BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE NBME PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ primary reinforcers are inherently reinforcing because they.
Answer: satisfy biological needs (food, water)
◍ social epidemiology.
Answer: focuses on the contribution of social and cultural factors to disease
patterns in populations
◍ incongruence is.
Answer: humanistic
◍ Discriminative stimuli.
Answer: precede a target response and signal the availability of
reinforcement or punishment when the individual performs the target
response
◍ which stimuli decussate.
Answer: auditory and visual
◍ self-justification implies.
Answer: cognitive dissonance
◍ cocktail party effect.
Answer: the ability to focus on a single conversation in an environment
where there is lots of unattended auditory stimuli, such as other
conversations
◍ just-noticeable difference (Weber's law).
Answer: the amount of intensity change necessary for just-noticeable
difference is a ratio of the original stimulus intensity
, ◍ hawthorne effect.
Answer: A change in a subject's behavior caused simply by the awareness of
being studied
◍ incentive theory.
Answer: calls attention to how factors outside of individuals, including
community values and other aspects of culture, can motivate behavior
◍ individuals with an internal locus of control believe that.
Answer: they are personally in control of their outcomes
◍ instinctual drift.
Answer: The phenomenon whereby established habits learned using operant
techniques, eventually are replaced by innate food-related behaviorslearned
behavior "drifts" to organism's species-specific (instinctual) behavior
◍ if it is not an experimental design then,.
Answer: CAUSALITY CANNOT BE DETERMINED
◍ operational span testing.
Answer: Test to see the general capacity of working memory tasks
◍ distal stimulus.
Answer: an object or event in the outside world
◍ selective attention.
Answer: ability to focus on one stimuli or task despite distractions
◍ proximal stimulus.
Answer: immediate patterns of energy (light/sound/pressure)
◍ what does spurious association mean?.
Answer: indicates that a relationship was found between two variables, but it
was either due to coincidence or the presence of a third variable.
◍ malthusian approach.
Answer: population growth will outpace natural resource availability, which
will lead to famines and impoverishment in societies
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ primary reinforcers are inherently reinforcing because they.
Answer: satisfy biological needs (food, water)
◍ social epidemiology.
Answer: focuses on the contribution of social and cultural factors to disease
patterns in populations
◍ incongruence is.
Answer: humanistic
◍ Discriminative stimuli.
Answer: precede a target response and signal the availability of
reinforcement or punishment when the individual performs the target
response
◍ which stimuli decussate.
Answer: auditory and visual
◍ self-justification implies.
Answer: cognitive dissonance
◍ cocktail party effect.
Answer: the ability to focus on a single conversation in an environment
where there is lots of unattended auditory stimuli, such as other
conversations
◍ just-noticeable difference (Weber's law).
Answer: the amount of intensity change necessary for just-noticeable
difference is a ratio of the original stimulus intensity
, ◍ hawthorne effect.
Answer: A change in a subject's behavior caused simply by the awareness of
being studied
◍ incentive theory.
Answer: calls attention to how factors outside of individuals, including
community values and other aspects of culture, can motivate behavior
◍ individuals with an internal locus of control believe that.
Answer: they are personally in control of their outcomes
◍ instinctual drift.
Answer: The phenomenon whereby established habits learned using operant
techniques, eventually are replaced by innate food-related behaviorslearned
behavior "drifts" to organism's species-specific (instinctual) behavior
◍ if it is not an experimental design then,.
Answer: CAUSALITY CANNOT BE DETERMINED
◍ operational span testing.
Answer: Test to see the general capacity of working memory tasks
◍ distal stimulus.
Answer: an object or event in the outside world
◍ selective attention.
Answer: ability to focus on one stimuli or task despite distractions
◍ proximal stimulus.
Answer: immediate patterns of energy (light/sound/pressure)
◍ what does spurious association mean?.
Answer: indicates that a relationship was found between two variables, but it
was either due to coincidence or the presence of a third variable.
◍ malthusian approach.
Answer: population growth will outpace natural resource availability, which
will lead to famines and impoverishment in societies
