PSYU1102 Final Exam Revision (Part 1)

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A child’s moral reasoning focuses on avoiding punishment and obtaining personal rewards. Their level of moral development is:
Preconventional
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Magda is being observed as she plays in a room with her mother. She goes to the toys in the room, but occasionally looks back at the mother to make sure she is there. After a quick smile exchanged between mother and child Magda goes back to the task of bu
Secure
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What was the main outcome of the Hawthorne Studies?
Perceived 'engagement' led to improvements in performance.
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In a study described in the attention lecture, people drove through a virtual reality city while looking for either a gold or blue arrow at each intersection. When a motorcycle suddenly stopped in front of them they were most likely to crash into it:
When it was the same colour as the arrow they weren’t looking for
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What are the two components of job analysis?
Description and Specification, Analysis and Specification
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Implicit attitudes:
Are less susceptible to social desirability than explicit attitudes
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The major difference between pseudoscience and science is that ____________
Pseudoscience lacks the safeguards against confirmation biases that characterise science
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Tatiana is an organisational psychologist who has been asked to recommend an intervention to help employees who are feeling distressed at work. She has a pretty good understanding of what issues within the organisation are, but wants to better understand
Online surveys
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The fovea contains:
Primarily cones
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There are two alternative pathways to persuading others. One leads us to evaluate the merits of the persuasive arguments carefully and thoughtfully. This is known as the _____________.
Central route
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When we experience an unpleasant state of tension between two or more conflicting thoughts, we are experiencing ____________.
Cognitive dissonance
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After a dinner out with a friend you signal to your server that you are ready for your bill. You are really surprised when your friend tells you that it is not the person who has been serving you all night. This scenario comes closest to resembling:
Change blindness
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According to Locke (1968), what is the most important factor in explaining motivation?
To have a conscious, specific goal in mind.
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According to attachment theory, the two fundamental things a caretaker needs to provide for children are ________________________ and ______________________.
a safe haven; a secure base
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Organisational psychologists can recommend, but also conduct a whole range of workplace interventions. They are involved in many forms of interventions that can affect the wellbeing, resilience and work satisfaction of employees on a large scale. Which in
Counselling of employees
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In Mary Ainsworth’s “Strange Situation”, we are most interested in assessing:
How the infant responds to separation from and reunion with his/her mother.
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The vestibular senses rely on three __________, which are located in the inner ear. They are fluid filled structures that provide information about balance and equilibrium.
Semicircular canals
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What is the main principle that underlies Taylorism?
That work should be considered from a scientific perspective.
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Patients suffering from anterograde amnesia have deficits in
Retaining both skills and personal experiences learned since the onset of amnesia
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The sensation of falling when a lift starts to descend is due to the activation of:
The utricle and saccule
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According to social identity theory, which aspects/s is likely to increase identification with a group membership?
The presence of a relevant out-group
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Persuasion is most likely to be successful when the source of the persuasive communication:
Is perceived as likeable and trustworthy
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PSY1102 tutorials covered effective studying behaviours to increase student learning and retention of information. Which of the following is a scientific reason for why writing notes by hand is more effective for learning than typing notes using a compute
Most individuals type faster than they write; thus, writing notes encourages summarising of information rather than writing out verbatim and Computers often contain distractions (eg notifications, access to the internet, games etc)
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When siblings Babette and Édouard come home from school, Babette is expected to clean any dishes that have been left in the kitchen and to vacuum the family room rug. Édouard on the other hand, is expected to take out the rubbish and, when needed, to mow
Roles
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In an organisation, evidence-based resilience training is MOST useful for
Assisting people to build greater individual coping resources
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Authoritative parents are __________ disciplinarians and they are ___________ when it comes to engagement and shared activities with their child.
Firm, warm
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When given the list of words:

“hill, valley, climb, summit, top, molehill, peak, range, steep”

and asked to recall them, people wrongly produce “mountain” which was not on the list. This phenomenon....
Demonstrates that the act of remembering is an act of reconstruction
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People’s tendency toward altering their behaviour as a result of group pressure is called ________________.
Conformity
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People’s tendency toward altering their behaviour as a result of group pressure is called ________________.
Conformity
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