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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?

  1. Diachronic consistency.
  2. Synchronic consistency.
  3. Compliance.
  4. 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?

  1. Diachronic consistency across occasions.
  2. Synchronic consistency among minority members.
  3. Commitment through sacrifice.
  4. 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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