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MRCPsych Exam: Questions & Complete SolutionsWhat is the normal forward span in a digit span test of a healthy working-age
adult? Right Ans - 7 ± 2 digits
What is the normal reverse span in a digit span test of a healthy working-age
adult? Right Ans - 5 ± 2 digits
Skinner's operant conditioning is based on which principle? Right Ans - A
response gets paired with a consequence
T/F: Adjustment disorders have situation specific amnesia Right Ans -
False. It can be seen in offenders, victims, PTSD, alcohol and drug intoxication
Which are the deficiency needs defined by Maslow? Right Ans -
Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love and belonging needs and Esteem
needs are referred to as deficiency needs
What age group can Wechsler Adult intelligence scales (WAISR) be applied to?
Right Ans - Wechsler Adult intelligence scales R is for those aged 16 and over.
What age group can Wechsler Adult intelligence scales for children be applied
to? Right Ans - Wechsler Adult intelligence scales for children is for those
aged 7 to 16 years.
What age group can Wechsler preschool and primary intelligence be applied
to? Right Ans - Wechsler preschool and primary intelligence is for 3 to 7.5
year old children.
In studies on arousal levels related to different emotions, which emotion
produces the maximum rise in temperature compared to all other emotions?
Right Ans - Anger maximum rise in temperature.
In the alcoholic blackouts, the following type of memory loss is seen? Right
Ans - Anterograde amnesia due to failure to consolidation. A disruption in
activity of hippocampus under the influence of ETOH
What are the two main categories under aversive conditioning? Right Ans -
avoidance behavior and escape behavior.
, What is escape conditioning? Right Ans - Escape conditioning occurs when
the animal learns to perform an operant to terminate an ongoing, aversive
stimulus.
It is a "get me out of here" or "shut this off" reaction, aimed at escape from
pain. The behavior that produces escape is negatively reinforced (reinforced
by the elimination of the unpleasant stimulus).
Which conditioning is involved in the aetiology of both agoraphobia and of
obsessional rituals? Right Ans - Avoidance conditioning
What is the best type of therapy for simple phobias? Right Ans - behaviour
therapy
What is generalization? Right Ans - Its a tendency for a stimulus that is
similar to a conditioned stimuli, to elicit a response similar to the conditioned
response.
What is defined as "extinction" in psychology? Right Ans - It's when the
conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned
stimulus and eventually the conditioned stimulus no longer elicits the
conditioned response.
What is defined as "discrimination" in classical conditioning? Right Ans -
When an animal learns to make a particular response to some stimuli but not
to others.
What is defined as "stimulus preparedness" in classical conditioning? Right
Ans - This refers to the idea that certain stimuli or learning situations are
more easily learned or acquired by an organism due to evolutionary or genetic
factors.
What is defined as "secondary reinforcement" in classical conditioning?
Right Ans - This refers to the reinforcing effects of stimuli that are associated
with primary reinforcing stimuli, such as food or water. For example, if a
person learns to associate a particular sound with receiving a reward, the
sound itself may become reinforcing, even in the absence of the reward.
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