Unit 3 Psychology - Practice Exam

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Unit 3 PsychologyPractice Exam Question and Answer Booklet

Duration: 15 minutes reading time, 90 minutes writing time

Structure of book:

Section Number of questions Number of questions to

be answered

Number of marks

A 45 45 45

B 9 9 35

C 1 1 10

Total 90

Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers andrulers.

Students are not permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or whiteout liquid/tape.

No calculator is allowed in this examination.Materials supplied:

This question and answer booklet of 17 pages.Instructions:

You must complete all questions of the examination. Write all your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.


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Section A Multiple-choice questions

InstructionsAnswer all questions by circling your choice.

Choose the response that is correct or that best answers the question.

A correct answer scores 1, an incorrect answer scores 0.

Marks will not be deducted for incorrect answers.

No marks will be given if more than one answer is completed for any question.

QuestionsQuestion 1The convoluted layer or covering of the brain is called the:

A. Corpus callosumB. Frontal lobeC. Cerebral cortexD. Neuronal cover

Question 2The role of the corpus callosum is to:

A. Allow the hemispheres of the brain to interact with each otherB. Allow the brain to interact with the muscles of the bodyC. Allow the body to send sensory information to the brainD. Protect the brain from damage

Question 3Bob sustained a significant injury to the left hemisphere of his brain in an accident. How would this most

likely affect his abilities and behaviour?

A. He now has difficulty recognising the faces of people he knowsB. He now has difficulty speaking and writingC. He now has difficulty detecting emotion in other peoples facesD. He now has a less active imagination than he did before the accident

Question 4The primary motor cortex can be found in which lobe of the brain?

A.

The Parietal lobeB. The Frontal lobeC. The Occipital lobeD. The Temporal lobe

Question 5What is the main function of the temporal lobe?

A. Receiving and processing soundB. Receiving and processing visual informationC. Allowing us to sense the position of our body in spaceD. Coordinating the movements of the muscles of the body


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Question 6Jane has had her corpus callosum severed. In an experiment a psychologist shows an apple to her left

eye only, covering her right eye. He then asks Jane to name the object. The most likely outcome of this

experiment is that she:

A. Cannot name the object and does not recognise itB. Recognises the object, and after a pause of a few seconds can correctly name it as an appleC. Immediately names the object correctly as an appleD. Recognises the object, but cannot name it

Question 7A MRI scan can give accurate information on ________ of the brain

A. The functionB. The structureC. Neither the function nor the structureD. Both the function and the structure

Question 8The Autonomic Nervous System is divided into the:

A. Central and Peripheral Nervous SystemsB. Parasympathetic and Peripheral Nervous SystemsC. Sympathetic and Peripheral Nervous SystemD. Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System

Question 9Howard is out walking when he sees a snake. His heartbeat increases and his pupils dilate as his

_______ nervous system is activated. However, he then realises the snake is only a stick. He calms

down, his heartbeat decreasing and his pupils constricting as his ______ nervous system takes control.

The missing words are:

A. Parasympathetic; somaticB. Sympathetic; autonomicC. Autonomic; somaticD. Sympathetic; parasympathetic

Question 10Dr Anderson asks twenty of his patients being treated for insomnia to write a record of their experiences

and symptoms. This is an example of:

A. The placebo effectB. Self reportC. Single blind procedureD. A biased and unreliable experiment

Question 11The right hemisphere is most active when:

A. Reading a bookB. Picking up a football with your right handC. Critically analysing an experimentD. Doing a jigsaw puzzle


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Question 12Janet is walking to her friends house, checking the street signs as she walks, while concentrating on the

story her mother is telling her on her mobile phone. This is an example of:

A. Divided attentionB. Selective attentionC. Controlled learningD. Parallel learning

Question 13According to Alan Baddeleys model of working memory, the three subsystems of working memory are:

A. The phonological loop; short term memory and the visuospatial sketchpadB. Sensory memory; short term memory and long term memoryC. The phonological loop, the central executive and the visuospatial sketchpadD. Echoic memory, iconic memory and sensory memory

Question 14Anne has just had a Psychology lesson. According to the forgetting curve, as developed by Ebbinghaus,

if she does no further study to rehearse the information she has learnt, in one week Anne will remember

approximately how much information she learnt during the lesson?

A. 37%B. 52%C. 10%D. 21%

Question 15John fell off a ladder and hit his head. Since the accident he has been unable to remember the names

and faces of the nurses who attend to him. In fact, he introduces himself to them again and again,

unable to remember that they have met before. John is suffering from what type of amnesia?

A. PartialB. AnterogradeC. RetrogradeD. Proactive

Question 16In a healthy person, age will most likely affect memory in what way?

A.

Procedural memory will declineB. Semantic memory will decline, but procedural memory will notC. Episodic memory will be fairly resistant to decline, while semantic memory will decline to a

greater extent

D. Semantic memory will be fairly resistant to decline, while episodic memory will decline to agreater extent


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Question 17Dan has just landed in England after a long international flight. During the flight he was unable to sleep at

all due to the crying of a baby who was on board. Because of this, he has not slept for over twenty-four

hours. When he arrives at his hotel, Dan immediately falls asleep. What is his sleep most likely to be

characterised by?

A. He will spend the same amount of time in REM sleep as he usually would, but will sleep for twiceas long as usual

B. He will sleep for exactly the same amount of time as usual and spend the same amount of timein REM sleep as usual

C. He will not sleep for significantly less or more time than usual, but will spend twice the amount oftime in REM sleep as usual

D. He will wake up many times during his sleep, and therefore will have far less REM sleep thanusual

Question 18Janice has been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. This is most likely caused by:

A. Old ageB. Degeneration of brain tissue due to disuseC. Changes in neurotransmitter productionD. A blow to head

Question 19The last type of memory that will be effected by Alzheimers disease is usually:

A. Semantic memoryB. Procedural memoryC.

Iconic memoryD. Short term memory

Question 20Stage 4 sleep is characterised by:

A. Mainly theta wavesB. Theta waves and k complexes and sleep spindlesC. More than 50% theta waves, and some delta wavesD. More than 50% delta waves

Question 21Relatively, the most sensitive form of retrieval is ______ while the least sensitive is _______.

A. Serial recall; free recallB. Recognition; relearningC. Cued recall; free recallD. Relearning; free recall


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Question 22Jane has only slept for three hours in the past two days. How will this sleep deprivation affect her ability

to perform tasks?

A. Her ability to perform simple tasks will be unaffected, but she will have a greater difficultyperforming complex tasks

B. Her ability to perform both complex and simple tasks will be unaffectedC. She will have a greater difficulty performing both complex and simple tasksD. Her ability to perform complex tasks will be unaffected, but she will have a greater difficulty

performing simple tasks

Question 23The function of the autonomic nervous system accounts for:

A. The voluntary movements of the musclesB. The ability to breathe while asleepC. The transfer of sensory information from sensory receptors to the brainD. The ability to recognise threats

Question 24The aim of chunking is to:

A. Increase the capacity of STMB. Allow for better encodingC. Increase the capacity of LTMD. Increase the duration of STM

Question 25Fabio is an excellent basketball player. His sister asks him to fill in on her netball team because she thinks

the skills he has in basketball will mean he can also play netball. However, Fabio is a terrible netball

player. He cannot remember the rules and keeps trying to run with the ball. This is an example of:

A. Retroactive interferenceB. Retrograde interferenceC. Proactive interferenceD. Proactive amnesia

Question 26Where is the somatosensory area located?

A.

The parietal lobeB. The occipital lobeC. The temporal lobeD. The frontal lobe


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Questions 27 to 29 relate to the fol lowing information:Dr Peterson conducted an experiment to investigate the effect of caffeine on memory. To do this he

divided his sample into two. The first group were given a list of ten Spanish words to memorise, then

asked to recall them ten minutes later. The second group drank a cup of coffee before memorising the

same list of Spanish words, then asked to recall them ten minutes later.

Question 27The independent variable in this experiment was:

A. Caffeine or no caffeineB. Amount of words memorisedC. The amount of words that could be recalledD. Amount of caffeine consumed

Question 28The dependent variable in this experiment was:

A. The amount of caffeine consumedB. Improvement of memoryC. The amount of words recalled by the participantsD. The effect of caffeine on memory

Question 29The experimental research design that was used in this experiment was:

A. Independent groups designB. Repeated measures designC. Matched participants designD. Matched groups design

Question 30Jeremy hit his head after falling off his bike. When asked by doctors, he was unable to remember what

had happened immediately prior to the accident. This can be explained by:

A. Proactive interferenceB. A lack of consolidationC. Anterograde amnesiaD. Decay theory

Question 31The memory of how to ride a bike is an example of:

A. Declarative memoryB. Semantic memoryC. Episodic memoryD. Procedural memory

Question 32The decay theory describes forgetting as occurring because:

A. Physical changes to neurons occur during learning, but do not consolidateB. The chemical trace a new memory forms fades over time when used too oftenC. The chemical trace a new memory forms fades over time through disuseD. As a person grows older, their ability to retrieve memories becomes impaired


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Question 33The phenomenon known as tip of the tongue can best be explained by:

A. Memories decay over timeB. The right cue being unavailableC. Incomplete encoding of the informationD. A lack of concentration

Question 34At her high school reunion, Janice was embarrassed in front of a large crowd. Now, whenever she

remembers this traumatic experience she deliberately blocks the memory by thinking of something else.

This is an example of:

A. Consolidation theoryB. RepressionC. InterferenceD. Suppression

Question 35Iconic memory has a duration of approximately:

A. 0.1 secondsB. 0.3 - 0.4 secondsC. 1-1.5 secondsD. 3-4 seconds

Question 36Echoic memory has a duration of approximately:

A. 0.1 secondsB. 0.3 - 0.4 secondsC. 1-1.5 secondsD. 3-4 seconds

Question 37What is a disadvantage of the use of brain stimulation to examine the function of the brain?

A. It is extremely painful to the patientB. Patients are most likely to be permanently impaired as a resultC. It is an extremely invasive techniqueD.

The doctors cannot be certain about what areas of the brain are controlling specific functions

Question 38Delta waves are characterised by:

A. High frequency and high amplitudeB. Low frequency and high amplitudeC. High frequency and low amplitudeD. Low frequency and low amplitude


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Question 39Which of the following is true about an average nights sleep for a healthy adult?

A. Deeper sleep occurs earlier in the sleep cycleB. Dreams are more frequent early in the sleep cycleC. Periods of REM sleep occur, on average, every 30 minutesD. No dreams occur in NREM sleep

Question 40Damage to the hippocampus can result in:

A. Retrograde amnesiaB. Anterograde amnesiaC. DeathD. Paralysation

Question 41After suffering a stroke, the right side of Malcolms body has become paralysed. The location of thestroke is therefore the:

A. Right frontal lobeB. Left parietal lobeC. Left frontal lobeD. Right frontal lobe

Question 42When conducting an experiment, Dr Hanson uses a single blind procedure. This is intended to prevent

what extraneous variable?

A. The order effectB. Experimenter biasC. The placebo effectD. Prior knowledge of the participants

Question 43After being allocated, a group of participants who are not exposed to the independent variable are

known as:

A. The experimental groupB. The control groupC.

The dependent groupD. The independent group

Question 44An advantage of a matched-participants design is that:

A. All extraneous variables are eliminatedB. Most extraneous variables in relation to the characteristics of participants are eliminatedC. The placebo effect is eliminatedD. Experimenter bias is eliminated


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Question 45When performing experiments, Dr Fredericks always ensures participants who do not speak English very

well have an interpreter provided. Dr Fredericks is adhering to the ethical principle of:

A. JusticeB. Informed consentC. BeneficenceD. Respect for persons


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Section B Short-answer questions

InstructionsAnswer all questions in the spaces provided.

Questions

Question 1Identify and explain one physiological characteristic that could distinguish an altered state of

consciousness from normal waking consciousness.

1 mark

Question 2Identify and explain one psychological characteristic that could distinguish an altered state of

consciousness from normal waking consciousness.

1 mark

Question 3What is the function of the electro-oculargram (EOG) when measuring states of consciousness?

1 mark


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Question 4Identify and describe the brainwaves that distinguish each of the four stages of NREM sleep. In your

answer refer to the features which make each stage of sleep unique from each other in terms of

brainwave activity.

4 marks

Question 5How are patients diagnosed with Brocas aphasia impaired? With reference to the role of Brocas area,

why are sufferers affected in this way?

2 marks


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Question 6Elsie is in hospital after a serious fall in which she hit her head. Doctors tell Elsie they wish to perform a

PET scan on her to establish whether she suffered any brain damage in the fall.

a. How is a PET scan performed?

3 marks

b. Identify one advantage and one disadvantage of using a PET scan on Elsie.

2 marks

c. Identify and briefly describe an alternative brain recording and imaging technique that could be usedon Elsie to investigate the function of her brain

2 marks

Question 7Complete the following table, identifying the capacity and duration of the three memory stores as

identified in Atkinson-Shiffrins multi-store model of memory:

Capacity DurationSensory memory

Short term memory

Long term memory

6 marks


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Question 8What is the difference between maintenance and elaborative rehearsal? In your answer, explain which

method of rehearsal leads to better retention of learned information and why this is so.

3 marks


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Question 9A psychology teacher, Mr Brown, wished to perform an experiment on students in his class of Year 12

Psychology students. He told the students that if they participated they would gain extra marks on an

upcoming assessment. The participants gave verbal consent to participate in the experiment. Mr Brown

told them they could not withdraw once they had agreed to participate as this would skew the results of

the experiment.

The class was divided into two groups by being drawn out of a hat. The first group, Group A, had twenty

words read out loud to them by Mr Brown, and then were immediately instructed to write down as many

words as they could remember from the list. The second group, Group B, was read the same list of

twenty words, then told to recite the seven times table. Only then were they permitted to write down as

many words as they could remember from the list.

The two groups then switched tasks. Group A had a different set of twenty words read out to them, then

had to recite the seven times tables before writing down as many as they could remember. Group B was

read the same new set of twenty words, and was instructed to write down all the words they could

remember immediately after their teacher stopped reading the list.

Mr Brown set a level of significance at 0.05. He calculated the p value to be 0.04

a. With reference to the serial position effect, what is the most likely outcome of this experiment andwhy would this have occurred?

3 marks

b. Were the two groups randomly allocated? Why or why not?

1 mark


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c. Identify the experimental research design used in this experiment.

1 mark

d. What is a possible extraneous variable that could result from the use of this experimental researchdesign, and what is one way to eliminate it?

2 mark

e. Can the results of this experiment be generalised? Why or why not?

1 mark

f. What does the test of statistical significance tell us about the results of the experiment?

1 mark

g. Identify one ethical principle that has been breached in this experiment and explain how it has beenbreached.

1 mark


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Section C Extended response questions

Instructions

Answer the question in 200-300 words in the space provided.

QuestionVince is in his Psychology exam. He looks up at the clock and sees there is five minutes to go.

Describe and explain the ways in which the different lobes in Vinces brain are working separately and

together as he finishes his exam. In your answer, also refer to the interaction between the hemispheres of

the brain.


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