Formula sheets, the key method steps for every topic and 8 practice problems, with full solutions at the back.
Loftus and Palmer's car crash study showed that:
A patient with a long history of heavy alcohol use cannot form new memories and fills gaps with invented stories that he believes. This is typical of:
A 9-month-old finds a toy hidden under cloth A several times. The toy is then hidden under cloth B in full view, but the infant searches under A again. This is:
In sociometric studies, how do "rejected" children differ from "neglected" children?
Normative social influence is conformity based on:
Bond and Smith's meta-analysis of Asch-type studies found that conformity was:
A woman has had a depressed mood most of the day, on most days, for three years, though not severe enough for major depression. Which DSM-5 diagnosis fits best?
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: D · The wording of a question can change eyewitness memory
Participants who heard "smashed" estimated higher speeds and were more likely to falsely remember broken glass, showing that leading questions alter memory.
Answer: A · Korsakoff's syndrome
Korsakoff's syndrome causes severe anterograde amnesia, some retrograde amnesia and confabulation, while procedural learning is often relatively preserved.
Answer: D · The A-not-B error
Piaget saw the A-not-B error as evidence that object permanence is still incomplete. Other researchers link it to immature memory and inhibitory control.
Answer: B · Rejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named
Rejected children receive many negative and few positive nominations and are at greater risk of later problems. Neglected children receive few nominations of either kind.
Answer: B · The wish to be accepted and liked by the group
Normative influence drives conformity to fit in and avoid rejection, as in Asch's study. Informational influence is conforming because we think others are right.
Answer: A · Higher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
Conformity was higher in collectivist countries and had declined over time in the USA, suggesting conformity is shaped by cultural values.
Answer: B · Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
Persistent depressive disorder requires depressed mood for at least two years in adults, with additional symptoms such as poor appetite, low energy or hopelessness.
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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