PSS120:EXAM PREP EXAM WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST 2025-
2026 ALREADY GRADED A+
John and Carol's teenage son, Elliot, has asked them for permission to attend a
weekend party at the beach house of a friend's parents. For reasons they will
not discuss with their son, they've decided to withhold their consent, and
inform Elliot of their decision. Elliot accepts the ruling without protest, as he's
learned from experience that further discussion would not only be fruitless but
also might result in punishment. Diana Baumrind would most likely describe
Bob and Carol's parenting style as? - ANSWERS-Authoritarian.
Observational learning in which a human learns to reproduce behaviour
exhibited by another is called? - ANSWERS-Modelling.
Neuroimaging studies indicate that whereas categorising at the superordinate
level requires verbal memory retrieval, while categorising at the basic level
requires?> - ANSWERS-Visual attention.
,Research with the fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) has indicated
that working memory? - ANSWERS-Actually consists of several independent
components.
Masserman et al conducted a study in which monkeys who had learned to pull a
lever to receive food began to starve themselves because the pulling of the
lever would also send an electric shock to another monkey. This study supports
the claim that? - ANSWERS-Both human and animal behaviour is motivated by
empathic distress.
To do well, to succeed, and to avoid failure, all refer to the need for? -
ANSWERS-Achievement.
Within multicultural populations such as those in Australia and New Zealand,
many groups defines themselves not only by nationality but also by? -
ANSWERS-Ethnic identity.
In vicarious learning? - ANSWERS-A person learns consequences of an action by
watching someone else's results.
Which practice did the government endorse to replace protection and
segregation? - ANSWERS-Assimilation.
,Measurement is? - ANSWERS-A concrete way of assessing a variable.
What best states the results of the Harlow study, mentioned in your textbook
that sets out to explain how infant monkeys become emotionally attached to
their mothers? - ANSWERS-The infants are drawn to their mothers by the
security and comfort their mothers provide.
In his classic series of experiments using rhesus monkeys, Harry Harlow
observed that the crucial element in forming attachment relationships in
primates is? - ANSWERS-Contact Comfort.
On the WAIS-III, the average IQ score ranges between? - ANSWERS-85-115.
Insight is? - ANSWERS-The sudden understanding of the relationship between a
problem and a solution.
Learning a second language is? - ANSWERS-Easier for a child than an adult.
In the study of the impact of mood on memory mentioned in your textbook,
Bower hypnotised participants to feel either happy or sad. In this study,
happiness and sadness are the two? - ANSWERS-Conditions of the independent
variable.
It is not uncommon to hear a current supermodel state that s/he was rarely
asked out on a date as an adolescent. According to your text, this is because? -
, ANSWERS-People tend to choose partners they perceive to be of equal
attractiveness to themselves.
Research shows that speed of processing correlates with? - ANSWERS-Academic
achievement.
Good psychological research should be? - ANSWERS-Grounded in theory and
use standardised procedures.
One of the limitations of the experimental method is? - ANSWERS-Difficulty in
establishing external validity.
Case studies are? - ANSWERS-Subject to more researcher bias than other
approaches.
Although most studies conducted regarding the importance of physical
attractiveness imply that appearance is the most important criteria to almost
everyone, this conclusion is erroneous because? - ANSWERS-Most of these
studies were conducted with university students who tend to put a greater
emphasis on appearance than do people in their later twenties or older.
What is the importance of random sampling in survey research? - ANSWERS-To
ensure that survey results accurately reflect the population as a whole without
introducing systematic bias.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST 2025-
2026 ALREADY GRADED A+
John and Carol's teenage son, Elliot, has asked them for permission to attend a
weekend party at the beach house of a friend's parents. For reasons they will
not discuss with their son, they've decided to withhold their consent, and
inform Elliot of their decision. Elliot accepts the ruling without protest, as he's
learned from experience that further discussion would not only be fruitless but
also might result in punishment. Diana Baumrind would most likely describe
Bob and Carol's parenting style as? - ANSWERS-Authoritarian.
Observational learning in which a human learns to reproduce behaviour
exhibited by another is called? - ANSWERS-Modelling.
Neuroimaging studies indicate that whereas categorising at the superordinate
level requires verbal memory retrieval, while categorising at the basic level
requires?> - ANSWERS-Visual attention.
,Research with the fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) has indicated
that working memory? - ANSWERS-Actually consists of several independent
components.
Masserman et al conducted a study in which monkeys who had learned to pull a
lever to receive food began to starve themselves because the pulling of the
lever would also send an electric shock to another monkey. This study supports
the claim that? - ANSWERS-Both human and animal behaviour is motivated by
empathic distress.
To do well, to succeed, and to avoid failure, all refer to the need for? -
ANSWERS-Achievement.
Within multicultural populations such as those in Australia and New Zealand,
many groups defines themselves not only by nationality but also by? -
ANSWERS-Ethnic identity.
In vicarious learning? - ANSWERS-A person learns consequences of an action by
watching someone else's results.
Which practice did the government endorse to replace protection and
segregation? - ANSWERS-Assimilation.
,Measurement is? - ANSWERS-A concrete way of assessing a variable.
What best states the results of the Harlow study, mentioned in your textbook
that sets out to explain how infant monkeys become emotionally attached to
their mothers? - ANSWERS-The infants are drawn to their mothers by the
security and comfort their mothers provide.
In his classic series of experiments using rhesus monkeys, Harry Harlow
observed that the crucial element in forming attachment relationships in
primates is? - ANSWERS-Contact Comfort.
On the WAIS-III, the average IQ score ranges between? - ANSWERS-85-115.
Insight is? - ANSWERS-The sudden understanding of the relationship between a
problem and a solution.
Learning a second language is? - ANSWERS-Easier for a child than an adult.
In the study of the impact of mood on memory mentioned in your textbook,
Bower hypnotised participants to feel either happy or sad. In this study,
happiness and sadness are the two? - ANSWERS-Conditions of the independent
variable.
It is not uncommon to hear a current supermodel state that s/he was rarely
asked out on a date as an adolescent. According to your text, this is because? -
, ANSWERS-People tend to choose partners they perceive to be of equal
attractiveness to themselves.
Research shows that speed of processing correlates with? - ANSWERS-Academic
achievement.
Good psychological research should be? - ANSWERS-Grounded in theory and
use standardised procedures.
One of the limitations of the experimental method is? - ANSWERS-Difficulty in
establishing external validity.
Case studies are? - ANSWERS-Subject to more researcher bias than other
approaches.
Although most studies conducted regarding the importance of physical
attractiveness imply that appearance is the most important criteria to almost
everyone, this conclusion is erroneous because? - ANSWERS-Most of these
studies were conducted with university students who tend to put a greater
emphasis on appearance than do people in their later twenties or older.
What is the importance of random sampling in survey research? - ANSWERS-To
ensure that survey results accurately reflect the population as a whole without
introducing systematic bias.
