1.

Dunbar (2004) found what kind of relationship between the size of the
neocortex and the size of ones social group:
a) The larger the neocortex, the larger the social group
b) The larger the neocortex, the smaller the social group
c) The smaller the neocortex, the larger the social group
d) The smaller the neocortex, the smaller the social group

2. Hebb & Eysenck claim that Introverts:

a) Have low levels of internal arousal and require less stimulation from their
external environments
b) Have high levels of internal arousal and require less stimulation from their
external environments
c) Have low levels of internal arousal and require more stimulation from their
external environments
d) Have high levels of internal arousal and require more stimulation from
their external environments

3. The human tendency to think that others think like us is an example of:
a) Availability heuristic
b) Counterfactual thinking
c) False consensus
d) Anchoring

4. In a study of impression formation, Dion, Berscheid & Walster (1972)

found:
a) Women judged as unattractive were assumed to have better personalities
but less likely to succeed in life
b) Women judged as unattractive were assumed to have unfavourable
personalities and social skills
c) Women judged as attractive were assumed to have better personalities,
better social skills and more likely to succeed in life
d) Women judged as attractive were assumed to have lower IQs

5. In Kelleys 3-dimensional co-variation model, Consensus refers to:

a) How behaviour varies across people
b) How behaviour varies cross targets
c) How behaviour varies in one day
d) How behaviour varies across time and settings

6. Under what circumstances did Bateson et al find people more likely to may
for milk in an honesty box?
a) When they were encouraged by a shop-owner
b) When a poster of a cat was positioned above the honesty box
c) When a poster with human eyes looking directly at the customer was
positioned above the honesty box
d) Under no circumstances did people pay

7. What human characteristic do mirror neurons influence?

a) Self-esteem
b) Empathy
c) Sympathy
d) greed

8. What relationship between the amount of looking at a person and physical

distance did Argyle and Dean conclude?
a) As distance between subjects increases, the amount of looking at a person
decreases
b) As distance increases, amount of looking increases
c) As distance decreases, amount of looking increases
d) As distance decreases, people avoid looking.

9. What key elements are necessary for the scientific method:

a) Estimation, scepticism, objectivity, falsification
b) Estimation, scepticism, subjectivity, falsification
c) Measurement, scepticism, objectivity, falsification
d) Measurement, scepticism, subjectivity, falsification

10.What is the effect of placing a reward on an intrinsically motivated

activity?
a) The intrinsic value of the activity will remain high, extrinsic motivation will
remain low
b) The intrinsic value of the activity will drop and extrinsic value will increase
c) The intrinsic value of the activity will remain high, extrinsic value will
increase
d) The intrinsic value of the activity will drop and extrinsic value will remain
low

11.Mueller & Dweck (1998) found that praising childrens ability makes them:
a) Less likely to embrace challenge, more likely to seek new learning
situations
b) Less likely to embrace challenge, more likely to attribute failure to lack of
ability
c) More likely to embrace challenge, more likely to misinterpret info
d) More likely to embrace challenge, less likely to persist in difficult situations
12.Under what circumstances does reactivation treatment in the mobile
conjugate reinforcement task restore memory?
a) Same mobile, same bumper as initial training (same stimulus, same
context)
b) Same mobile different bumper as initial training (same stimulus, different
context)
c) Different mobile, same bumper as initial training (different stimulus, same
context)
d) Different mobile, different bumper as initial training (different stimulus,
different context)

13.Bombys attachment theory suggests that the sensitive period for human
attachment occurs:
a) From 1 month 6 months
b) From 1 month 1 year
c) from 6 months 2 years
d) From 1 year 2 years.

14.Mary Ainsworths Strange Situation Procedure suggested that on

average, 20% of infants will show:
a) Secure attachment
b) Insecure-Avoidant attachment
c) Insecure-Resistant attachment
d) Insecure-Disorganised attachment

15.Further study of the cultural specificities of the Strange Situation

Procedure found Japanese participants were:
a) Less avoidant, less resistant
b) Less avoidant, more resistant
c) More avoidant, less resistant
d) More avoidant, more resistant

16.A mother has Huntingtons disease (Hh) and the father does not (hh).
What is the likelihood that offspring will have the genetic disease?
a) 25%
b) 75%
c) 0%
d) 50%

17.During the Embryonic period, layers of cells differentiate to form the

Ectoderm, Mesoderm and Endoderm. Mesoderm is responsible for:
a) Digestive system, lungs, urinary tract, other vital organs
b) Muscles, bones, circulatory system
c) Nervous system, skin, hair
d) Muscles, skin, hair
 18.Groups at high risk of pre-term birth include:
a) Smokers, young mothers, first-time mothers
b) Smokers, older mothers, indigenous mothers
c) Young mothers, older mothers, first time mothers
d) Young mothers, alcohol-dependent mothers, first time mothers

19.By what age do both Caucasian and Chinese children lose the ability to
distinguish between races as per The other race effect?
a) 1 year
b) 2 months
c) 9 months
d) 6 months

20.What BEST describes the advantages of Kangaroo Care for both pre-term
infants AND their parents?
a) Mothers are able to spend time with their child
b) Skin to skin contact enhances sleep and feeding development for the
infant and direct involvement improves mental health of mothers and
fathers
c) Earlier discharge for the child so parents can go home
d) Accelerates development of regulatory processes for the infant

ANSWERS:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. C
10.B
11.B
12.A
13.C
14.B
15.B
16.D
17.B
18.C
19.C
20.B