Lesson 2.7.5

2.7.5 Individual differences area Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 2

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. Which core study in the individual differences area investigated false memories?

    • Thigpen and Cleckley
    • Milgram
    • Baren-Cohen et al.
    • Laney et al.

  2. What key assumption defines the individual differences area of psychology?

    • Biology dictates mood
    • Behaviour is innate
    • Behaviour varies
    • Context drives action

  3. Which core study focused on autism spectrum conditions in adults?

    • Bandura
    • Piliavin
    • Freud
    • Baren-Cohen et al.

  4. What was the main research method used by Freud in his Little Hans study?

    • Observation
    • Survey
    • Experiment
    • Case study

  5. Which mental condition was central to Thigpen and Cleckley's classic case study?

    • Schizophrenia
    • Agoraphobia
    • Dissociative identity disorder
    • Bipolar disorder

  6. What questionnaire was used by Laney et al. to measure love of asparagus?

    • FHI
    • ASMR
    • MIST
    • BDI

  7. Which study in individual differences relied heavily on self-report data gathered by a father?

    • Thigpen and Cleckley
    • Laney et al.
    • Baren-Cohen et al.
    • Freud

  8. A clinical psychologist measures a patient's unique symptom profile. Which area does this fit?

    • Individual differences
    • Developmental psychology
    • Social psychology
    • Biological psychology

  9. If a researcher studies how one person copes with trauma over 10 years, which method is used?

    • Field experiment
    • Case study
    • Snapshot survey
    • Lab experiment

  10. What type of data was primarily gathered during the interviews in Thigpen and Cleckley?

    • Quantitative data
    • Nomothetic data
    • Physiological data
    • Qualitative data

  11. Which group scored lowest on the revised Eyes Test in Baren-Cohen et al.'s study?

    • AS/HFA group
    • Normal adults
    • Student group
    • IQ control group

  12. What key psychological concept explains Little Hans's fear of horses with blinkers?

    • Regression
    • Displacement
    • Rationalisation
    • Projection

  13. Why might Baren-Cohen et al.'s revised Eyes Test lack ecological validity?

    • Static eye photos
    • Self-report distortion
    • Student sample bias
    • Artificial lab setting

  14. What fundamental methodological challenge arises when using case studies to form general theories?

    • Low generalisability
    • Poor ecological validity
    • High researcher bias
    • Strict standardisation

  15. Which core study investigated eye movements and cognitive processing during sleep?

    • Dement and Kleitman
    • Thigpen and Cleckley
    • Baren-Cohen
    • Freud

  16. What primary method was used by Dement and Kleitman to record physiological data during sleep?

    • fMRI
    • EEG
    • MRI
    • CAT scan

  17. Which core study in the individual differences area examined the formation of false autobiographical beliefs?

    • Laney et al.
    • Baron-Cohen et al.
    • Thigpen and Cleckley
    • Freud

  18. What sampling technique was primarily used to recruit participants for the main experiment in Laney et al.?

    • Random
    • Self-selecting
    • Stratified
    • Opportunity

  19. How many adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism were in Group 1 of Baron-Cohen et al.?

    • 122
    • 10
    • 50
    • 15

  20. A researcher measures participants' unique personality traits rather than general laws. Which approach is this?

    • Nomothetic
    • Idiographic
    • Reductionist
    • Holistic

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