MCAT Practice Exam 2 (Psych/ Soc)
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1. 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. because the occipital lobes are responsible for vision, including color vision
2. The temporal lobe is largely responsible for: creating and preserving both conscious and
long-term memory
3. Which schedule of reinforcement is used in the color-matching task?
A. Fixed ratio
B. Variable ratio
C. Fixed interval
D. Variable interval
Passage: "Their task was to tap on the option that matched the target color.
When a correct response was produced, the subject received a banana chip": A.
because 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
4. A variable ratio reinforcement: schedule of reinforcement where a behavior is reinforced after a
random number of responses
5. Fixed-interval reinforcement: schedule where the first response is rewarded only after a specified
amount of time has elapsed. This schedule causes high amounts of responding near the end of the interval but slower
responding immediately after the delivery of the reinforcer.
*A weekly paycheck is a good example of a fixed-interval schedule. The employee receives reinforcement every seven
days, which may result in a higher response rate as payday approaches
6. Variable interval reinforcement: schedule when the reinforcement is provided after a random
(unpredictable) amount of time has passed and following a specific behavior being performed
-seen in operant conditioning
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7. 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
Passage: "In 1900, people aged 65 years and older represented only about 4%
of the total U.S. population. In 2000, this age group made up roughly 12% of
the population. By 2030, people aged 65 and over are projected to be 18% of
the population. At the other end of the age spectrum, the U.S. population in
2010 included more young people under the age of 18 than at any other time
in American history. Yet the young represent a smaller share of the population
(about 24%) than ever before": D. because the sociological paradigm of conflict theory broadly calls
attention to competition among social groups, including generational conflict. Given the demographic dynamics raised
in the passage, it is likely that competition over resources will emerge between the old and the young. A conflict theorist
would be interested in explaining how political power varies by generational status and thus affects the allocation of
social resources
8. 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. because the dependency ratio is a ratio of the number
of economically dependent members of the population to the number of economically productive members. The
economically dependent are those considered too young or too old to work, whereas the economically productive are
the working-age population
9. 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
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1. 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. because the occipital lobes are responsible for vision, including color vision
2. The temporal lobe is largely responsible for: creating and preserving both conscious and
long-term memory
3. Which schedule of reinforcement is used in the color-matching task?
A. Fixed ratio
B. Variable ratio
C. Fixed interval
D. Variable interval
Passage: "Their task was to tap on the option that matched the target color.
When a correct response was produced, the subject received a banana chip": A.
because 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
4. A variable ratio reinforcement: schedule of reinforcement where a behavior is reinforced after a
random number of responses
5. Fixed-interval reinforcement: schedule where the first response is rewarded only after a specified
amount of time has elapsed. This schedule causes high amounts of responding near the end of the interval but slower
responding immediately after the delivery of the reinforcer.
*A weekly paycheck is a good example of a fixed-interval schedule. The employee receives reinforcement every seven
days, which may result in a higher response rate as payday approaches
6. Variable interval reinforcement: schedule when the reinforcement is provided after a random
(unpredictable) amount of time has passed and following a specific behavior being performed
-seen in operant conditioning
, MCAT Practice Exam 2 (Psych/ Soc)
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_980m3v
7. 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
Passage: "In 1900, people aged 65 years and older represented only about 4%
of the total U.S. population. In 2000, this age group made up roughly 12% of
the population. By 2030, people aged 65 and over are projected to be 18% of
the population. At the other end of the age spectrum, the U.S. population in
2010 included more young people under the age of 18 than at any other time
in American history. Yet the young represent a smaller share of the population
(about 24%) than ever before": D. because the sociological paradigm of conflict theory broadly calls
attention to competition among social groups, including generational conflict. Given the demographic dynamics raised
in the passage, it is likely that competition over resources will emerge between the old and the young. A conflict theorist
would be interested in explaining how political power varies by generational status and thus affects the allocation of
social resources
8. 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. because the dependency ratio is a ratio of the number
of economically dependent members of the population to the number of economically productive members. The
economically dependent are those considered too young or too old to work, whereas the economically productive are
the working-age population
9. 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
