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A-level Psychology (AQA) — Introductory topics in Psychology: 120 practice questions
120 original A-level Psychology (AQA) questions on Introductory topics in Psychology, each with an explanation and its source. Topics: Social influence: minority influence — diachronic consistency, Social influence: minority influence — synchronic consistency, Social influence: minority influence — commitment and augmentation, Social influence: minority influence — principled flexibility, Social influence: minority influence — inflexibility evaluation, Social influence: minority influence — both forms of consistency, Social influence: minority influence — central position reversal, Social influence: minority influence — visible sacrifice, Social influence: minority influence — commitment causal evidence, Social influence: minority influence — core vs peripheral position, Social influence: minority influence — flexibility and credibility, Social influence: minority influence — minority influence vs conformity, Social influence: minority influence — Moscovici procedure, Social influence: minority influence — Moscovici findings, Social influence: minority influence — laboratory generalisation, Social influence: minority influence — social change pathway, Social influence: minority influence — snowball effect, Social influence: minority influence — compliance vs conversion, Social influence: minority influence — measure private conversion, Social influence: minority influence — limits of social change, Memory: multi-store model — store sequence, Memory: multi-store model — visual sensory register, Memory: multi-store model — auditory sensory register, Memory: multi-store model — modality-specific registers, Memory: multi-store model — sensory-register capacity, Memory: multi-store model — sensory-register duration, Memory: multi-store model — STM coding, Memory: multi-store model — STM capacity, Memory: multi-store model — STM duration, Memory: multi-store model — LTM coding, Memory: multi-store model — LTM capacity, Memory: multi-store model — LTM duration, Memory: multi-store model — attention and transfer, Memory: multi-store model — rehearsal as transfer mechanism, Memory: multi-store model — Peterson and Peterson method, Memory: multi-store model — Peterson and Peterson findings, Memory: multi-store model — STM coding evidence, Memory: multi-store model — Sperling partial report evidence, Memory: multi-store model — serial position effect, Memory: multi-store model — model evaluation: STM is not unitary, Attachment: animal studies — Lorenz: imprinting, Attachment: animal studies — Lorenz: following response, Attachment: animal studies — Lorenz: procedure and interpretation, Attachment: animal studies — Lorenz: sensitive period, Attachment: animal studies — Lorenz: mother-reared comparison group, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: species and study focus, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: surrogate conditions, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: dependent measure, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: finding, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: application to learning theory, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: ethics, Attachment: animal studies — Animal research: generalisation, Attachment: animal studies — Compare Lorenz and Harlow methods, Attachment: animal studies — Lorenz: stimulus application, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: fear response application, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: operationalisation, Attachment: animal studies — Harlow: control and validity, Attachment: animal studies — Human implications: sensitive versus critical period, Attachment: animal studies — Compare study findings, Attachment: animal studies — Use of animal findings, Attachment: explanations — Learning theory: caregiver-food association, Attachment: explanations — Learning theory: classical conditioning, Attachment: explanations — Learning theory: operant conditioning and drive reduction, Attachment: explanations — Learning theory: primary reinforcer, Attachment: explanations — Learning theory: secondary reinforcer, Attachment: explanations — Learning theory: consequences and behaviour, Attachment: explanations — Learning theory: inference limits, Attachment: explanations — Learning theory: evaluation, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: evolutionary function, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: monotropy, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: hierarchy application, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: social releasers, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: critical period, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: internal working model, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: internal model and non-determinism, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: evidence and causality, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: construct validity and operationalisation, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: proximity seeking and evidential caution, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: research design and ethics, Attachment: explanations — Bowlby: critical period evaluation, Social influence — Milgram: agentic state, Social influence — Milgram: agentic state definition, Social influence — Milgram: autonomous versus agentic state, Social influence — Milgram: legitimacy of authority, Social influence — Milgram: proximity of authority, Social influence — Milgram: location, Social influence — Milgram: uniform as a situational variable, Social influence — Dispositional explanation: authoritarian personality, Social influence — Authoritarian personality: evaluating evidence, Social influence — Resistance to social influence: social support, Social influence — Resistance: locus of control, Social influence — Resistance: distinguish social support and locus of control, Social influence — Conformity type: compliance, Social influence — Conformity explanation: informational social influence, Social influence — Conformity explanation: normative social influence, Social influence — Asch: unanimity and social support, Social influence — Conformity: task difficulty and informational influence, Social influence — Asch: group size, Social influence — Milgram: legitimacy of authority and application, Social influence — Resistance: social support and independent behaviour, Memory: working memory model — Central executive: coordination and attention, Memory: working memory model — Central executive: attentional control, Memory: working memory model — Central executive: evaluation and specification, Memory: working memory model — Phonological loop: verbal maintenance, Memory: working memory model — Phonological store, Memory: working memory model — Articulatory rehearsal process, Memory: working memory model — Articulatory suppression, Memory: working memory model — Phonological loop: word-length effect, Memory: working memory model — Visuo-spatial sketchpad: active manipulation, Memory: working memory model — Visual cache, Memory: working memory model — Inner scribe, Memory: working memory model — Distinct verbal and visuospatial subsystems, Memory: working memory model — Episodic buffer: integrated temporary representation, Memory: working memory model — Episodic buffer: integration and binding, Memory: working memory model — Working memory as active processing, Memory: working memory model — Phonological loop and verbal dual tasks, Memory: working memory model — Working memory: partly independent subsystems, Memory: working memory model — Central executive: capacity limitation, Memory: working memory model — Working memory model: evaluation, Memory: working memory model — Episodic buffer and long-term memory. 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Two Introductory topics in Psychology questions with explanations
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Q1 Social influence: minority influence — diachronic consistency
A minority repeats the same position at meetings for months. What is this?
- Diachronic consistency.
- Synchronic consistency.
- Compliance.
- Social support.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: A. Diachronic consistency is persistence over time; synchronic consistency is agreement among minority members at one time.
Sources: AQA · eclass.uowm.gr
Q2 Social influence: minority influence — synchronic consistency
Four campaigners state the same core claim at one hearing. What is shown?
- Diachronic consistency across occasions.
- Synchronic consistency among minority members.
- Commitment through sacrifice.
- Informational social influence.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: B. Synchronic consistency is agreement between minority members; persistence over time is diachronic consistency.
Sources: AQA · eclass.uowm.gr
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A-level Psychology (AQA) practice questions by unit
- Research methods 61
- Clinical Psychology and Mental Health 31
- Issues and debates 21
- 4.2.3 20
- Approaches in Psychology 30
- Psychology in context 60
- Issues and options in Psychology 380
- Relationships 35
- Gender 35
- Cognition and development 30
- Eating behaviour 61
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