MA In Psychology 5

Question 1

Which brain structure plays a central role in the formation of new explicit (declarative) memories?

Accepted Answer

Hippocampus

Answer

The hippocampus is critical for encoding new declarative memories; damage to it, as in patient H.M., causes anterograde amnesia.

Question 2

In psychophysics, the 'just noticeable difference' (JND) is best described as:

Accepted Answer

The smallest change in stimulus intensity that can be reliably detected

Answer

The JND, or difference threshold, is the minimum change in a stimulus magnitude that a person can detect reliably.

Question 3

Which approach to therapy focuses on the client's subjective experience, personal growth, and the therapist providing unconditional positive regard?

Accepted Answer

Person-Centered Therapy

Answer

Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard as the core therapeutic conditions.

Question 4

Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments primarily demonstrated that:

Accepted Answer

Ordinary people can inflict harm on others when directed by an authority figure

Answer

Milgram showed that ordinary participants would administer what they believed were severe electric shocks when instructed by a legitimate authority.

Question 5

In Piaget's theory, 'accommodation' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Changing existing schemas to incorporate new information

Answer

Accommodation involves modifying or creating new cognitive schemas when new information cannot be assimilated into existing ones.

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