2013 psycho

Question 1

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

Answer 1

d. Macrosystem

Question 2

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

Answer 2

a. Accommodation

Question 3

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

Answer 3

different answers in different exams (I think it’s critical)

Question 4

What term describes motion observed in a motion picture
?

a. Stroboscopic
b. Stereoscopic

Answer 4

a. Stroboscopic

Question 5

According to Rescorla, what factor regarding the stimulus is the most important in conditioning?

a. Reinforcement
b. Predictability

Answer 5

b. Predictability

Question 6

Which of the following is true about the placebo effect?

a. It has negative implications for medicine
b. It has positive implications for medicine

Answer 6

b. It has positive implications for medicine

Question 7

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

Answer 7

D. Translate it to personal meaning

Question 8

What type of temperament is associated with an excess of blood?

a. Choleric
b. Melancholic
c. Phlegmatic
d. Sanguine

Answer 8

d. Sanguine

Question 9

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

Answer 9

a. They are more aware of their limitations

Question 10

What is the subtest of WAIS that is most appropriate for abstract thinking?

a. Digit span
b. Picture arrangement
c. Similarities

Answer 10

c. Similarities

a is for working memory

Question 11

The average storage space of STM for a normal adult is: 

a. 3

b. 7  

c. 10

d. 14

e. 34

Answer 11

b. 7 


Question 12

Which part of the brain is involved in emotions appraisals?

a. Amyglada
b. Lateral hypothalamus
c. Venteromedial hypothalamus

Answer 12

a. Amyglada

Question 13

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

Answer 13

b. crystal

Question 14

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

Answer 14

b. drug effect 


Question 15

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

Answer 15

a. solving a problem

Question 16

what does a predominant frequency alpha band in a EEG measure?

a. Extraversion
b. Anxiety

Answer 16

a. Extraversion

Question 17

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

Answer 17

b. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt

Question 18

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

Answer 18

a. Stimulus generalization

Question 19

What is the most important reflex for the survival of a child?

Answer 19

Crying

Question 20

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

Answer 20

c. Sensorimotor

Question 21

What is the main effect of a placebo?

a. emotional
b. psychological
c. physical

Answer 21

b. psychological

Question 22

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

Answer 22

b. A normal 10-year-old child

Question 23

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?

Answer 23

Conditioned discrimination

Question 24

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

Answer 24

c. Episodic LTM