MCAT Psychology Practice Exam
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1. Bystander effect
- ANS - individuals do not intervene to help victims when
others are present
2. Social Loafing
- ANS - tendency of individuals to put in less effort when
in a group setting than individually
3. 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
- ANS - B. The number of bystanders who witness the
emergency
4. 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.
- ANS - B. a situational variable.
5. Self-serving bias
- ANS - the tendency for people to view their own success
based on internal factors and failures on external factors
6. Actor-observer bias
- ANS - the tendency to blame our actions on the situation
and blame the actions of others on their personalities
, 7. 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
- ANS - 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
8. 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:
2026/2027 Updated Verified
Questions and Solutions A+ Pass
Guaranteed
1. Bystander effect
- ANS - individuals do not intervene to help victims when
others are present
2. Social Loafing
- ANS - tendency of individuals to put in less effort when
in a group setting than individually
3. 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
- ANS - B. The number of bystanders who witness the
emergency
4. 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.
- ANS - B. a situational variable.
5. Self-serving bias
- ANS - the tendency for people to view their own success
based on internal factors and failures on external factors
6. Actor-observer bias
- ANS - the tendency to blame our actions on the situation
and blame the actions of others on their personalities
, 7. 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
- ANS - 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
8. 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:
