Formula sheets, the key method steps for every topic and 8 practice problems, with full solutions at the back.
Repeating "the, the, the" aloud while learning a word list impairs recall because it:
A patient with damage to primary visual cortex says he sees nothing in part of his visual field, yet points to objects there well above chance. This is called:
A 5-year-old says a boy who broke 15 cups by accident is naughtier than a boy who broke 1 cup while stealing jam. Piaget called this:
Baron-Cohen, Leslie and Frith gave the Sally–Anne task to autistic children, children with Down syndrome and typical children. Most autistic children failed, while most children with Down syndrome passed. Why was the Down syndrome group important?
According to Latané's social impact theory, social influence increases with the strength, immediacy and:
Reactance theory predicts that when people feel their freedom is threatened by a persuasive message, they will:
A person spends hours daily worrying that a small mark on their nose is ugly, checks mirrors constantly, and others see nothing wrong. Which diagnosis fits?
A patient has had psychotic symptoms for a year; for several weeks they had hallucinations without any mood episode, while at other times psychosis occurred during major depressive episodes. Which diagnosis is most likely?
Answer: A · Blocks rehearsal in the phonological loop
Articulatory suppression occupies the "inner voice" used to rehearse verbal items, so words cannot be refreshed in the phonological loop.
Answer: B · Blindsight
Blindsight shows that some visual processing can guide behaviour without conscious awareness, probably through pathways that bypass primary visual cortex.
Answer: B · Heteronomous morality (moral realism)
Heteronomous children see rules as fixed and judge actions by the amount of damage. Older, autonomous children take intentions into account.
Answer: B · It showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age
Because the Down syndrome group passed despite lower verbal mental age, the autistic group's failure pointed to a specific difficulty with theory of mind.
Answer: C · Number of the sources
Social impact depends on the sources' strength (status), immediacy (closeness) and number. Each extra source adds less impact than the one before.
Answer: A · Be motivated to do the opposite of what is urged
Psychological reactance (Brehm) is the motivation to restore threatened freedom, often by resisting or doing the forbidden behaviour.
Answer: C · Body dysmorphic disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder is preoccupation with perceived flaws in appearance that are slight or not observable, with repetitive behaviours such as mirror checking or seeking reassurance.
Answer: D · Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoaffective disorder involves a mood episode together with schizophrenia symptoms, plus at least two weeks of psychosis without a mood episode. In psychotic depression, psychosis occurs only during the mood episode.
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