PSS120: Exam Prep UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
In order to move away from egocentrism and toward the ability to represent another person's
mind in one's own, an individual must develop an implicit set of ideas about the existence of
mental states, such as beliefs and feelings, in oneself and others, known as? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Theory of mind.
Proximity plays an important role in attraction because? - CORRECT ANSWER - It
allows people to get to know one another and sets the stage for familiarity.
In negative reinforcement, an increase in behaviour follows? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Removal of something aversive.
Drive reduction theory argues that motivation is a function of? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Drive and reinforcement.
Lee's research is a classic example of a discipline that focuses on the influence of social
processes on the way people think, feel, and behave. Which discipline is this? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Social psychology.
Which practice did the government endorse to replace protection and segregation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Assimilation.
Measurement is? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Contact Comfort.
On the WAIS-III, the average IQ score ranges between? - CORRECT ANSWER - 85-115.
Insight is? - CORRECT ANSWER - The sudden understanding of the relationship between
a problem and a solution.
Learning a second language is? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT ANSWER - People
tend to choose partners they perceive to be of equal attractiveness to themselves.
Research shows that speed of processing correlates with? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Academic achievement.
Good psychological research should be? - CORRECT ANSWER - Grounded in theory and
use standardised procedures.
One of the limitations of the experimental method is? - CORRECT ANSWER - Difficulty
in establishing external validity.
Case studies are? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT ANSWER -
To ensure that survey results accurately reflect the population as a whole without introducing
systematic bias.
A researcher investigating dyslexia looks at various factors in the lives of dyslexic children and
finds the following correlations: +.25 correlation between degree of dyslexia and number of
relatives with dyslexia; +.15 correlation between degree of dyslexia and parental alcoholism; -.35
correlation between degree of dyslexia and family income; 0 correlation between degree of
dyslexia and number of siblings. Which of these exhibits the strongest correlation with dyslexia?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Family income.
In your textbook, the author discusses a study that investigates the kinds of boys who are
popular. The researchers hypothesised some popular kids are actually aggressive kids who
impress others with their 'toughness'. The dependent variable(s) in this study is/are? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Popularity and aggressiveness.
When using the term "Ailan Kaston", people from the Tiwi Islands are referring to? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Island custom.
Severe intellectual disability reflect? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mostly reflects some
biological anomaly.
In a positive co-relationship, the distribution of data points will? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Move from lower left to upper right.
Modern neuroimaging techniques use? - CORRECT ANSWER - Computer programs to
transform data from brain scans into images.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
In order to move away from egocentrism and toward the ability to represent another person's
mind in one's own, an individual must develop an implicit set of ideas about the existence of
mental states, such as beliefs and feelings, in oneself and others, known as? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Theory of mind.
Proximity plays an important role in attraction because? - CORRECT ANSWER - It
allows people to get to know one another and sets the stage for familiarity.
In negative reinforcement, an increase in behaviour follows? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Removal of something aversive.
Drive reduction theory argues that motivation is a function of? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Drive and reinforcement.
Lee's research is a classic example of a discipline that focuses on the influence of social
processes on the way people think, feel, and behave. Which discipline is this? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Social psychology.
Which practice did the government endorse to replace protection and segregation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Assimilation.
Measurement is? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Contact Comfort.
On the WAIS-III, the average IQ score ranges between? - CORRECT ANSWER - 85-115.
Insight is? - CORRECT ANSWER - The sudden understanding of the relationship between
a problem and a solution.
Learning a second language is? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT ANSWER - People
tend to choose partners they perceive to be of equal attractiveness to themselves.
Research shows that speed of processing correlates with? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Academic achievement.
Good psychological research should be? - CORRECT ANSWER - Grounded in theory and
use standardised procedures.
One of the limitations of the experimental method is? - CORRECT ANSWER - Difficulty
in establishing external validity.
Case studies are? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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? - CORRECT ANSWER -
To ensure that survey results accurately reflect the population as a whole without introducing
systematic bias.
A researcher investigating dyslexia looks at various factors in the lives of dyslexic children and
finds the following correlations: +.25 correlation between degree of dyslexia and number of
relatives with dyslexia; +.15 correlation between degree of dyslexia and parental alcoholism; -.35
correlation between degree of dyslexia and family income; 0 correlation between degree of
dyslexia and number of siblings. Which of these exhibits the strongest correlation with dyslexia?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Family income.
In your textbook, the author discusses a study that investigates the kinds of boys who are
popular. The researchers hypothesised some popular kids are actually aggressive kids who
impress others with their 'toughness'. The dependent variable(s) in this study is/are? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Popularity and aggressiveness.
When using the term "Ailan Kaston", people from the Tiwi Islands are referring to? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Island custom.
Severe intellectual disability reflect? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mostly reflects some
biological anomaly.
In a positive co-relationship, the distribution of data points will? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Move from lower left to upper right.
Modern neuroimaging techniques use? - CORRECT ANSWER - Computer programs to
transform data from brain scans into images.
