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:
When a video shows a face saying "ga" while the audio says "ba", many people hear "da". This shows that:
Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:
Temperament research by Thomas and Chess classified infants into which three main groups?
In Sherif's autokinetic studies, people judged how far a still dot of light seemed to move. In groups, their estimates converged on a shared norm. This mainly shows:
After choosing between two similarly rated household appliances, participants rated the chosen one higher and the rejected one lower than before. This is called:
In Ellis's ABC model, what does "B" stand for?
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) was originally developed for:
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: A · Speech perception combines what we see and hear
The McGurk effect shows that lip movements are combined with sound in perceiving speech, producing a percept that matches neither input alone.
Answer: D · Children learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
Children who watched an adult attack the Bobo doll imitated the aggression, supporting social learning through observation and modelling.
Answer: C · Easy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up
The New York Longitudinal Study described easy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up temperaments; some infants did not fit any group.
Answer: C · Informational influence in an ambiguous situation
Because the task was ambiguous, people used others' estimates as information. The group norm persisted when they were later tested alone.
Answer: C · Spreading of alternatives after a decision
Post-decision dissonance is reduced by increasing the attractiveness of the chosen option and lowering that of the rejected one.
Answer: D · Beliefs about the activating event
In the ABC model, an Activating event leads to emotional Consequences through the person's Beliefs. Changing irrational beliefs changes the consequences.
Answer: D · Borderline personality disorder with self-harm
DBT combines CBT with mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills, initially for people with borderline personality disorder and chronic suicidality.
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