AAMC FL 4 PS Exam Questions and Answers
Question 1
Based on the findings in the study, what is the most likely prediction when people
make attributions for their own behavior?
A. People attribute positive and negative outcomes to dispositional factors.
B. People attribute positive and negative outcomes to situational factors.
C. People attribute positive outcomes to dispositional factors and negative outcomes
to situational factors.
D. People attribute positive outcomes to situational factors and negative outcomes to
dispositional factors.
Correct Answer
they are trying to save face, so attribute positive things to disposition and negative
things to situational
C!
Question 2
According to the passage, one of the long-term effects of exposure to violence is
providing individuals with aggressive:
A. behavioral disorders.
B. schemas.
C. motivations.
D. drives.
Passage: Exposure to violent media can also have long-term effects through learning.
Specifically, repeated exposure can lead to the observation and reinforcement of
aggressive behaviors, the storage of aggressive knowledge structures
Correct Answer
they have developed a schema (mental script)
B
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,Question 3
auditory hair cells
Correct Answer
MECHANORECEPTORS
Question 4
Assume that the participants were given the opportunity to discuss their initial
ranking of the attributes with members of their group and found that they were in
agreement. Which psychological process would then be most likely to affect each
participant's opinion?
A. Reaction formation
B. Social loafing
C. Selective attention
D. Group polarization
Correct Answer
discussing the rankings in a group, which can skew their responses
D. group polarization
Question 5
Functional fixedness
Correct Answer
tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions
unable to think outside of the box
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,Question 6
Based on discussion of resistance in the passage, proponents of social skills training
most likely will suggest that program implementation will succeed if trainers act out
of:
A. attraction.
B. aggression.
C. attachment.
D. altruism.
Resistance can be expected from members of the community who disagree with the
science or are resistant to change. Critics of social skills training programs might be
swayed if the trainers work pro bono, purely for the joy of enacting change and
helping others.
Correct Answer
pro bono: doing things out of kindness of your heart, in this case without payment
so D, altruism
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, Question 7
Which research design would allow a researcher to determine whether the study's
finding about heterosexual marriage and alcohol consumption also holds for same-
sex marriage?
A. Ask a random sample of respondents whether individuals in same-sex marriages
consume alcohol in different patterns than married heterosexuals.
B. Conduct a study of gender role attitudes that consists of respondents currently
living with a partner, including those in same-sex marriages.
C. Survey alcohol consumption patterns of a random sample of American adults
across demographic characteristics, including sexual orientation.
D.Compare rates of alcohol consumption among a random sample of single,
homosexual respondents and those married to a same-sex partner.
Correct Answer
compare heterosexual marriage & alcohol consumption to same sex marriage
A: false trap, it says "ASK" not that accurate bc its opinions, not as reliable
compared to D
B: they're including data of people who aren't married but living with each other
C: doesn't narrow it down to hetereo and same sex
D: yup yup based on FACTS
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Question 1
Based on the findings in the study, what is the most likely prediction when people
make attributions for their own behavior?
A. People attribute positive and negative outcomes to dispositional factors.
B. People attribute positive and negative outcomes to situational factors.
C. People attribute positive outcomes to dispositional factors and negative outcomes
to situational factors.
D. People attribute positive outcomes to situational factors and negative outcomes to
dispositional factors.
Correct Answer
they are trying to save face, so attribute positive things to disposition and negative
things to situational
C!
Question 2
According to the passage, one of the long-term effects of exposure to violence is
providing individuals with aggressive:
A. behavioral disorders.
B. schemas.
C. motivations.
D. drives.
Passage: Exposure to violent media can also have long-term effects through learning.
Specifically, repeated exposure can lead to the observation and reinforcement of
aggressive behaviors, the storage of aggressive knowledge structures
Correct Answer
they have developed a schema (mental script)
B
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,Question 3
auditory hair cells
Correct Answer
MECHANORECEPTORS
Question 4
Assume that the participants were given the opportunity to discuss their initial
ranking of the attributes with members of their group and found that they were in
agreement. Which psychological process would then be most likely to affect each
participant's opinion?
A. Reaction formation
B. Social loafing
C. Selective attention
D. Group polarization
Correct Answer
discussing the rankings in a group, which can skew their responses
D. group polarization
Question 5
Functional fixedness
Correct Answer
tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions
unable to think outside of the box
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,Question 6
Based on discussion of resistance in the passage, proponents of social skills training
most likely will suggest that program implementation will succeed if trainers act out
of:
A. attraction.
B. aggression.
C. attachment.
D. altruism.
Resistance can be expected from members of the community who disagree with the
science or are resistant to change. Critics of social skills training programs might be
swayed if the trainers work pro bono, purely for the joy of enacting change and
helping others.
Correct Answer
pro bono: doing things out of kindness of your heart, in this case without payment
so D, altruism
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, Question 7
Which research design would allow a researcher to determine whether the study's
finding about heterosexual marriage and alcohol consumption also holds for same-
sex marriage?
A. Ask a random sample of respondents whether individuals in same-sex marriages
consume alcohol in different patterns than married heterosexuals.
B. Conduct a study of gender role attitudes that consists of respondents currently
living with a partner, including those in same-sex marriages.
C. Survey alcohol consumption patterns of a random sample of American adults
across demographic characteristics, including sexual orientation.
D.Compare rates of alcohol consumption among a random sample of single,
homosexual respondents and those married to a same-sex partner.
Correct Answer
compare heterosexual marriage & alcohol consumption to same sex marriage
A: false trap, it says "ASK" not that accurate bc its opinions, not as reliable
compared to D
B: they're including data of people who aren't married but living with each other
C: doesn't narrow it down to hetereo and same sex
D: yup yup based on FACTS
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