General Psychology Unit 4 Practice Exam Questions

[ilovesuck]

this thread is just for all those questions on psych practice exam papers that are causing a bit of trouble or questioning (you know, since some of the third-party exam papers are quite inaccurate sometimes...)

ill start

TSSM 2008
MC Q7
Samantha asked her grandmother about the names of the students in her year 12 class from 50 years ago, Samantha's grandmother could not name any of the students.  Samantha located her grandmother's year 12 class photograph and was surprised how many names her grandmother could now remember while looking at the photograph.  The reason for Samantha's grandmother being able to remember the names only after seeing the photograph is due to:
A. free recall being more sensitive than recognition
B. free recall being less sensitive than relearning
C. recognition being more sensitive than relearning
D. recognition being more sensitive than free recall

Answer: D

Isn't this an example of cued recall rather than recogntion?

MC Q17
Research into the effects of ageing on memory has shown:
A. processing speed in STM is reduced due to increased efficiency of the nervous system
B. processing speed in LTM is reduced due to reduced efficiency of the nervous system
C. there is no difference in processing speed for different types of tasks.
D. complex tasks such as manipulating various types of information is often more difficult for elderly people.

Answer: B

B seems correct, but isn't D correct aswell?

MC Q36
Behavior which is learnt through operant conditioning rather than through classical conditioning is more likely to be:
A. passive
B. active
C. involuntary
D. deliberate

Answer: B

B seems correct, but isn't D a better answer?

there are more questionable answers throughout the exam but i can't be bothered to type them out right now.

share your questions
 

[misskaraleah]

TSSM 2008
MC Q7
Samantha asked her grandmother about the names of the students in her year 12 class from 50 years ago, Samantha's grandmother could not name any of the students.  Samantha located her grandmother's year 12 class photograph and was surprised how many names her grandmother could now remember while looking at the photograph.  The reason for Samantha's grandmother being able to remember the names only after seeing the photograph is due to:
A. free recall being more sensitive than recognition
B. free recall being less sensitive than relearning
C. recognition being more sensitive than relearning
D. recognition being more sensitive than free recall

Answer: D

Isn't this an example of cued recall rather than recogntion?

No thats the right answer.
Because when she was asked to recall the names of her year 12 class- that is she was provided with minimal cues, therfore using free recall- she was unable to reproduce a response.
However- when presented with a photograph, that is she was provided with cues through the image, she was able to reproduce a response.

Recognition is more sensitive that recalling information from memory, because the information needed to asses in memory is mininal, in compariosn to free recall where large amount of information need to be 'assessed' in order to gain 'access' to the correct information.

Does that help? I hope i have explained it correclty.

Other than that, thats all i can help you with.

[Nick]

In regards to your second question, complex manipulation isn't necessarily impacted upon- it's the simple tasks that will evidently deteriorate due to aging.

And finally with the third question- look at the context in which the options are provided. Deliberate is clearly the odd one out in this context. The other three options are offered in the context of the ROLE of the individual whereas deliberate clearly refers to the BEHAVIOUR. A and C are definitely out of the equation too. Does this make sense??

[AppleThief]

TSSM 2008
MC Q7
Samantha asked her grandmother about the names of the students in her year 12 class from 50 years ago, Samantha's grandmother could not name any of the students.  Samantha located her grandmother's year 12 class photograph and was surprised how many names her grandmother could now remember while looking at the photograph.  The reason for Samantha's grandmother being able to remember the names only after seeing the photograph is due to:
A. free recall being more sensitive than recognition
B. free recall being less sensitive than relearning
C. recognition being more sensitive than relearning
D. recognition being more sensitive than free recall

Answer: D

Isn't this an example of cued recall rather than recogntion?

No thats the right answer.
Because when she was asked to recall the names of her year 12 class- that is she was provided with minimal cues, therfore using free recall- she was unable to reproduce a response.
However- when presented with a photograph, that is she was provided with cues through the image, she was able to reproduce a response.

Recognition is more sensitive that recalling information from memory, because the information needed to asses in memory is mininal, in compariosn to free recall where large amount of information need to be 'assessed' in order to gain 'access' to the correct information.

Does that help? I hope i have explained it correclty.

Other than that, thats all i can help you with.

You have explained what s/he probably already knew, so I don't think it helped. Because to me as well, it seems like an example of cued recall, not recognition. Are you suggesting that when using the photograph, she was using recognition?

- recognition: identifying a correct response from alternatives
- cued recall: recall, with cues (lol @ my definition). In this case, the cue was the photo.

By these definitions, none of the options are correct answers to the question...although D is correct in general, but then so is B.

NOTE: Maybe I'm wrong, because I haven't revised enough on Psychology yet.

[username]

TSSM 2008
MC Q7
Samantha asked her grandmother about the names of the students in her year 12 class from 50 years ago, Samantha's grandmother could not name any of the students.  Samantha located her grandmother's year 12 class photograph and was surprised how many names her grandmother could now remember while looking at the photograph.  The reason for Samantha's grandmother being able to remember the names only after seeing the photograph is due to:
A. free recall being more sensitive than recognition
B. free recall being less sensitive than relearning
C. recognition being more sensitive than relearning
D. recognition being more sensitive than free recall

Answer: D

Isn't this an example of cued recall rather than recogntion?

No thats the right answer.
Because when she was asked to recall the names of her year 12 class- that is she was provided with minimal cues, therfore using free recall- she was unable to reproduce a response.
However- when presented with a photograph, that is she was provided with cues through the image, she was able to reproduce a response.

Recognition is more sensitive that recalling information from memory, because the information needed to asses in memory is mininal, in compariosn to free recall where large amount of information need to be 'assessed' in order to gain 'access' to the correct information.

Does that help? I hope i have explained it correclty.

Other than that, thats all i can help you with.

You have explained what s/he probably already knew, so I don't think it helped. Because to me as well, it seems like an example of cued recall, not recognition. Are you suggesting that when using the photograph, she was using recognition?

- recognition: identifying a correct response from alternatives
- cued recall: recall, with cues (lol @ my definition). In this case, the cue was the photo.

By these definitions, none of the options are correct answers to the question...although D is correct in general, but then so is B.

NOTE: Maybe I'm wrong, because I haven't revised enough on Psychology yet.

Well I think in these instances, you need to just settle for the BEST answer, even if it might not be the most correct one. 

[ilovesuck]

No thats the right answer.
Because when she was asked to recall the names of her year 12 class- that is she was provided with minimal cues, therfore using free recall- she was unable to reproduce a response.
However- when presented with a photograph, that is she was provided with cues through the image, she was able to reproduce a response.

Recognition is more sensitive that recalling information from memory, because the information needed to asses in memory is mininal, in compariosn to free recall where large amount of information need to be 'assessed' in order to gain 'access' to the correct information.

Does that help? I hope i have explained it correclty.

Other than that, thats all i can help you with.

mm yes, i understand that recognition is a more sensitive measure of retention than recall, but in this context, the grandmother isn't recognising any correct response from incorrect responses.  instead, the presentation of the photo acts as a retrieval cue to aid in the recovery of the information from memory - a text book case of cued recall.
i would suggest that the answers to this question are all wrong 

In regards to your second question, complex manipulation isn't necessarily impacted upon- it's the simple tasks that will evidently deteriorate due to aging.

This is just from the Grivas textbook:
"In general, if the task is relatively simple, such as remembering a list of words, STM is not affected by age.  However, if the task is more complicated, requiring simultaneous storage and manipulation of information in working memory, or when attention must be divided between tasks, then age-related factors may impact on effective STM functioning."

sorry its such a long quote, but it highlights that simple tasks are actually not affected by age.  doesnt this correspond with option D?  i think both option B and D may be correct...

[Glockmeister]

No thats the right answer.
Because when she was asked to recall the names of her year 12 class- that is she was provided with minimal cues, therfore using free recall- she was unable to reproduce a response.
However- when presented with a photograph, that is she was provided with cues through the image, she was able to reproduce a response.

Recognition is more sensitive that recalling information from memory, because the information needed to asses in memory is mininal, in compariosn to free recall where large amount of information need to be 'assessed' in order to gain 'access' to the correct information.

Does that help? I hope i have explained it correclty.

Other than that, thats all i can help you with.

mm yes, i understand that recognition is a more sensitive measure of retention than recall, but in this context, the grandmother isn't recognising any correct response from incorrect responses.  instead, the presentation of the photo acts as a retrieval cue to aid in the recovery of the information from memory - a text book case of cued recall.
i would suggest that the answers to this question are all wrong 

Well the reality is that in an examination room, you need to pick the best answer which may not be the most exact answer. It should be noted that the option of cued recall is not in any of the choice, so there's no need to consider it.

[rh]

does anyone have a good example for one trial learning?

[Glockmeister]

With one-trial learning think disgusting food. You have a piece of meat that has been laced with a chemical that makes the meat taste crap. You eat it and then you spit the food out. It would be very hard to take another bite yeah? (if you do take another bite, I would consider you crazy )

[Amnesiac]

I think that example overlaps with aversion therapy, because you are deliberately lacing the meat with chemicals. For one trial learning i'd use an example such as going out for dinner and eating lasagne, and then feeling ill and vomiting for several hours afterwoods because you got food poisening. Now you would feel ill at the sight of lasagne.

[Collin Li]

It might depend on whether you've successfully had lasagne previously or not.

Is one trial learning also known as once-off extreme conditioning?

By definition, the latter implies the first time you do it often the last, because the first time you did it, it was so bad that you would never try it again.

[melaniej]

No, it just means that it takes one association of the CS (NS initially) and the UCS, which in the example above the CS is lasagne, and the UCS is the food poisoning - which leads to the feeling of sickness. So, it doesn't mean that it is the first time they have had lasagne, but the first time that the 2 events are paired together.

[Collin Li]

But don't you agree that if you've had lasagne successfully many times before, and this time you had food poisoning, you wouldn't necessarily feel a great aversion from eating it the next time (maybe from a particular brand or store though)?

[melaniej]

Its not a conscious thing. The point of classical conditioning is that it triggers automatic responses - from the autonomic nervous system of the body - therefore it is not a deliberate aversion to the particular food, rather than the body trying to protect the individual.
This aversion can be extinguished, through different techniques - such as systematic desensitization.
I do agree with you to some extent though, I believe that the conditioning would be easier to extinguish if they had previous successful experiences with that particular food, rather than it being their first time eating it.

I'm just going by what the VCE study design goes by - I'm pretty sure we're supposed to know it as an unconscious, automatic response - and the main example used for one-trial learning is food.

[sisqo1111]

ditto that melanie
thoroughly explained