Engage Education Foundation € ? Units 3 and 4 Psychology Practice Exam Question and Answer Booklet Duration: 15 minutes reading time, 2 hours and 30 minutes writing time Structure of book: Section Number of questions Number of questions to be answered A B C 65 18 7 65 18 7 Total Number of marks 65 60 15 140 · Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers and rulers. · Students are not permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or white out liquid/tape. · No calculator is allowed in this examination. Materials supplied: · This question and answer booklet of 27 pages. Instructions: · You must complete all questions of the examination. · Write all your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.
Units 3 and 4 Psychology The Engage Education Foundation Section A - Multiple-choice questions Instructions Answer all questions by circling your choice. Choose the response that is correct or that best answers the question. A correct answer scores 1, an incorrect answer scores 0. Marks will not be deducted for incorrect answers. No marks will be given if more than one answer is completed for any question. Questions Question 1 Laura is a Year 12 Psychology student who has been under a great deal of stress during the week. As a result, she has been very frustrated lately. In class, whilst performing a simple experiment, her attention shifts, and external awareness decreases. Which altered state of consciousness is Laura most likely to have slipped into? A. Sleep B. Meditation C. Daydream D. Amnesia Question 2 Jackson is 19 years old and sleeps 9 hours each night. He is an avid bush walker and hikes very long distances each day. Which stage of sleep would you expect Jackson to experience noticeably more of then the average teenager, as measured by an EEG? A. REM 1 B. Stage 1 C. Stage 2 D. Stage 4 Question 3 Chronologically, the stages of developmental plasticity are: A. Proliferation, myelination, circuit formation, circuit pruning, migration B. Circuit formation, circuit pruning, proliferation, migration, myelination C. Circuit formation, proliferation, circuit pruning, migration, myelination D. Proliferation, migration, circuit formation, circuit pruning, myelination Question 4 During which phase in Pavlov's experiment were the bell and food presented together in order to create an association in the dogs, resulting in salivation? A. Pre conditioning B. Acquisition C. Post conditioning D. Modelling Page 1 6.5 hour revision seminars for just $56 - visit www.ee.org.au for more info.
The Engage Education Foundation Units 3 and 4 Psychology Question 5 The association of an undesirable behaviour with an unpleasant consequence for the purpose of extinguishing the undesirable behaviour is known as: A. Shaping B. Aversion therapy C. Trial and error learning D. Operant punishment Question 6 The central nervous system includes: A. The brain and surrounding nerves B. The brain and spinal fluid C. The brain and spinal cord D. The brain and nerves in the trunk of the