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Btec Applied Psychology Unit One

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An assumption of the social approach is:

a)

Behaviour is affected by culture

b)

Information processing

c)

Classical conditioning

d)

The role of neurochemistry

2.

'Behaviour evolves through natural selection' is an assumption of the:

a)

Cognitive approach

b)

Learning approach

c)

Biological approach

d)

Social approach

3.

Inventing details of a memory is:

a)

Fragmenting

b)

Rationalisation

c)

Shortening.

d)

Confabulation

4.

Bartlett's method was:

a)

Serial reconstruction

b)

Serial reproduction

c)

Serial reupholstering

d)

Serial reproduction

5.

A 'prime' is:

a)

A later stimulus

b)

The third stimulus

c)

An earlier stimulus

d)

Always visual

6.

Harris et al. studied priming in:

a)

Children's books

b)

Facebook news feeds

c)

Magazines

d)

TV adverts

7.

Assuming someone trod on you foot deliberately is an example of:

a)

Hostile attribution bias

b)

Fundamental attribution error

c)

Confirmation bias

d)

Irrational thinking bias

8.

The highest speed estimate in Loftus and Palmer's study was for:

a)

Hit

b)

Contacted

c)

Smashed

d)

Crashed

9.

We agree with the group to avoid rejection:

a)

Normative social influence

b)

Informational social influence

c)

Conformative social influence

d)

Performative social influence

10.

Informational social influence is:

a)

An emotional process

b)

A cognitive process

c)

Unlikely in new situations

d)

Rare when an expert is present.

11.

A permanent type of conformity is:

a)

Normative social influence

b)

Internalisation

c)

Identification

d)

Compliance

12.

Stereotypes are:

a)

Flexible

b)

A form of social categorisation

c)

Caused by genes

d)

Nearly always accurate

13.

In Pavlov's studies, food was the:

a)

Unconditioned response

b)

Unconditioned stimulus

c)

Conditioned stimulus

d)

Neutral stimulus

14.

After conditioning, the neutral stimulus becomes the:

a)

Unconditioned stimulus

b)

Conditioned stimulus

c)

Unconditioned response

d)

Conditioned response

15.

Grounding someone for bad behaviour is an example of:

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

16.

Vicarious reinforcement

a)

Is another term for negative reinforcement

b)

Makes imitation more likely

c)

Occurs without observation

d)

Is a direct form of learning

17.

How genes are expressed in behaviour and characteristics is:

a)

Phenotype

b)

Genotype

c)

Mainly environmental

d)

Entirely genetic

18.

The genotype/phenotype distinction emphasises:

a)

Environment

b)

Nurture

c)

Nature

d)

Interaction between nature and nurture

19.

Fine movements are controlled by:

a)

The somatosensory area

b)

The motor area

c)

The visual area

d)

The thalamus

20.

Who is this?

a)

Charles Bartlett

b)

John Watson

c)

Phineas Gage

d)

Denis Deady

21.

Phineas Gage's intellectual ability was:

a)

Impaired by the accident but not lost

b)

The same as it was before

c)

Greater after his accident

d)

Non-existent afterwards

22.

The gap between nerve cells is a:

a)

Gene

b)

Neuron

c)

Neurotransmitter

d)

Synapse

23.

The main female sex hormone is:

a)

Serotonin

b)

Testosterone

c)

Adrenaline

d)

Oestrogen

24.

The peacocks tail is best explained by:

a)

Genome lag

b)

Sexual selection

c)

Natural selection

d)

Survival of the fittest

25.

Pulse rate is:

a)

A subjective measure

b)

A psychological measure

c)

An objective measure

d)

A measure of distress