MCAT Psychology PYQ Pattern Practice

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PASSAGE 1 — LEARNED FOOD AVERSION Researchers gave rats a novel cinnamon-flavored solution. Group A later received a drug that produced temporary nau…

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PASSAGE 1 — LEARNED FOOD AVERSION Researchers gave rats a novel cinnamon-flavored solution. Group A later received a drug that produced temporary nau…

Psychological and Social Foundations / Psychology

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PASSAGE 1 — LEARNED FOOD AVERSION Researchers gave rats a novel cinnamon-flavored solution. Group A later received a drug that produced temporary nau…

Psychological and Social Foundations / Psychology

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PASSAGE 2 — SLEEP AND MEMORY Students learned forty word pairs and were randomly assigned either to sleep for eight hours or to remain awake for an e…

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PASSAGE 2 — SLEEP AND MEMORY Students learned forty word pairs and were randomly assigned either to sleep for eight hours or to remain awake for an e…

Psychological and Social Foundations / Psychology

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PASSAGE 2 — SLEEP AND MEMORY Students learned forty word pairs and were randomly assigned either to sleep for eight hours or to remain awake for an e…

Psychological and Social Foundations / Psychology

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PASSAGE 3 — STRESS, APPRAISAL, AND PERFORMANCE Volunteers prepared a short speech. Half were told that evaluators would judge their competence; the o…

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PASSAGE 3 — STRESS, APPRAISAL, AND PERFORMANCE Volunteers prepared a short speech. Half were told that evaluators would judge their competence; the o…

Psychological and Social Foundations / Psychology

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PASSAGE 3 — STRESS, APPRAISAL, AND PERFORMANCE Volunteers prepared a short speech. Half were told that evaluators would judge their competence; the o…

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PASSAGE 4 — ATTENTION AND VISUAL DETECTION Participants watched a busy video and counted passes made by players wearing white shirts. During the vide…

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PASSAGE 4 — ATTENTION AND VISUAL DETECTION Participants watched a busy video and counted passes made by players wearing white shirts. During the vide…

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PASSAGE 4 — ATTENTION AND VISUAL DETECTION Participants watched a busy video and counted passes made by players wearing white shirts. During the vide…

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QUESTION 13: A slot machine rewards an unpredictable number of plays. Which reinforcement schedule is used?

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QUESTION 14: A child watches an older sibling calmly greet a dog and later copies the behavior. This is best described as what?

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QUESTION 15: According to drive-reduction theory, drinking water after dehydration is motivated primarily by what?

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QUESTION 16: Which statement best represents the James-Lange theory of emotion?

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QUESTION 17: A person who is consistently organized, dependable, and careful would most likely score high on which Big Five trait?

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QUESTION 18: Which symptom is classified as a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

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QUESTION 19: In signal detection theory, calling an absent disease 'present' is which outcome?

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QUESTION 20: After publicly arguing for a position they privately oppose, people later shift their private attitude toward the speech when given very…

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