1.

The parental response theory states:

a) Men are choosers, but more selective

b) Females are seekers, but more competitive
c) Females are choosers and more selective
d) None of the above

2. A person will dress slowest when:

a) There is an evaluative audience with an unfamiliar task

b) Someone dresses alone with an unfamiliar task

c) Someone dresses alone with a familiar task

d) There is a non evaluative audience with a familiar task

3. Which of the following is NOT required for deindiviuation?

a) Anonymity

b) Distinctiveness

c) Diffusion of responsibility

d) Arousal

4. Which of the following does not constitute a good scientific theory:

a) Testability
b) Falsifiability
c) Creativity
d) Fertility

5. Which of the following is incorrect statement regarding correlational studies:

a) Causal inferences may be drawn in certain circumstances

b) No variables are manipulated
c) Suggests a relationship between variables
d) Correlation is consistent with cause- effect relationship

6. The “manifest” content of the dream refers to:

a) The underlying meaning of the dream

b) The story line of the dream

c) The parts of the dream that cannot be remembered

d) None of the above

7. Which of the following does not occur during “REM” sleep?

a) Increase in blood pressure

b) Increasing in heart rate and breathing

c) Dreaming

d) Muscle movement

8. Regarding a foetus at 6months, which of the following statements is incorrect?

a) Foetus is capable of responding to light

b) Foetus is capable of hear to mother’s voice and heart beat

c) A and B

d) Neither A or B

9. Which of the following is true regarding animal models in the study of visual
development?

a) Kittens had binocular deprivation, and permanent damage occurred

b) Monkeys had monocular deprivation, and permanent damage occurred

c) Kittens had monocular deprivation, and permanent damage did not occur

d) Monkeys had bincoluar deprivation, and permanent damage occurred

10. 6 month old Caucasian babies could distinguish between:

a) Chinese, Middle Eastern and Caucasian Faces

b) Middle Eastern and Caucasian faces

c) Chinese and Middle Eastern faces

d) Just Caucasian faces

11. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of continuous development?

a) Gradual change

b) Quantitative change

c) Qualitative change
d) Uniform change

12) If someone has social support, they are less likely to:

a) Get sick in the first place

b) Interpret a situation as stressful

c) Both A and B

d) Neither A or B

13. In the health belief model, cues to action refers to:

a) Steps required in order to engage in healthy behaviour

b) Influential factors that may encourage or discourage someone to participate in

the behaviour

c) The potential barriers that will prevent an individual from engaging in

behaviour

d) None of the above

14. Excitation transfer refers to:

a) When a person is becoming more aroused, they tend to misattribute the

source of their arousal

b) When a person’s sense of arousal is decaying, they may misattribute the

source of their arousal

c) When a person has calmed down from being aroused, they can accurately
attribute the source of their arousal

d) It can lead to problematic behaviour

15. The Thematic apperception test:

a) Measures a person’s implicit motives

b) Measures a person’s explicit motives

c) Is highly predictive of behaviour

d) A and C
16. Murray et al outlined 3 needs. What are they?:

a) Achievement, power, affiliation

b) Achievement, autonomy, competence

c) Achievement, affiliation, autonomy

d) Power, competence, autonomy

17. Approximately what percentage of the population is heterosexual?

a) 95
b) 98
c) 80
d) 90

18. Which statement is incorrect regarding Gray’s reinforcement sensitivity

theory:

a) Proposed that brain structures have evolved in response to reinforcement

and punishment
b) Includes Behavioural Inhibition System, Behavioural approach system
and Fight- Flight- Freeze system
c) Proposes that motivation is due to a drive that comes from deprivation
d) Has clinical implications

19 Heroin is a:

a) Stimulant
b) Depressant
c) Hallucinogen
d) Can have different effects in different contexts

20. Low distinctiveness, Low Consensus and high consistency indicates that it is
most likely to be an:

a) Internal attribution
b) External attribution
c) Mixed attribution
d) None of the above

Answers:

1) c
2) a
3) b
4) c
5) a
6) b
7) d
8) c
9) d
10) b
11)c
12)c
13)b
14)b
15)d
16)a
17)d
18) c
19)b
20)a