social disadvantage
When comparing the color perception of humans and baboons, similarity in which
anatomical structure of the eye is most important?
A.Optic disc
B.Sclera
C.Fovea
D.Lens - ✔️✔️color will always be seen more in the fovea because that is where a ton
of cones are
"During this phase, the target colors included colors all across the blue-green
continuum. The response options were always a focal blue and a focal green." -
✔️✔️So when looking at the graph choices, you need to choose the one where there is
a continuum because baboons did have some responses to it
If the researchers monitored the cortical activity of the baboons as they viewed the color
patches, they would most likely find increased activity in the:
A.occipital cortex.
B.temporal cortex.
C.somatosensory cortex.
D.motor cortex. - ✔️✔️A. Occipital lobe is where vision information is done
Which schedule of reinforcement is used in the color-matching task?
A.Fixed ratio
B.Variable ratio
C.Fixed interval
D.Variable interval
passage: When a correct response was produced, the subject received a banana chip.
When an incorrect response was produced, an aversive procedure was introduced—the
,screen became black and there was a 20-second delay before the experiment
continued. - ✔️✔️A. The passage states that the subjects received a banana chip
every time they responded correctly, which is an example of a fixed ratio schedule of
reinforcement.
The description of assimilation patterns in the passage (final paragraph) suggests that
there is geographic variation in which pair of concepts?
A.Social status and roles
B.Social and cultural capital
C.Cultural values and norms
D.Material and symbolic culture
Passage: Variation regarding how immigrants adopt the local traditions and behavioral
standards in a region can lead to distinct geographic patterns of assimilation. -
✔️✔️assimilation is all about conforming to what the new culture's norms. This goes
along with C.
Which historical factor primarily accounts for the projected increase in the population
aged 65 and older in the United States?
A.The increased immigration rate since the 1950s
B.The increased fertility rate after World War II
C.The sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s
D.The relative deprivation of the Great Depression - ✔️✔️BABY BOOM :)
B.
To explain the demographic dynamics in the passage, a conflict theorist is most likely to
consider the relationship among which factors?
A.Age, medicalization, and the illness experience
B.Generational status, social solidarity, and the welfare state
C.Age, social isolation, and networks of social support
D.Generational status, political power, and resource allocation - ✔️✔️Conflict= power;
D.
A- social constructivism
B- functionalism
C- symbolic interactionism (far stretch)
The aging of the U.S. population is most likely to increase:
A.the dependency ratio.
B.the social gradient in health.
C.the life course perspective.
, D.the intersectionality of medicine. - ✔️✔️A. dependency ratio is when there are more
elderly or super young people relying on other people who are working
Which finding best supports the linguistic relativity hypothesis?
A.All languages have a word for "up" and a word for "down."
B.Humans are better at learning words for primary colors than for secondary colors.
C.Some languages do not have words for "right" and "left."
D.Humans are better at distinguishing colors for which their language has a name. -
✔️✔️D. The linguistic relativity hypothesis says that people distinguish things better
when they understand it from their language. this correlates with D.
source monitoring errors - ✔️✔️misidentifying the origins of our knowledge.
Because the old names had a chance to become a part of your memory, you may
confuse them with famous names in that you might recognize them (since you've
already heard them once). For the new names, you haven't had a chance to associate
them with anything or to ingrain them in your memory, so you shouldn't confuse them
with the old or famous names.
A patient who is experiencing severe marital problems reports having no memory of any
life events surrounding the marriage and the spouse. The patient's memory for other life
events is intact. This patient is most likely to be diagnosed with:
A.a conversion disorder.
B.schizophrenia.
C.retrograde amnesia.
D.a dissociative disorder. - ✔️✔️Key words: patient's memory for other life events is
intact.
B and A are wrong.
When looking at C and D
C- you would not have any recollection of old life events. This proves it wrong.
D is correct. the patient is selectively forgetting distracting elements of his/her life,
indicating a dissociative disorder.
Some studies have found that increases in dopamine activity are associated with
increased reward-seeking motivation. This finding suggests an association between
dopamine levels and which type of learning?
A.Classical conditioning
B.Operant conditioning
C.Latent learning
