Formula sheets, the key method steps for every topic and 8 practice problems, with full solutions at the back.
Kosslyn found that the time to mentally scan between two landmarks on an imagined map increased with their distance. This suggests that mental images:
A participant solves anagrams faster after seeing related words briefly, without being aware of them. This is an example of:
A toddler watches another child have a tantrum and copies it the next day. Piaget saw this deferred imitation as evidence of:
Hazan and Shaver's "love quiz" found that adults' romantic attachment styles:
According to equity theory, who is likely to feel uncomfortable in a relationship?
Kunst-Wilson and Zajonc showed octagons too briefly to be recognised. Later, participants could not tell old from new shapes but preferred the ones shown before. This suggests:
A patient feels intense anxiety about having a serious illness despite having few or no bodily symptoms and repeated normal tests. Which diagnosis fits best?
A man says that a famous singer is secretly in love with him and sends him coded messages through her songs. Apart from this, his thinking and behaviour are normal, with no hallucinations. Which diagnosis fits best?
Answer: C · Preserve spatial relationships of the real scene
The scanning results support the view that images have depictive, spatial properties, though some researchers argue the results reflect tacit knowledge.
Answer: C · Priming
Priming occurs when exposure to one stimulus facilitates processing of a related stimulus, often without conscious awareness. It reflects implicit memory.
Answer: B · Mental representation
Imitating an absent model requires an internal representation of the action. Piaget placed this at the end of the sensorimotor stage.
Answer: A · Matched infant type proportions and related to recalled childhood care
Adults' self-reported styles (secure, avoidant, anxious) appeared in proportions similar to infant studies and related to recalled parental relationships, though data were retrospective self-reports.
Answer: A · Both the over-benefited and the under-benefited partner
Equity theory states that people want the ratio of input to output to be fair. Under-benefited partners feel anger; over-benefited partners feel guilt.
Answer: C · Mere exposure can raise liking without conscious recognition
The mere exposure effect can occur without awareness, suggesting affective reactions can be formed independently of conscious recognition.
Answer: A · Illness anxiety disorder
Illness anxiety disorder involves preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness with minimal somatic symptoms. Somatic symptom disorder centres on distressing symptoms and excessive thoughts about them.
Answer: C · Delusional disorder, erotomanic type
Delusional disorder involves one or more delusions for at least a month without meeting criteria for schizophrenia, and functioning is not markedly impaired apart from the delusion. Erotomanic delusions concern another person being in love with the patient.
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