PSYC 121 Multiple Choice Test
questions well answered already
passed
Case- study evidence - ANS ✔Investigates links between 2 variables (violent media and
aggression)
Cross- sectional correlations - ANS ✔Use large samples to examine the size and diretion or the
correlations between two variables
Features of experimental design - ANS ✔1. Random assignment of groups
2. Manipulation of the cause (IV)
3. Measure of effect (DV)
Causality - ANS ✔relationship between cause and effect
Darwinian Evolutionary Psychology - ANS ✔1. Variation in traits across individuals in a species
2. Inheritance of succesful charactersists by offspring
3. Natural Selection: environment selecting for/against certain traits
Selection for Survival - ANS ✔Any variation that increases survival will be selected for
Sexual Selection - ANS ✔Females often choose, males often do mating displays
Handicap principle - ANS ✔Honest 'ads' that indicate robust health and high fertility and are
costly to maintain
, 3 main features in mate selection - ANS ✔1. Warmth/ Trustworthiness
2. Attractiveness/ Vitality
3. Status/ Resources
Sterotypes - ANS ✔Generalised beliefs about members of a group that may or not be accurate
Prejudice - ANS ✔Opinions based on stereotypes but often far from reality and is often
associated with negative emotion.
Discrimination - ANS ✔Prejudice expressed as a behaviour directed at a group of people
Stereotypes as beliefs - ANS ✔a natural way of perceiving individuals and can be neutral,
negative or positive.
What conditions reduce prejudice? - ANS ✔Equal status, common goals, Intergroup co-
operation, support of others
Achievement Motive - ANS ✔Desire to accomplish and maintain high standards
Motive to avoid failure - ANS ✔Take less risks as scared of making mistakes
Motive to avoid Success - ANS ✔Don't want to viewed as ahead (tall poppy syndrome)
Intrinsic Motivation - ANS ✔Our own desires and making our own choices
Extrinsic Motivation - ANS ✔external demands influence choices
questions well answered already
passed
Case- study evidence - ANS ✔Investigates links between 2 variables (violent media and
aggression)
Cross- sectional correlations - ANS ✔Use large samples to examine the size and diretion or the
correlations between two variables
Features of experimental design - ANS ✔1. Random assignment of groups
2. Manipulation of the cause (IV)
3. Measure of effect (DV)
Causality - ANS ✔relationship between cause and effect
Darwinian Evolutionary Psychology - ANS ✔1. Variation in traits across individuals in a species
2. Inheritance of succesful charactersists by offspring
3. Natural Selection: environment selecting for/against certain traits
Selection for Survival - ANS ✔Any variation that increases survival will be selected for
Sexual Selection - ANS ✔Females often choose, males often do mating displays
Handicap principle - ANS ✔Honest 'ads' that indicate robust health and high fertility and are
costly to maintain
, 3 main features in mate selection - ANS ✔1. Warmth/ Trustworthiness
2. Attractiveness/ Vitality
3. Status/ Resources
Sterotypes - ANS ✔Generalised beliefs about members of a group that may or not be accurate
Prejudice - ANS ✔Opinions based on stereotypes but often far from reality and is often
associated with negative emotion.
Discrimination - ANS ✔Prejudice expressed as a behaviour directed at a group of people
Stereotypes as beliefs - ANS ✔a natural way of perceiving individuals and can be neutral,
negative or positive.
What conditions reduce prejudice? - ANS ✔Equal status, common goals, Intergroup co-
operation, support of others
Achievement Motive - ANS ✔Desire to accomplish and maintain high standards
Motive to avoid failure - ANS ✔Take less risks as scared of making mistakes
Motive to avoid Success - ANS ✔Don't want to viewed as ahead (tall poppy syndrome)
Intrinsic Motivation - ANS ✔Our own desires and making our own choices
Extrinsic Motivation - ANS ✔external demands influence choices
