Psychology: Practice Exam Q&A for Success
Advanced Psychology Exam Preparation
Date: June 11, 2025
A comprehensive test bank of 60 exam-style questions with verified answers for moderate to
very advanced psychology students, covering core and specialized topics for university exam
success.
, Psychology Practice Exam Q&A for Success
Contents 2.25 Very Advanced: SDT in Col-
lectivist Education . . . . . . 5
1 Overview 2 2.26 Moderate: Schizophrenia
DSM-5 Criteria . . . . . . . . 5
2 Exam Questions and Answers 2 2.27 Advanced: Dopamine vs.
2.1 Moderate: Classical vs. Op- Glutamate Hypotheses . . . . 5
erant Conditioning . . . . . . 2 2.28 Very Advanced: Glutamate
2.2 Moderate: Cognitive Disso- Therapies for Schizophrenia . 5
nance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.29 Moderate: Basal Ganglia in
2.3 Advanced: Working Memory Motor Control . . . . . . . . . 5
vs. Multi-Store Model . . . . 2 2.30 Advanced: Basal Ganglia in
2.4 Very Advanced: Central Ex- Habit Formation . . . . . . . 5
ecutive Limitations . . . . . . 3 2.31 Very Advanced: Basal Gan-
2.5 Moderate: Piaget’s Cognitive glia in Addiction . . . . . . . 5
Development Stages . . . . . 3 2.32 Moderate: Hawthorne Effect . 5
2.6 Advanced: Vygotsky vs. Piaget 3 2.33 Advanced: Ecological Validity 5
2.7 Very Advanced: ZPD in Dig- 2.34 Very Advanced: Ecological
ital Learning . . . . . . . . . 3 vs. Internal Validity . . . . . 6
2.8 Moderate: Bystander Effect . 3 2.35 Moderate: PFC in Executive
2.9 Advanced: Social Identity Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Theory and Prejudice . . . . . 3 2.36 Advanced: PFC-Limbic
2.10 Very Advanced: SIT in Emotion Regulation . . . . . 6
School Prejudice Reduction . 3 2.37 Very Advanced: PFC-Limbic
2.11 Moderate: Semantic vs. in MDD . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Episodic Memory . . . . . . . 3 2.38 Moderate: OCD DSM-5 Cri-
2.12 Advanced: Dual-Process teria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Theory and Biases . . . . . . 3 2.39 Advanced: ERP vs. SSRIs
2.13 Very Advanced: Neural Evi- for OCD . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
dence for Dual-Process Theory 4 2.40 Very Advanced: ERP Neuro-
2.14 Moderate: GAD DSM-5 Cri- biology in OCD . . . . . . . . 6
teria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.41 Moderate: Cerebellum in
2.15 Advanced: Exposure Ther- Motor Learning . . . . . . . . 6
apy vs. SSRIs for Anxiety . . 4 2.42 Advanced: Cerebellum in
2.16 Very Advanced: Neuroplas- Cognition . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ticity in Exposure Therapy . . 4 2.43 Very Advanced: Cerebellum
2.17 Moderate: Hippocampus in in Autism . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.44 Moderate: Explicit vs. Im-
2.18 Advanced: Amygdala- plicit Memory . . . . . . . . . 6
Hippocampus in Emotional 2.45 Advanced: Dual-Process
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Moral Biases . . . . . . . . . 7
2.19 Very Advanced: Amygdala- 2.46 Very Advanced: Neural Evi-
Hippocampus in PTSD . . . . 4 dence for Moral Biases . . . . 7
2.20 Moderate: Double-Blind Pro- 2.47 Moderate: Bipolar Disorder
cedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DSM-5 Criteria . . . . . . . . 7
2.21 Advanced: Publication Bias . 4 2.48 Advanced: Mood Stabilizers
2.22 Very Advanced: Publication vs. Antipsychotics . . . . . . 7
Bias in Meta-Analyses . . . . 4 2.49 Very Advanced: Lithium
2.23 Moderate: Maslow’s Hierar- Neurobiology in Bipolar . . . 7
chy of Needs . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.50 Moderate: Thalamus in Sen-
2.24 Advanced: SDT vs. Maslow . 5 sory Processing . . . . . . . . 7
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Advanced Psychology Exam Preparation
Date: June 11, 2025
A comprehensive test bank of 60 exam-style questions with verified answers for moderate to
very advanced psychology students, covering core and specialized topics for university exam
success.
, Psychology Practice Exam Q&A for Success
Contents 2.25 Very Advanced: SDT in Col-
lectivist Education . . . . . . 5
1 Overview 2 2.26 Moderate: Schizophrenia
DSM-5 Criteria . . . . . . . . 5
2 Exam Questions and Answers 2 2.27 Advanced: Dopamine vs.
2.1 Moderate: Classical vs. Op- Glutamate Hypotheses . . . . 5
erant Conditioning . . . . . . 2 2.28 Very Advanced: Glutamate
2.2 Moderate: Cognitive Disso- Therapies for Schizophrenia . 5
nance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.29 Moderate: Basal Ganglia in
2.3 Advanced: Working Memory Motor Control . . . . . . . . . 5
vs. Multi-Store Model . . . . 2 2.30 Advanced: Basal Ganglia in
2.4 Very Advanced: Central Ex- Habit Formation . . . . . . . 5
ecutive Limitations . . . . . . 3 2.31 Very Advanced: Basal Gan-
2.5 Moderate: Piaget’s Cognitive glia in Addiction . . . . . . . 5
Development Stages . . . . . 3 2.32 Moderate: Hawthorne Effect . 5
2.6 Advanced: Vygotsky vs. Piaget 3 2.33 Advanced: Ecological Validity 5
2.7 Very Advanced: ZPD in Dig- 2.34 Very Advanced: Ecological
ital Learning . . . . . . . . . 3 vs. Internal Validity . . . . . 6
2.8 Moderate: Bystander Effect . 3 2.35 Moderate: PFC in Executive
2.9 Advanced: Social Identity Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Theory and Prejudice . . . . . 3 2.36 Advanced: PFC-Limbic
2.10 Very Advanced: SIT in Emotion Regulation . . . . . 6
School Prejudice Reduction . 3 2.37 Very Advanced: PFC-Limbic
2.11 Moderate: Semantic vs. in MDD . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Episodic Memory . . . . . . . 3 2.38 Moderate: OCD DSM-5 Cri-
2.12 Advanced: Dual-Process teria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Theory and Biases . . . . . . 3 2.39 Advanced: ERP vs. SSRIs
2.13 Very Advanced: Neural Evi- for OCD . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
dence for Dual-Process Theory 4 2.40 Very Advanced: ERP Neuro-
2.14 Moderate: GAD DSM-5 Cri- biology in OCD . . . . . . . . 6
teria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.41 Moderate: Cerebellum in
2.15 Advanced: Exposure Ther- Motor Learning . . . . . . . . 6
apy vs. SSRIs for Anxiety . . 4 2.42 Advanced: Cerebellum in
2.16 Very Advanced: Neuroplas- Cognition . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ticity in Exposure Therapy . . 4 2.43 Very Advanced: Cerebellum
2.17 Moderate: Hippocampus in in Autism . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.44 Moderate: Explicit vs. Im-
2.18 Advanced: Amygdala- plicit Memory . . . . . . . . . 6
Hippocampus in Emotional 2.45 Advanced: Dual-Process
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Moral Biases . . . . . . . . . 7
2.19 Very Advanced: Amygdala- 2.46 Very Advanced: Neural Evi-
Hippocampus in PTSD . . . . 4 dence for Moral Biases . . . . 7
2.20 Moderate: Double-Blind Pro- 2.47 Moderate: Bipolar Disorder
cedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DSM-5 Criteria . . . . . . . . 7
2.21 Advanced: Publication Bias . 4 2.48 Advanced: Mood Stabilizers
2.22 Very Advanced: Publication vs. Antipsychotics . . . . . . 7
Bias in Meta-Analyses . . . . 4 2.49 Very Advanced: Lithium
2.23 Moderate: Maslow’s Hierar- Neurobiology in Bipolar . . . 7
chy of Needs . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.50 Moderate: Thalamus in Sen-
2.24 Advanced: SDT vs. Maslow . 5 sory Processing . . . . . . . . 7
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