PS10086: Mind and Behaviour: Open Book Assessment 2020
Create a new Word document with the list of numbers from 1-60 and then clearly place the letter of the
answer you think is correct by each question number (there are always four letters to choose from). You
should try to answer all of the sixty questions and check carefully that you have what you think is the right
letter by the right question number. You should work on your own to answer the questions and not work with
other students. If you have no idea what the answer is and cannot rule out any of the options, then this is a
‘wild guess’. It is better to leave a question blank than make a wild guess. But if you can eliminate one or
more of the options then it is advisable to guess.
1. Darwin's principle, that characteristics increasing the likelihood of survival and reproduction within a
particular environment are more likely to be preserved in the population, is known as
A. Mutation
B. Natural selection
C. Adaptive significance
D. Sociobiology
2. What is myopia?
A. Degeneration of the retina
B. A problem focusing the visual image directly onto the retina
C. Strain in the muscles of the eye
D. A problem seeing things that are either too close or too far away
,3. A newborn baby is having trouble regulating his breathing and heart rate and doctors are forced to place
him on life support. If these symptoms are due to abnormalities in or damage to the brain or nervous
system, which is the most likely area to be affected?
A. The thalamus
B. The amygdala
C. The hypothalamus
D. The medulla
4. In an experiment in which a tone is presented before a puff of air, which in turn elicits an eye blink
response, what term best describes the puff of air?
A. A conditioned response
B. An unconditioned stimulus
C. An unconditioned response
D. A conditioned stimulus
5. Which approach to psychology used introspection to study sensations, which were considered the basic
elements of consciousness?
A. Functionalist
B. Structuralist
C. Psychodynamic
D. None of these
6. Identical twins are known as
A. monozygotic; because each twin has only one zygote
B. monozygotic; because they developed from a single zygote
C. genotypic; because of the number of their alleles
D. dizygotic; because they developed from two zygotes
, 7. Identical twins are known as Which of the following statements comparing the behavioural and
psychodynamic perspective is most accurate?
A. Although they are rather different on the surface, the perspectives are similar in that they both
place a strong emphasis on free will and personal choice.
B. The behavioural approach emphasises free will and personal choice while the psychodynamic
approach does not.
C. The behavioural approach emphasises external causes, whereas the psychodynamic approach
places more emphasis on internal causes.
D. The behavioural approach emphasises internal causes while the psychodynamic approach places
more emphasis on external causes.
8. Which of the following examples is most consistent with your textbook authors' definition of the term
behaviour?
A. A clinical psychologist asks a client to describe how she thinks when she gets anxious
B. A cognitive psychologist uses a reaction time experiment to assess prejudicial beliefs
C. A biological psychologist watches the activity of a particular brain area in order to infer an animal's
emotional state
D. A developmental psychologist counts the number of times a child verbally taunts another student
on the playground to measure aggression
9. What is the role of the ossicles?
A. They are responsible for impedance matching
B. They collect sound
C. They equalise pressure between the middle and the outer ear
D. They transduce sound to nerve impulses
Create a new Word document with the list of numbers from 1-60 and then clearly place the letter of the
answer you think is correct by each question number (there are always four letters to choose from). You
should try to answer all of the sixty questions and check carefully that you have what you think is the right
letter by the right question number. You should work on your own to answer the questions and not work with
other students. If you have no idea what the answer is and cannot rule out any of the options, then this is a
‘wild guess’. It is better to leave a question blank than make a wild guess. But if you can eliminate one or
more of the options then it is advisable to guess.
1. Darwin's principle, that characteristics increasing the likelihood of survival and reproduction within a
particular environment are more likely to be preserved in the population, is known as
A. Mutation
B. Natural selection
C. Adaptive significance
D. Sociobiology
2. What is myopia?
A. Degeneration of the retina
B. A problem focusing the visual image directly onto the retina
C. Strain in the muscles of the eye
D. A problem seeing things that are either too close or too far away
,3. A newborn baby is having trouble regulating his breathing and heart rate and doctors are forced to place
him on life support. If these symptoms are due to abnormalities in or damage to the brain or nervous
system, which is the most likely area to be affected?
A. The thalamus
B. The amygdala
C. The hypothalamus
D. The medulla
4. In an experiment in which a tone is presented before a puff of air, which in turn elicits an eye blink
response, what term best describes the puff of air?
A. A conditioned response
B. An unconditioned stimulus
C. An unconditioned response
D. A conditioned stimulus
5. Which approach to psychology used introspection to study sensations, which were considered the basic
elements of consciousness?
A. Functionalist
B. Structuralist
C. Psychodynamic
D. None of these
6. Identical twins are known as
A. monozygotic; because each twin has only one zygote
B. monozygotic; because they developed from a single zygote
C. genotypic; because of the number of their alleles
D. dizygotic; because they developed from two zygotes
, 7. Identical twins are known as Which of the following statements comparing the behavioural and
psychodynamic perspective is most accurate?
A. Although they are rather different on the surface, the perspectives are similar in that they both
place a strong emphasis on free will and personal choice.
B. The behavioural approach emphasises free will and personal choice while the psychodynamic
approach does not.
C. The behavioural approach emphasises external causes, whereas the psychodynamic approach
places more emphasis on internal causes.
D. The behavioural approach emphasises internal causes while the psychodynamic approach places
more emphasis on external causes.
8. Which of the following examples is most consistent with your textbook authors' definition of the term
behaviour?
A. A clinical psychologist asks a client to describe how she thinks when she gets anxious
B. A cognitive psychologist uses a reaction time experiment to assess prejudicial beliefs
C. A biological psychologist watches the activity of a particular brain area in order to infer an animal's
emotional state
D. A developmental psychologist counts the number of times a child verbally taunts another student
on the playground to measure aggression
9. What is the role of the ossicles?
A. They are responsible for impedance matching
B. They collect sound
C. They equalise pressure between the middle and the outer ear
D. They transduce sound to nerve impulses
