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NMAT REVIEW 2018 8. Social psychologists note that we probably maintain

PSYCHOLOGY MODULE B consistent attitudes and reference group over lifetime
because
DIRECTIONS: Select the best answer to each of the A. we select reference groups that support our attitudes
following questions and blacken the appropriate space on B. our reference groups help to create our attitudes
your answer sheet. Answer in 30 minutes only. C. we identify with members of the reference group
D. all of the above
1. A behavioral psychologist is interested in behaviour that
A. can be observed 9. According to social learning theory, what a person will
B. is shown in major body movements do in a situation depends on
C. an organism displays voluntarily A. Past reinforcement
D. can be inferred B. Evaluation of the present situation
C. Observation of the others
2. You jerk your hand away after touching a hot plate. D. All of the above
A. the sympathetic system
B. parasympathetic system 10. Jerry felt terrified whenever he had to travel in
C. afferent neurons automobiles; he now avoids them completely. Jerry
D. motor neurons suffers from a(n)
A. Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
3. Which of the ff. is most accurate statement about the B. Phobia
determinants of human development? C. Anxiety Reaction
A. The interaction between biological predisposition and D. Personality Disorder
individual experiences governs development
B. Development results from combination of cultural and 11. The least negative effects in your performance would
environmental influences probably be produced by
C. Biological predispositions combine with maturational A. A thunderstorm
time tables to determine development B. Your neighbor’s lawn mower
D. Heredity (“nature”) is more important than C. Cars honking loudly outside your window
environment (“nurture”) in determining the course of D. The radio you are too lazy to turn off
human development
12. A goal of Cognitive Psychology is to
4. Figure is to ground as A. Develop theories about how emotions function
A. Light to dark C. Thunder is to lightning B. Develop theories about how mental processes are
B. Water is to ice D. Clouds is to sky organized
C. Conduct experimentation on behavior data
5. Chanting a mantra during meditation is an example of D. Conduct psychological studies of stimuli
A. Repression
B. Active consciousness 13. Tapping the tendon in top of the knee cap result in
C. Dynamic consciousness what is known as knee jerk. This is a test of
D. Passive consciousness A. Spinal reflex
B. Muscle coordination
6. When a newly presented stimulus is very similar to C. Somatic nervous system
stimulus to which a conditioned response has been D. Automatic nervous system
learned, the new stimulus is likely to
A. Inhibits the same response 14. Maturation refers to
B. Produce no response A. Orderly changes in behavior that are caused by
C. Elicit the same responses experience
D. Produce a new response B. Disrupted prenatal development that results in
permanent defects
7. Psychological motives are most influenced by C. Natural physical growth processes that are relatively
A. Genetics independent of environment events
B. Physiological drives D. The acquisition of adult behavior through social contact
C. Social factors
D. Neurological and chemical events 15. Although a door is that closing appears trapezoidal at
one point, you will still perceive it as rectangular due to
A. Stroboscopic motion
B. Figure- ground perception
C. Shape constancy
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16. Sleep studies have shown that people can 25. Which of the ff. is an example of selective attention?
A. Discriminate between dreaming and non-dreaming A. Not speaking up when you see someone stealing
sleep while asleep B. Not hearing the radio when you are reading the book
B. Be aware they are dreaming while in the midst of the C. Eating a candy bar while watching a television
dream D. Sitting at rock concert
C. Control their dream content
D. All of the above 26. The behavior of heroin user differs from the behavior
of a person consuming alcohol is that the heroin user
17. In operant conditioning, the reward A. Is more likely to become more aggressive or assaultive
A. Follows behavior B. Can produced skilled responses to agility and
B. Comes before the behaviour intellectual tests
C. Occurs at the same time as the behavior C. Has a depressed nervous system
D. Elicits behavior D. none of these

18. Amanda considers applying to medical school but 27. Which statement exemplifies effective use of
decides not to because she anticipates rejection. The punishment?
impact thinking on behavior is emphasized in A. “If you do that, what kind of person do you think you
A. Social learning theory will grow up to be?”
B. Psychoanalytic theory B. “Wait until your father comes home; he’ll give you a
C. Behavioral theory spanking”
D. Maslow’s theory C. “Don’t pull Rover’s tail, pat him like this”
D. “I never want to hear that word again”
19. In Freudian terms, a person who doesn’t care if
he/she harms others in order to achieve success probably 28. Research indicates that childhood viewing of violence
has a weak on television
A. ld B. Ego C. Libido D. Superego A. Increase aggressive behaviour
B. Has no impact on aggressive behaviour
20. The best example of an obsession is C. Decrease aggressive behaviour
A. The irresistible urge to use credit cards D. Increases instrumental aggression but decrease hostile
B. Recurring thought of performing an obscene act aggressive
C. Felling panicked with no definable cause
D. Being distressed over the death of a friend 29. According to phenomenological approaches, the most
innate motivation is
21. Studies of animals have shown that living under A. The need to feel worthy
crowded conditions is associated with B. The need for acceptance
A. Increased aggression C. Infant neglect C. To restore consistencies
B. Physical disorders D. All of the above D. Toward self-actualization

22. Psychoanalytic psychologist emphasize that behavior is 30. If Tim does not change his clothes four times a day
often controlled by and put new laces in his shoes every other day, he
A. Free will C. Unconscious processors become very anxious. These behavior are
B. External stimuli D. Perception A. Compulsive B. Obsessive C. Projected D. Phobic

23. The center of higher mental process is the
A. Limbic system C. Cerebellum
B. Cerebrum D. hypothalamus
24. Franklin spent the first six-month of his life with heavy
casts on his feet. How will this affect his motor
development?
A. because motor development is sensitive to restriction,
he will probably never walk with normal gait.
B. He may not walk as early as other children, but he will
probably catch up rapidly
C. He will walk normally only of his parent spend a lot of
time teaching him
D. Since motor development, we cannot predict what will
happen
31. People are reluctant to intervene in emergency
situation because
A. Sometimes there is a real danger
B. Emergencies arise quickly and require quick, unplanned
action
C. they risk making fools of themselves by misinterpreting
the situations as emergencies
D. all of the above
32. Humanistic theorists believe that an important force
motivating individuals is a tendency
A. Toward growth & self-actualization
B. Toward effective cognitive conditioning
C. To recognized and categorized life experiences
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33. The portion of the brain responsible for the regulation 42. Individuals with damage to the hippocampus area of
of motor coordination is the the limbic system are unable to
A. Cerebellum C. Cerebrum A. display their inhibitions C. express their emotion
B. Corpus Callosum D. Thalamus B. control their inhibitions D. remember anything new

34. According to Piaget, a child has attained the concept 43. A doctor examining a brain-damaged patient who
of object permanence when he/she is aware that objects cannot regulate his/her body temperature would suspect
A. Continue to exist damage to the
B. Have a constant mass A. medulla C. thalamus
C. Have a constant shape B. hypothalamus D. cerebellum
D. Vary in color
44. According to Erickson, the way parents control their
35. The orienting reflex child’s exploration during his or her second year will
A. Occurs only in response to major changes in the determine whether the child develops feeling of
environment A. intimacy and sharing
B. Prepares an organism to responds quickly B. trust in others
C. Is weak in Human being compared to animals C. identification and authority
D. Responds primarily to familiar stimuli D. autonomy and independence

36. Hypnotic induction typically requires 45. A subject attempt to name a card that an
A. An authoritarian hypnotist experimenter is thinking of, the experiment is testing
B. A willing and cooperative subject A. precognition
C. An alert mode of consciousness B. clairvoyance
D. None of these C. psychokinesis
D. telepathy
37. A customer asked for “a pound of American cheese
sliced thin.” You should be most likely to retain activity in 46. Which of these is least likely to result from sleep
societies that are deprivation?
A. Visual code C. Semantic code A. tendency to fall asleep
B. Acoustic code D. Imagery code B. transient inattention
C. emotionally disturbed behavior
38. Maslow’s theory of human motivation would predict a D. visual misperceptions
lack of artistic and scientific activity in societies that are
A. Heavily industrialized and built up 47. Why can a supermarket cashier recall the last few
B. Struggling to feed and shelter their people prices for an order but not the first few?
C. Striving to improve their technology A. later items displace earlier items in short term memory
D. Spartan and Puritanical B. the cahier paid closer attention to the last few items
C. the cashier used a linear search of short-term memory
39. If an employer wishes to evaluate the traits of an for the last items but a sequential search for the earlier
employee based on observations of behaviour on the jobs, items
he/she probably used a D. the later items were probably placed in long-term
A. rating scale C. projective test memory
B. personality inventory D. statistical analysis
48. Which of the following is not an aggressive act?
40. When they are encouraged to be more socially active, A. Emie punches Joe in the stomach for no reason
depressed individuals usually B. Carol screams at her daughter after a hard day of work.
A. find new ways to criticize themselves C. Sam accidentally spills ink all over the roommate’s term
B. have panic attacks paper
C. become more outgoing D. Janet spanks her son because he lied to her
D. become more objective about their feelings
49. In general, the closer you get to a feared object, the
41. A reference group is any group that greater the
A. consists of individual with whom we identify A. avoidance C. ambivalence
B. regulates its member through the use of social reward B. conflict D. approach
and punishment
C. provides us an interpretation of events and social issues 50. The belief that all food can cause cancer is an example
D. All of the above of a(n)
A. hallucination C. delusion
B. mood swing D. affective disorder

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