Formula sheets, the key method steps for every topic and 8 practice problems, with full solutions at the back.
The serial position effect predicts that items in a list are recalled best when they are:
Change blindness experiments show that people often:
Which attachment type is shown by an infant who is very distressed at separation and both seeks and resists contact at reunion?
The concept of "internal working model" in attachment theory refers to:
In Latané and Darley's five-step model of bystander intervention, pluralistic ignorance mainly affects which step?
Which variation in Asch's study reduced conformity most dramatically?
A client says "I failed one test, so I will fail everything." Which cognitive distortion is this?
A patient with schizophrenia stays motionless in an awkward posture for hours and resists attempts to move him. Which symptom cluster does this describe?
Answer: D · At the beginning and end of the list
Early items benefit from rehearsal into long-term memory (primacy), and the last items are still in short-term memory (recency).
Answer: B · Fail to notice large changes in a scene when the change happens during a brief interruption
When a visual change coincides with a disruption (a blink, a cut, a passing door), people frequently miss it, showing we store far less detail than we feel we do.
Answer: C · Insecure-resistant (ambivalent)
Insecure-resistant infants are highly upset when the caregiver leaves and show ambivalence on reunion, seeking contact but also pushing away.
Answer: D · A mental representation of relationships based on early attachment experiences
Bowlby proposed that early attachment creates internal models of the self and others that guide expectations and behaviour in later relationships.
Answer: D · Interpreting the event as an emergency
The steps are noticing, interpreting it as an emergency, taking responsibility, knowing how to help and deciding to help. Pluralistic ignorance distorts interpretation.
Answer: B · One other confederate giving the correct answer
A single dissenting ally reduced conformity sharply (to about 5%), while increasing the majority beyond three or four people had little extra effect.
Answer: C · Overgeneralisation
Overgeneralisation draws a sweeping conclusion from a single event. Beck's cognitive therapy teaches clients to notice and test such distortions.
Answer: A · Catatonia
Catatonic features include stupor, posturing, waxy flexibility, mutism and negativism. In DSM-5 catatonia can occur with schizophrenia, mood disorders or medical conditions.
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