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