Psychology Degree FREE Psychology Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Which neurotransmitter is most directly associated with the regulation of mood and is the primary target of SSRI medications?

Accepted Answer

Serotonin

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Dopamine

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Norepinephrine

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GABA

Question 2

In Piaget's theory of cognitive development, during which stage do children first develop the ability to think abstractly and reason hypothetically?

Accepted Answer

Formal operational stage

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Sensorimotor stage

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Preoperational stage

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Concrete operational stage

Question 3

What term describes the phenomenon where individuals perform better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when others are watching?

Accepted Answer

Social facilitation

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Groupthink

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Deindividuation

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Bystander effect

Question 4

A researcher finds a correlation of -0.85 between hours of sleep and number of errors on a cognitive task. What does this indicate?

Accepted Answer

There is a strong negative relationship between sleep and errors

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More sleep causes fewer errors

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The relationship is weak and insignificant

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Sleep and errors are unrelated

Question 5

Which perspective in psychology emphasizes the role of unconscious conflicts and childhood experiences in shaping behavior?

Accepted Answer

Psychodynamic perspective

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Behavioral perspective

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Humanistic perspective

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Cognitive perspective

Question 6

What is the primary difference between retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia?

Accepted Answer

Retrograde involves loss of old memories while anterograde involves inability to form new ones

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Retrograde affects short-term memory while anterograde affects long-term memory

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Retrograde is caused by trauma while anterograde is caused by disease

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Retrograde is temporary while anterograde is permanent