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EXPERIENCE PSYCHOLOGY 5TH EDITION TEST BANK (LAURA
KING) – 100 CORRECT ANSWERS & RATIONALES ALREADY
GRADED A+, LATEST GUARANTEE PASS
Q1 — Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
A researcher finds a robust positive correlation (r = +0.68) between hours of
daily social-media use and reported loneliness in a large cross-sectional
sample. Which conclusion is most defensible from that single correlational
study?
a) Social-media use causes loneliness.
b) Lonelier people tend to use social media more, but causality cannot be
established from this study.
c) There is no relationship once social desirability bias is removed.
d) The correlation implies a third variable (e.g., age) is definitely driving the
association.
Correct answer: b)
Rationale: Correlation indicates association, not causal direction. From a
cross-sectional correlation you can say two variables covary (e.g., higher
social-media use tends to occur with higher loneliness), but you cannot
determine whether A causes B, B causes A, or a third variable causes both.
(a) overstates by asserting causation; (c) is speculative (social desirability
could affect self-reports but is not implied by the correlation alone); (d)
could be true but is not “definite” — a third variable is possible but must be
tested. This item tests research-method reasoning (internal validity,
directionality, third-variable problem).
Reference: King, Experience Psychology, Ch. 1 (research methods).
McGraw Hill
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Q2 — Chapter 2: The Brain and Behavior
A patient can learn a new motor skill (e.g., riding a stationary bicycle) but
cannot form new episodic memories for events that occur afterward. Which
brain structure is most likely damaged?
a) Basal ganglia
b) Hippocampus
c) Cerebellum
d) Occipital cortex
Correct answer: b)
Rationale: The hippocampus is critical for forming new declarative/episodic
memories (what happened, when, and where); damage produces anterograde
amnesia while procedural learning (often mediated by basal ganglia and
cerebellum) can remain intact. (a) Basal ganglia damage impairs procedural
learning/motor habit formation; (c) Cerebellum affects motor coordination
and some motor learning; (d) Occipital cortex is visual — not the primary
site for forming episodic memory. This targets neuroanatomy → behavior
mapping and double-dissociation logic. PubMed Central
Q3 — Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
You see a friend across a long hallway; although the retinal image of your
friend is much smaller than when they’re near, you still perceive them as the
same-sized person. Which perceptual principle best explains this?
a) Sensory adaptation
b) Feature detection
c) Size constancy (a perceptual constancy / top-down influence)
d) Lateral inhibition
Correct answer: c)
Rationale: Size constancy is the perceptual phenomenon where perceived
object size remains relatively stable despite changes in the size of the image
on the retina — the visual system uses depth cues and learned size
expectations (top-down information) to maintain constancy. Sensory
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adaptation (a) reduces responsiveness to constant stimuli; feature detectors
(b) detect basic stimulus features; lateral inhibition (d) enhances contrast —
none explain perceived stable object size across distance.
Reference: King, Experience Psychology, Ch. 3 (sensation & perception).
McGraw Hill
Q4 — Chapter 4: States of Consciousness
Which statement best characterizes REM sleep?
a) REM is a stage of deep, slow-wave sleep associated with sleepwalking.
b) REM involves rapid eye movements, vivid dreaming, and near-complete
muscle atonia.
c) REM sleep shows low brain metabolic activity and is not associated with
dreaming.
d) REM is identical across species and has no known function.
Correct answer: b)
Rationale: REM sleep is marked by rapid eye movements, vivid dream
reports when awakened from REM, high cortical activity resembling
wakefulness, and muscle atonia (near paralysis) that prevents acting out
dreams. (a) Deep slow-wave sleep (stages 3–4) — not REM — is more
associated with sleepwalking. (c) is wrong (REM has elevated cortical
activity and is strongly associated with dreaming). (d) overstates uncertainty
— REM has proposed functions (memory consolidation, emotional
processing) and occurs across many species, though details vary.
Reference: King, Experience Psychology, Ch. 4 (sleep & consciousness).
McGraw Hill
Q5 — Chapter 5: Learning
An experimenter rings a bell just before presenting food to dogs; after many
pairings the bell alone elicits salivation. If the experimenter then repeatedly
presents the bell without food, the dogs’ salivation response gradually
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disappears. What is this disappearance called?
a) Spontaneous recovery
b) Generalization
c) Extinction
d) Habituation
Correct answer: c)
Rationale: In classical conditioning, extinction occurs when the conditioned
stimulus (bell) is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus
(food), producing a decline in the conditioned response (salivation).
Spontaneous recovery (a) is the reappearance of the conditioned response
after a rest period; generalization (b) is responding to stimuli similar to the
CS; habituation (d) is a decrease in response to a repeated neutral stimulus
and is not the technical term used for the decline of a conditioned response
following CS-alone trials. (This item relies on classical conditioning
principles originally observed by Pavlov.) PubMed Central
Q6 — Chapter 6: Memory
Classic research on short-term memory capacity suggested an average limit
often summarized as “7 ± 2” items. Which claim best captures George
Miller’s (1956) original contribution?
a) Short-term memory can hold exactly seven discrete bits of information for
all stimulus types.
b) STM capacity is approximately seven “chunks” for many stimulus types,
but chunking and complexity matter.
c) Long-term memory and short-term memory have identical capacities.
d) Miller showed that memory is unlimited if rehearsal is allowed.
Correct answer: b)
Rationale: Miller’s famous paper argued that immediate memory span often
hovers near seven items, but he emphasized “chunks” (meaningful units) —
what counts as a chunk depends on prior knowledge. He did not claim an
exact universal constant (a), nor that LTM=STM in capacity (c), nor that
EXPERIENCE PSYCHOLOGY 5TH EDITION TEST BANK (LAURA
KING) – 100 CORRECT ANSWERS & RATIONALES ALREADY
GRADED A+, LATEST GUARANTEE PASS
Q1 — Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
A researcher finds a robust positive correlation (r = +0.68) between hours of
daily social-media use and reported loneliness in a large cross-sectional
sample. Which conclusion is most defensible from that single correlational
study?
a) Social-media use causes loneliness.
b) Lonelier people tend to use social media more, but causality cannot be
established from this study.
c) There is no relationship once social desirability bias is removed.
d) The correlation implies a third variable (e.g., age) is definitely driving the
association.
Correct answer: b)
Rationale: Correlation indicates association, not causal direction. From a
cross-sectional correlation you can say two variables covary (e.g., higher
social-media use tends to occur with higher loneliness), but you cannot
determine whether A causes B, B causes A, or a third variable causes both.
(a) overstates by asserting causation; (c) is speculative (social desirability
could affect self-reports but is not implied by the correlation alone); (d)
could be true but is not “definite” — a third variable is possible but must be
tested. This item tests research-method reasoning (internal validity,
directionality, third-variable problem).
Reference: King, Experience Psychology, Ch. 1 (research methods).
McGraw Hill
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Q2 — Chapter 2: The Brain and Behavior
A patient can learn a new motor skill (e.g., riding a stationary bicycle) but
cannot form new episodic memories for events that occur afterward. Which
brain structure is most likely damaged?
a) Basal ganglia
b) Hippocampus
c) Cerebellum
d) Occipital cortex
Correct answer: b)
Rationale: The hippocampus is critical for forming new declarative/episodic
memories (what happened, when, and where); damage produces anterograde
amnesia while procedural learning (often mediated by basal ganglia and
cerebellum) can remain intact. (a) Basal ganglia damage impairs procedural
learning/motor habit formation; (c) Cerebellum affects motor coordination
and some motor learning; (d) Occipital cortex is visual — not the primary
site for forming episodic memory. This targets neuroanatomy → behavior
mapping and double-dissociation logic. PubMed Central
Q3 — Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
You see a friend across a long hallway; although the retinal image of your
friend is much smaller than when they’re near, you still perceive them as the
same-sized person. Which perceptual principle best explains this?
a) Sensory adaptation
b) Feature detection
c) Size constancy (a perceptual constancy / top-down influence)
d) Lateral inhibition
Correct answer: c)
Rationale: Size constancy is the perceptual phenomenon where perceived
object size remains relatively stable despite changes in the size of the image
on the retina — the visual system uses depth cues and learned size
expectations (top-down information) to maintain constancy. Sensory
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adaptation (a) reduces responsiveness to constant stimuli; feature detectors
(b) detect basic stimulus features; lateral inhibition (d) enhances contrast —
none explain perceived stable object size across distance.
Reference: King, Experience Psychology, Ch. 3 (sensation & perception).
McGraw Hill
Q4 — Chapter 4: States of Consciousness
Which statement best characterizes REM sleep?
a) REM is a stage of deep, slow-wave sleep associated with sleepwalking.
b) REM involves rapid eye movements, vivid dreaming, and near-complete
muscle atonia.
c) REM sleep shows low brain metabolic activity and is not associated with
dreaming.
d) REM is identical across species and has no known function.
Correct answer: b)
Rationale: REM sleep is marked by rapid eye movements, vivid dream
reports when awakened from REM, high cortical activity resembling
wakefulness, and muscle atonia (near paralysis) that prevents acting out
dreams. (a) Deep slow-wave sleep (stages 3–4) — not REM — is more
associated with sleepwalking. (c) is wrong (REM has elevated cortical
activity and is strongly associated with dreaming). (d) overstates uncertainty
— REM has proposed functions (memory consolidation, emotional
processing) and occurs across many species, though details vary.
Reference: King, Experience Psychology, Ch. 4 (sleep & consciousness).
McGraw Hill
Q5 — Chapter 5: Learning
An experimenter rings a bell just before presenting food to dogs; after many
pairings the bell alone elicits salivation. If the experimenter then repeatedly
presents the bell without food, the dogs’ salivation response gradually
, 4|Page
disappears. What is this disappearance called?
a) Spontaneous recovery
b) Generalization
c) Extinction
d) Habituation
Correct answer: c)
Rationale: In classical conditioning, extinction occurs when the conditioned
stimulus (bell) is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus
(food), producing a decline in the conditioned response (salivation).
Spontaneous recovery (a) is the reappearance of the conditioned response
after a rest period; generalization (b) is responding to stimuli similar to the
CS; habituation (d) is a decrease in response to a repeated neutral stimulus
and is not the technical term used for the decline of a conditioned response
following CS-alone trials. (This item relies on classical conditioning
principles originally observed by Pavlov.) PubMed Central
Q6 — Chapter 6: Memory
Classic research on short-term memory capacity suggested an average limit
often summarized as “7 ± 2” items. Which claim best captures George
Miller’s (1956) original contribution?
a) Short-term memory can hold exactly seven discrete bits of information for
all stimulus types.
b) STM capacity is approximately seven “chunks” for many stimulus types,
but chunking and complexity matter.
c) Long-term memory and short-term memory have identical capacities.
d) Miller showed that memory is unlimited if rehearsal is allowed.
Correct answer: b)
Rationale: Miller’s famous paper argued that immediate memory span often
hovers near seven items, but he emphasized “chunks” (meaningful units) —
what counts as a chunk depends on prior knowledge. He did not claim an
exact universal constant (a), nor that LTM=STM in capacity (c), nor that
