Test A wrong Qs

Question 1

Damage to the temporal lobe is most likely to effect which type of memory function?

Answer 1

Long-term explicit memory

NOTE: explicit memory= autobiographical and conscious recollection of facts
NOTE: damage to temporal lobe doesn’t really affect short term

Hint: Winters (cold TEMPerature feel LONG).

Question 2

In which of the following circumstances would it be problematic to use a chi square?

1. when looking for differences between groups
2. when the data are ordinal
3. when repeated observations are made
4. when there’s more than one IV

Answer 2

3. when repeated observations are made.

What is the the WRONG one here?
Chi squares can do nominal, categorical, and ordinal data; are independent of observations; 1 or more IVs

Question 3

In psychotherapy outcome research, the factors that appear most responsible for lack of improvement are:

Answer 3

client factors

Question 4

Which of the following is the least developed at birth?
1. brainstem
2. cerebellum
3. cortex
4. RAS

Answer 4

3. Cortex

Question 5

To optimize the teaching of inner city children by inner city teachers you should:

Answer 5

focus on increasing teachers’ expectancies of children’s performance

NOTE: think of the study that students did better when teachers expected more of them. Also, self fulfilling prophecy

Question 6

In regard to testimonials, the AP ethics code stipulates that

Answer 6

testimonials may be used and solicited as long as they are not solicited from current patients or those vulnerable to undue influence

Question 7

In Brown vs Board of Ed (1954) supreme court ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment. testimony was presented based on the innovative psychological tests using dolls to identify harm inflicted on the plaintiff children due to segregation, Who created these tests?

Answer 7

Mamie Phipps Clark

Mamie (mommy)
mommy=therapist=development of test

Question 8

In most situations, due to limited time/cognitive limitations, a person cannot think through all possible options to arrive at the optimal solution; the person is not fully rational. This is known as bounded rationality, this has been described extensively by:

Answer 8

Herbert Simon

Hint: Simon is satisfied with the satisfactory :good enough: decision

Question 9

A jungian would consider the part of the personal and collective unconscious that is projected out to be:

Answer 9

transference

NOTE: Jung=/= Freud. Freud saw everything as a defense (including transference).

Question 10

From an operant learning perspective, is it best to manage children’s tantrums through:
1. positive punishment
2. negative reinforcement
3. extinction
4. shaping

Answer 10

extinction

NOTE: Extinction = operant conditioning=removal of reinforcement
(Dinosaurs went EXTINCT bc they were REMOVED from this earth) Remove reinforcement

Question 11

for each A score, the variability of B scores is equal to the total variability of B scores. You can conclude that:

Answer 11

there is no correlation between A and B

Question 12

From an operant learning perspective, it is best to manage children’s tantrums through:

Answer 12

extinction

Question 13

Which of the following scenarios will tend to increase the standard error of the mean?
1) increasing the SD of the population and decreasing sample size
2) decreasing the SD of the population and increasing the sample size
3) increasing both the SD of the population and sample size
4) decreasing both the SD of the population ad sample size

Answer 13

increasing the SD of the population and decreasing sample size

Standard error of the mean has a direct relationship with the SD of the population and indirect relationship with sample size

Question 14

A researcher is interested in the relationship between ,orality and criminal behavior in Christians. tH RESEARCH MEASURES MORALITY BASED ON RATE OF CHURCH ATTENDANCE, AND IT FINDS THAT MANY OF THE non church goers have no criminal record. The best explanation of this finding is

1)criterion contamination
2)criterion deficiency
3)criterion relevance
4)criterion-related validity

Answer 14

2) criterion deficiency

NOTE: if a criterion is deficient, it can’t have relevance. You ned the criterion to not be deficient before you can assess its relevance (how much church attendance truly measures morality).

Question 15

DRO is based on

Answer 15

a combination of extinction and reinforcement

NOTE: DRO=differential reinforcement for other behaviors
Operant conditioning: combo of extinction and reinforcement

Question 16

right hemisphere stroke most commonly results in:

Answer 16

weakness on the left side of body and indifference

RIGHT damage=indifference or euphoria
LEFT damage=depression
“when you’re LEFT you get DEPRESSED”

Question 17

In comparing job enrichment to job enlargement:
1) both would likely satisfy motivator needs
2) job enrichment involves more responsibility while job enlargement increases variety
3) job enrichment increases variety of tasks, while job enlragement increases decision making
4) both are thought to impact satisfaction and performance

Answer 17

2) job enrichment involves more responsibility while job enlargement increases variety

going from student to psychologist is ENRICHING, you get more responsibility and you get RICH. You become satisfied and perform better.
Enlargement = more tasks

Question 18

the concordance rate for identical twins with BP1 is about ___%

Answer 18

75-80

NOTE: it is the most heavily genetically loaded disorder

Question 19

Which of the following theories would see job enrichment as a valuable intervention?
1) reinforcement theory
2) expectancy theory
3) two-factor theory
4)equity theory

Answer 19

3) two-factor theory

job enrichment = expanding to have more responsibility and increasing autonomy and freedom.
Herzberg two factor theory focuses on increasing employee responsibility will lead to increased satisfaction and performance