2013 psycho Flashcards
The doctor told the parents that their 2 years old child (Salem) was obese. However, the parents believed that their chubby child was quite healthy. According to the ecological model of human development, which of the following systems affected the parent’s opinion?
a. Microsystem
b. Mesosystem
c. Exosystem
d. Macrosystem
e. Chronosystem
d. Macrosystem
A man hates hospitals and thinks they are the worst. After being admitted to one, he sees the high standard of care provided and the good service, so he changes his mind. Now he thinks hospitals are a good thing. According to the cognitive theory, what has occurred in order for the man to change his mind?
a. Accommodation
b. Assimilation
a. Accommodation
A baby was born with cataract up till 7 years, so he suffered from a visual impairment. This effect happened in which period of the child’s life?
a. Critical
b. Sensitive
c. Maturation
different answers in different exams (I think it’s critical)
What term describes motion observed in a motion picture ?
a. Stroboscopic
b. Stereoscopic
a. Stroboscopic
According to Rescorla, what factor regarding the stimulus is the most important in conditioning?
a. Reinforcement
b. Predictability
b. Predictability
Which of the following is true about the placebo effect?
a. It has negative implications for medicine
b. It has positive implications for medicine
b. It has positive implications for medicine
What is the immediate outcome of cognitive appraisal according to cognitive appraisal theory? A. Facial expression B. Emotion expression C. Autonomic arousal D. Translate it to personal meaning
D. Translate it to personal meaning
What type of temperament is associated with an excess of blood?
a. Choleric
b. Melancholic
c. Phlegmatic
d. Sanguine
d. Sanguine
Patients with mild mental retardation usually suffer more than patients with profound mental retardation because
a. They are more aware of their limitations
b. They know they are rejected by society
a. They are more aware of their limitations
What is the subtest of WAIS that is most appropriate for abstract thinking?
a. Digit span
b. Picture arrangement
c. Similarities
c. Similarities
a is for working memory
The average storage space of STM for a normal adult is: a. 3 b. 7 c. 10 d. 14 e. 34
b. 7
Which part of the brain is involved in emotions appraisals?
a. Amyglada
b. Lateral hypothalamus
c. Venteromedial hypothalamus
a. Amyglada
Buthaina can solve new problems & understand the concepts, but she can't remember how to play cards or drive a car. In what test she will score low IQ? a. fluid b. crystal c. emotional d. general
b. crystal
What do pharmaceutical companies care about while manufacturing a drug ?
a. placebo effect
b. drug effect
c. placebo plus drug interactions
d. placebo and drug interactions
b. drug effect
Sir Charles Spearman identified that some aspects of cognitive performance sometimes depend on reproductive and sometimes eductive abilities. Which of the following is eductive?
a. solving a problem
b. answering this question
c. playing a musical instrument
d. reading a book
e. taking a verbal test
a. solving a problem
what does a predominant frequency alpha band in a EEG measure?
a. Extraversion
b. Anxiety
a. Extraversion
A child is learning to gain control over his choices of food, toys, clothing, and has toilet trained. As a result he feels independent and in control. Which stage of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is this?
a. Trust vs mistrust
b. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
c. Intitiative vs guilt
b. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Your friend was bitten by a dog, after that he became afraid of all of the dogs. What is this phenomenon called?
a. Stimulus generalization
b. Stimulus discrimination
c. Spontanous recovery
a. Stimulus generalization
What is the most important reflex for the survival of a child?
Crying
In which stage of Piaget’s cognitive development theory does assimilation and coordination of reflexes occur?
a. preoperational
b. concrete operational
c. sensorimotor
d. formal operational
c. Sensorimotor
What is the main effect of a placebo?
a. emotional
b. psychological
c. physical
b. psychological
A 20-year-old male who is mentally retarded with an IQ=50% is equal in his mental abilities to
a. A normal 15-year-old child
b. A normal 10-year-old child
c. A normal 5-year-old child
b. A normal 10-year-old child
A person was exposed to an unconditioned stimulus with an electric shock applied to his finger. The same unconditioned stimulus was put to another finger without an electric shock. What is this called?
Conditioned discrimination
You went to Bahrain last year and now you are remembering your friends that you have met there and the places you have visited together. What kind of memory did you use to remember?
a. STM
b. Wroking memory
c. Episodic LTM
d. Semantic LTM
c. Episodic LTM
