Practice MCQs NB The answers are on a separate sheet and available on Moodle (i.e. look for them in the same location you downloaded this document). Also, please note that this set of practice MCQs is shorter than the real exam, which will have 45 MCQ items. 1) Operant conditioning is most notably associated with: a Sigmund Freud b JB Watson c Abraham Maslow d BF Skinner 2) The super ego is associated with: a raw, uninhibited, instinctual energy b planned, reasoned behavior c moralistic, conscience-oriented thinking and behavior d repressed memories from childhood 3) A weakness of behaviorism was: a its lack of focus on thought and cognition b its lack of experimental rigour c its focus on human behavior d its link to psychoanalytic theory 4) A person who is trusting and cooperative might have a high score on which Big Five trait? a Conscientiousness b Openness c Agreeableness d Extraversion 5) According to the HEXACO model which trait is linked to prosociality and altruism? a Honesty-Humility b Emotionality c Agreeableness d Extraversion 6) The mean level of conscientiousness: a tends to rise over time b tends to fall over time c is mostly stable over time d is mostly stable over time, but falls in early adulthood 7) Jackson et al (2012) reported that choosing military training over civilian service was predicted by: a Agreeableness b Conscientiousness c Honesty-humility d None of the above 8) Rank-order stability of personality is highest in: a Childhood
b Adolescence c Mid adulthood d Late adulthood 9) The test-retest reliability of IQ is: a high b medium c modest d virtually zero 10) A benefit of the categorical model of psychopathology is: a that it helps clinicians communicate with their patients b the close link to theory c the fact it builds on years of research knowledge d the fact that drug treatments are possible 11) Kotov et al (2010) reported that psychopathology in general terms is most associated with: a low conscientiousness b low extraversion c low agreeableness d high neuroticism 12) If personality changed following an episode of psychopathology this would be evidence for: five factor theory a b the scar hypothesis c the vulnerabilty hypothesis d the presence of genetic risk factors 13) If monozygotic twins are uncorrelated for a given measure, what does this indicate? a That only genetic factors are present b That genetic and shared-environmental factors are present c That only shared-environmental factors are present d That only unique-environmental factors are present 14) How genetically alike are monozygotic twins? a 25% b 50% c 75% d 100% 15) In general, GWAS studies: a have struggled to locate personality genes b have tended to use underpowered samples c have focused on WEIRD samples d all of the above 16) Which of the following is related to general intelligence? a white matter integrity b mortality c religiosity d all of the above
17) Which of the following is a feature of Gross's process model of emotion regulation?