MCAT Psychology Practice
Questions and Answers 100%
Correct
Bystander effect - ANSWER - individuals do not intervene to help victims when
others are present
Social Loafing - ANSWER - tendency of individuals to put in less effort when in a
group setting than individually
In studies of bystander intervention, which variable is typically found to be
positively correlated with the time it takes for an individual to offer help in case of
emergency?
A. The severity of the emergency
B. The number of bystanders who witness the emergency
C. The individual's level of altruism as assessed by a standardized measure
D. The degree to which altruism is a part of the individual's self-image - ANSWER -
B. The number of bystanders who witness the emergency
An individual arrives late at a meeting. Which explanation for being tardy is
consistent with self-serving bias? The individual will attribute being late to:
A. an uncontrollable personality trait.
B. a situational variable.
C. a controllable personality trait.
D. a stable variable. - ANSWER - B. a situational variable.
information like appearances and slogans (low elaboration)
, central route persuasion - ANSWER - scrutinizing and analyzing the content of
persuasive information (high elaboration)
A rat receives food for pressing a lever on a variable ratio schedule. Which pattern
of responding is most likely to be observed?
A. Relatively high response rate with predictable pauses after reinforcement
B.Relatively high response rate with no predictable pauses
C. Relatively low response rate with a predictable increase in responding right
before reinforcement
D. Fluctuating response rate with a predictable increase in responding right after
reinforcement - ANSWER - B.Relatively high response rate with no predictable
pauses
Self-serving bias - ANSWER - the tendency for people to view their own success
based on internal factors and failures on external factors
Actor-observer bias - ANSWER - the tendency to blame our actions on the situation
and blame the actions of others on their personalities
A researcher interested in actor-observer bias asks a group of viewer participants to
watch a target participant work on a series of puzzles. Which two variables is the
researcher most likely to compare in this study?
A. The viewers' memory for the puzzles and the target's memory for the puzzles
B. The viewers' estimate of the difficulty of the puzzles and the target's estimate of
the difficulty of the puzzles
C. The viewers' likelihood of accurately remembering the target's performance and
the target's likelihood of accurately remembering his or her own performance
D. The viewers' likelihood of attributing the target's performance to intellect and the
target's likelihood of attributing his or her own success to intellect - ANSWER - D.
The viewers' likelihood of attributing the target's performance to intellect and the
target's likelihood of attributing his or her own success to intellect
A public health video designed to promote flu shots shows a physician from a
prestigious institution delivering facts about how viruses spread. The video also
Questions and Answers 100%
Correct
Bystander effect - ANSWER - individuals do not intervene to help victims when
others are present
Social Loafing - ANSWER - tendency of individuals to put in less effort when in a
group setting than individually
In studies of bystander intervention, which variable is typically found to be
positively correlated with the time it takes for an individual to offer help in case of
emergency?
A. The severity of the emergency
B. The number of bystanders who witness the emergency
C. The individual's level of altruism as assessed by a standardized measure
D. The degree to which altruism is a part of the individual's self-image - ANSWER -
B. The number of bystanders who witness the emergency
An individual arrives late at a meeting. Which explanation for being tardy is
consistent with self-serving bias? The individual will attribute being late to:
A. an uncontrollable personality trait.
B. a situational variable.
C. a controllable personality trait.
D. a stable variable. - ANSWER - B. a situational variable.
information like appearances and slogans (low elaboration)
, central route persuasion - ANSWER - scrutinizing and analyzing the content of
persuasive information (high elaboration)
A rat receives food for pressing a lever on a variable ratio schedule. Which pattern
of responding is most likely to be observed?
A. Relatively high response rate with predictable pauses after reinforcement
B.Relatively high response rate with no predictable pauses
C. Relatively low response rate with a predictable increase in responding right
before reinforcement
D. Fluctuating response rate with a predictable increase in responding right after
reinforcement - ANSWER - B.Relatively high response rate with no predictable
pauses
Self-serving bias - ANSWER - the tendency for people to view their own success
based on internal factors and failures on external factors
Actor-observer bias - ANSWER - the tendency to blame our actions on the situation
and blame the actions of others on their personalities
A researcher interested in actor-observer bias asks a group of viewer participants to
watch a target participant work on a series of puzzles. Which two variables is the
researcher most likely to compare in this study?
A. The viewers' memory for the puzzles and the target's memory for the puzzles
B. The viewers' estimate of the difficulty of the puzzles and the target's estimate of
the difficulty of the puzzles
C. The viewers' likelihood of accurately remembering the target's performance and
the target's likelihood of accurately remembering his or her own performance
D. The viewers' likelihood of attributing the target's performance to intellect and the
target's likelihood of attributing his or her own success to intellect - ANSWER - D.
The viewers' likelihood of attributing the target's performance to intellect and the
target's likelihood of attributing his or her own success to intellect
A public health video designed to promote flu shots shows a physician from a
prestigious institution delivering facts about how viruses spread. The video also
