PSS120:EXAM PREP LATEST 2025 WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS/ALREADY
GRADED A+
In order to move away from egocentrism and toward the ability to represent
another person's mind in one's own, an individual must develop an implicit set of
ideas about the existence of mental states, such as beliefs and feelings, in oneself
and others, known as? - CORRECT ANSWER-Theory of mind.
Proximity plays an important role in attraction because? - CORRECT ANSWER-It
allows people to get to know one another and sets the stage for familiarity.
In negative reinforcement, an increase in behaviour follows? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Removal of something aversive.
Drive reduction theory argues that motivation is a function of? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Drive and reinforcement.
Lee's research is a classic example of a discipline that focuses on the influence of
social processes on the way people think, feel, and behave. Which discipline is
this? - CORRECT ANSWER-Social psychology.
,Which practice did the government endorse to replace protection and
segregation? - CORRECT ANSWER-Assimilation.
Measurement is? - CORRECT ANSWER-A concrete way of assessing a variable.
What best states the results of the Harlow study, mentioned in your textbook that
sets out to explain how infant monkeys become emotionally attached to their
mothers? - CORRECT ANSWER-The infants are drawn to their mothers by the
security and comfort their mothers provide.
In his classic series of experiments using rhesus monkeys, Harry Harlow observed
that the crucial element in forming attachment relationships in primates is? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Contact Comfort.
On the WAIS-III, the average IQ score ranges between? - CORRECT ANSWER-85-
115.
Insight is? - CORRECT ANSWER-The sudden understanding of the relationship
between a problem and a solution.
Learning a second language is? - CORRECT ANSWER-Easier for a child than an
adult.
,In the study of the impact of mood on memory mentioned in your textbook,
Bower hypnotised participants to feel either happy or sad. In this study, happiness
and sadness are the two? - CORRECT ANSWER-Conditions of the independent
variable.
It is not uncommon to hear a current supermodel state that s/he was rarely asked
out on a date as an adolescent. According to your text, this is because? -
CORRECT ANSWER-People tend to choose partners they perceive to be of equal
attractiveness to themselves.
Research shows that speed of processing correlates with? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Academic achievement.
Good psychological research should be? - CORRECT ANSWER-Grounded in
theory and use standardised procedures.
One of the limitations of the experimental method is? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Difficulty in establishing external validity.
Case studies are? - CORRECT ANSWER-Subject to more researcher bias than
other approaches.
Although most studies conducted regarding the importance of physical
attractiveness imply that appearance is the most important criteria to almost
everyone, this conclusion is erroneous because? - CORRECT ANSWER-Most of
, these studies were conducted with university students who tend to put a greater
emphasis on appearance than do people in their later twenties or older.
What is the importance of random sampling in survey research? - CORRECT
ANSWER-To ensure that survey results accurately reflect the population as a
whole without introducing systematic bias.
A researcher investigating dyslexia looks at various factors in the lives of dyslexic
children and finds the following correlations: +.25 correlation between degree of
dyslexia and number of relatives with dyslexia; +.15 correlation between degree
of dyslexia and parental alcoholism; -.35 correlation between degree of dyslexia
and family income; 0 correlation between degree of dyslexia and number of
siblings. Which of these exhibits the strongest correlation with dyslexia? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Family income.
In your textbook, the author discusses a study that investigates the kinds of boys
who are popular. The researchers hypothesised some popular kids are actually
aggressive kids who impress others with their 'toughness'. The dependent
variable(s) in this study is/are? - CORRECT ANSWER-Popularity and
aggressiveness.
When using the term "Ailan Kaston", people from the Tiwi Islands are referring
to? - CORRECT ANSWER-Island custom.
Severe intellectual disability reflect? - CORRECT ANSWER-Mostly reflects some
biological anomaly.
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS/ALREADY
GRADED A+
In order to move away from egocentrism and toward the ability to represent
another person's mind in one's own, an individual must develop an implicit set of
ideas about the existence of mental states, such as beliefs and feelings, in oneself
and others, known as? - CORRECT ANSWER-Theory of mind.
Proximity plays an important role in attraction because? - CORRECT ANSWER-It
allows people to get to know one another and sets the stage for familiarity.
In negative reinforcement, an increase in behaviour follows? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Removal of something aversive.
Drive reduction theory argues that motivation is a function of? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Drive and reinforcement.
Lee's research is a classic example of a discipline that focuses on the influence of
social processes on the way people think, feel, and behave. Which discipline is
this? - CORRECT ANSWER-Social psychology.
,Which practice did the government endorse to replace protection and
segregation? - CORRECT ANSWER-Assimilation.
Measurement is? - CORRECT ANSWER-A concrete way of assessing a variable.
What best states the results of the Harlow study, mentioned in your textbook that
sets out to explain how infant monkeys become emotionally attached to their
mothers? - CORRECT ANSWER-The infants are drawn to their mothers by the
security and comfort their mothers provide.
In his classic series of experiments using rhesus monkeys, Harry Harlow observed
that the crucial element in forming attachment relationships in primates is? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Contact Comfort.
On the WAIS-III, the average IQ score ranges between? - CORRECT ANSWER-85-
115.
Insight is? - CORRECT ANSWER-The sudden understanding of the relationship
between a problem and a solution.
Learning a second language is? - CORRECT ANSWER-Easier for a child than an
adult.
,In the study of the impact of mood on memory mentioned in your textbook,
Bower hypnotised participants to feel either happy or sad. In this study, happiness
and sadness are the two? - CORRECT ANSWER-Conditions of the independent
variable.
It is not uncommon to hear a current supermodel state that s/he was rarely asked
out on a date as an adolescent. According to your text, this is because? -
CORRECT ANSWER-People tend to choose partners they perceive to be of equal
attractiveness to themselves.
Research shows that speed of processing correlates with? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Academic achievement.
Good psychological research should be? - CORRECT ANSWER-Grounded in
theory and use standardised procedures.
One of the limitations of the experimental method is? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Difficulty in establishing external validity.
Case studies are? - CORRECT ANSWER-Subject to more researcher bias than
other approaches.
Although most studies conducted regarding the importance of physical
attractiveness imply that appearance is the most important criteria to almost
everyone, this conclusion is erroneous because? - CORRECT ANSWER-Most of
, these studies were conducted with university students who tend to put a greater
emphasis on appearance than do people in their later twenties or older.
What is the importance of random sampling in survey research? - CORRECT
ANSWER-To ensure that survey results accurately reflect the population as a
whole without introducing systematic bias.
A researcher investigating dyslexia looks at various factors in the lives of dyslexic
children and finds the following correlations: +.25 correlation between degree of
dyslexia and number of relatives with dyslexia; +.15 correlation between degree
of dyslexia and parental alcoholism; -.35 correlation between degree of dyslexia
and family income; 0 correlation between degree of dyslexia and number of
siblings. Which of these exhibits the strongest correlation with dyslexia? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Family income.
In your textbook, the author discusses a study that investigates the kinds of boys
who are popular. The researchers hypothesised some popular kids are actually
aggressive kids who impress others with their 'toughness'. The dependent
variable(s) in this study is/are? - CORRECT ANSWER-Popularity and
aggressiveness.
When using the term "Ailan Kaston", people from the Tiwi Islands are referring
to? - CORRECT ANSWER-Island custom.
Severe intellectual disability reflect? - CORRECT ANSWER-Mostly reflects some
biological anomaly.
