EPPP PSYCHOLOGY LICENSING EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A
_____________are organised, interconnected mental networks of info that are
based on our previous personal and social exps and help us process and organize
info
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - ANSWER: schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific
social situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - ANSWER: scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by Rosenhan-
what did he find? - ANSWER: 8 pseudopatients admitted themselves to an inpatient
ward. Although they acted normally, all but one were diagnosed by staff as having
Sx-- the behavs of others tend to be perceived in a manner consistent with the social
environ in which they occur
Which of these is NOT a type of attribution of behaviour?
a) dispositional vs situational
b) internal vs external
c) stable vs unstable
d) specific vs global - ANSWER: internal vs external
The _____________ occurs when we overestimate the role of dispositional factors
and underestimate the rolw of situational factors in another person's behaviour
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias - ANSWER: fundamental attribution bias
The _______________ describes our tendency to make situational attributions to
our own behaviours but dispositional attributions to the behaviour of others
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias - ANSWER: actor-observer effect
The _____________ describes our tendency to attribute our behaviours to
situational factors when the consequences are negative and to attribute them to
dispositional factors when the conseqs are positive (except in depressed people)
, a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias
d) learned helplessness - ANSWER: self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments - ANSWER: mental heuristics
The ____________ heuristic involves basing your judgement about whether
someone belongs to a particular category on how similar they are to that category
whilst ignorning populaton probability data
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER: representativeness heuristic
The __________ heuristic involves basing the likelihood of an event on how easily
you can imagine it happening
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER: simulation
The _______ heuristic involves using an initial value as the basis for making a
judgement or estimate (ie. starting price for negotiation at a flea market)
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER: anchoring heuristic
The _______________ heuristic involves judging the likelihood or frequency of an
event basked on how easy it is to recall many examples of that event occuring
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER: availability
The _________ is the tendency to rely on case specific info and ignore probability
data when estimating the likelihood of an event
a) base rate fallacy
b) confirmation bias
c) illusory correlation
d) false effect - ANSWER: base rate fallacy
The ____________ is the tendency to pay attention to information that is line with
one's beliefs and to ignore info that isn't
a) base rate fallacy
200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A
_____________are organised, interconnected mental networks of info that are
based on our previous personal and social exps and help us process and organize
info
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - ANSWER: schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific
social situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - ANSWER: scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by Rosenhan-
what did he find? - ANSWER: 8 pseudopatients admitted themselves to an inpatient
ward. Although they acted normally, all but one were diagnosed by staff as having
Sx-- the behavs of others tend to be perceived in a manner consistent with the social
environ in which they occur
Which of these is NOT a type of attribution of behaviour?
a) dispositional vs situational
b) internal vs external
c) stable vs unstable
d) specific vs global - ANSWER: internal vs external
The _____________ occurs when we overestimate the role of dispositional factors
and underestimate the rolw of situational factors in another person's behaviour
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias - ANSWER: fundamental attribution bias
The _______________ describes our tendency to make situational attributions to
our own behaviours but dispositional attributions to the behaviour of others
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias - ANSWER: actor-observer effect
The _____________ describes our tendency to attribute our behaviours to
situational factors when the consequences are negative and to attribute them to
dispositional factors when the conseqs are positive (except in depressed people)
, a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias
d) learned helplessness - ANSWER: self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments - ANSWER: mental heuristics
The ____________ heuristic involves basing your judgement about whether
someone belongs to a particular category on how similar they are to that category
whilst ignorning populaton probability data
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER: representativeness heuristic
The __________ heuristic involves basing the likelihood of an event on how easily
you can imagine it happening
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER: simulation
The _______ heuristic involves using an initial value as the basis for making a
judgement or estimate (ie. starting price for negotiation at a flea market)
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER: anchoring heuristic
The _______________ heuristic involves judging the likelihood or frequency of an
event basked on how easy it is to recall many examples of that event occuring
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ANSWER: availability
The _________ is the tendency to rely on case specific info and ignore probability
data when estimating the likelihood of an event
a) base rate fallacy
b) confirmation bias
c) illusory correlation
d) false effect - ANSWER: base rate fallacy
The ____________ is the tendency to pay attention to information that is line with
one's beliefs and to ignore info that isn't
a) base rate fallacy
