Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

What percentage of people accept Psychology is a science, according to Richardson and Lacroix (2021)?

A) 0.88
B) 0.89
C) 0.9
D) 0.91
E) 0.92

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Stanley Milgram is most famous for his research into which topic?

A) The placebo effect
B) Classical conditioning
C) Obedience
D) Change blindness
E) Negative priming

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which bias involves unfounded overconfidence in a particular outcome after the event has occurred?

A) Preattentive processing
B) Recency effect
C) Interpretive bias
D) Precognition
E) Hindsight bias

Answer 3

E

Question 4

According to Arnett's (2008) analysis, 96% of participants in studies reported in the top psychology journals come from:

A) Eastern nations
B) WEIRD societies
C) The United States
D) BRIC nations
E) Third-world countries

Question 5

The particular values, beliefs, and practices shared by members of a given population can best be described as forming a(n):

A) Culture
B) Cognitive map
C) Schema
D) Alliance
E) Origin story

Question 6

What percentage of people did Triandis et al. (2001) find share the same beliefs as the culture they live in?

A) 0.58
B) 0.59
C) 0.6
D) 0.61
E) 0.62

Question 7

What according to Miyamoto et al. (2018) predicts freedom to choose one's own values?

A) Gender
B) Age
C) Religion
D) Socio-economic status
E) Nationalism

Question 8

The technique of free association was used by Freud and his disciples largely to:

A) Retrieve repressed memories
B) Induce parapraxis
C) Encourage reaction formation
D) Facilitate projection
E) Achieve wish fulfilment

Question 9

Of the forms of therapy reviewed by Marcus et al. (2014), the most effective treatment is:

A) Psychoanalysis
B) Talk therapy
C) Humanistic therapy
D) Gestalt therapy
E) Cognitive-behavioural therapy

Question 10

The most common types of mental disorders tend to be related to:

A) Dementia
B) Schizophrenia
C) Dissociative disorders
D) Mood or anxiety
E) Eating

Question 11

Ünal et al (2005) report that the most significant factor in reduced mortality from heart disease is:

A) Improved medical interventions
B) Increased knowledge and understanding
C) Exercise
D) Lifestyle changes
E) Diet

Question 12

What did Simmons et al. (2013) fund to be an effective ay to encourage smoking cessation?

A) Nicotine patches
B) Making a video that conflicts with their previous views
C) Nicotine gum
D) Education
E) Social skills training

Question 13

Which type of intention is most associated with the creation of instant habits that can be utilised to help one achieve a particular goal?

A) Implementation
B) Vague
C) Assimilated
D) Episodic
E) Epiphenomenal

Question 14

Which of these factors in improving eating behaviour was not assessed by Hennessy et al. (2020)?

A) Implementation intentions
B) Food diary
C) Following a diet plan
D) Goal setting
E) Self-monitoring

Question 15

Why did members of the Nudge Unit advise the UK government to delay lockdown in March 2020.

A) The Covid rates were not high enough
B) Cultural differences meant a lockdown could not be achieved in the UK
C) There was no evidence a lockdown would work
D) The country was not ready for lockdown
E) Behavioural fatigue