Question 1

Which of these is not a conclusion from Baron-Cohen's research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Females without autism do better on the Eyes Task than males without autism
B)  There is some evidence of a lack of Theory of Mind in autistic people
C)  There is a link between Theory of Mind and frontal brain abnormalities
D)  Adults with autism are impaired on the Eyes Task
E)  Theory of Mind is independent of general intelligenceF) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

Why could Baron-Cohen's research be described as a quasi-experiment?

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A)  Because each group of participants contained different people
B)  Because the same people were used for each task
C)  Because the independent variable was manipulated by the researchers
D)  Because the dependent variable was measured quantitatively
E)  Because the groups of participants already existed in the real worldF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

Matata did not learn to use symbols on her own. She required plenty of training. This may mean:

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A)  Matata had lower levels of intelligence than Kanzi or Mulika
B)  There is a critical window for a chimpanzee to learn language
C)  She wasn't very interested in learning to communicate with the symbols
D)  She wasn't given enough opportunities to learn the symbols
E)  The symbols were too confusing for herF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

Which of the following is the best explanation of why Baron-Cohen et al. wanted to develop the Eyes Task?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is a need to develop a test for identifying autism in adults
B)  Other tasks that have been used to identify autism are too complex for autistic spectrum adults
C)  There is a need to develop a test of intelligence for autistic spectrum adults
D)  Other research has discredited the Sally-Anne task
E)  No one has used the Eyes Task before nowF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

Why did Baron-Cohen et al. ask participants to identify the gender of the eyes?

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A)  To find out if there were any differences between the three groups of participants
B)  To be sure that a poor score on the Eyes Task was because of lack of ToM and not basic emotional recognition more generally
C)  To see if the participants could interpret the context
D)  To be sure that a poor score on the Eyes Task was because of lack of ToM and not face perception more generally
E)  To see if there was any gender differences in the taskF) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

The validity of the Eyes Task was checked by the use of:

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A)  Happe's Odd Tales
B)  Happe's Strange Stories
C)  Happe's Understanding Task
D)  Hoppie's Strange Stories
E)  A story-writing taskF) C) and E)
G) B) and C) B

Question 7

n Loftus and Palmer's first experiment, which of the following is the correct order of the participants' speed estimates for the target verbs (highest first) ?

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A)  Hit, collided, smashed, bumped, contacted
B)  Smashed, hit, collided, bumped, contacted
C)  Smashed, collided, bumped, hit, contacted
D)  Hit, collided, smashed, contacted, bumped
E)  Smashed, contacted, bumped, hit, collidedF) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 8

Loftus and Palmer's research suggests that:

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A)  Memory is very reliable
B)  Memory can be affected by information you hear after something has happened
C)  Memory is like a video tape running in your mind
D)  Memory is a two-stage process
E)  People find it easy to recall everything about an event they have seenF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

The fact that the Eyes Task pictures were static when real life situations contain movement could be said to affect:

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A)  How easy the task was to set up
B)  Whether the participants enjoyed the task
C)  How interesting the task was
D)  The reliability of the study
E)  The ecological validity of the studyF) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 10

Autistic people find the classic Sally-Anne test difficult because:

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A)  They don't like playing with dolls
B)  They don't understand the task
C)  They find it hard to articulate the answer
D)  They can't concentrate on what Sally and Anne are doing
E)  They don't realise that Sally doesn't know something they have seen happenF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Over the 17 months, Kanzi produced how many nonimitative combinations of symbols?

Accepted Answer

A)  None
B)  1500
C)  2200
D)  2520
E)  2540F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

The DV in Loftus and Palmer's second experiment was

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A)  The film
B)  The gender of the participants
C)  The question about the broken glass
D)  The verbs in the question
E)  The age of the participantsF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

The best description of second-order theory of mind tests involves the subject:

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A)  Inferring the thoughts of one other person
B)  Inferring the thoughts of a person from looking at their eyes
C)  Reasoning about what one person thinks about another person's thoughts
D)  Reasoning about events in a story
E)  Inferring the emotion of a person from looking at their eyesF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 14

In Loftus and Palmer's Experiment 1, the five verbs used in the question were:

Accepted Answer

A)  Collided, smashed, hit, contacted, bumped
B)  Collided, contacted, bumped, touched, hit
C)  Collided, hit, banged, contacted, struck
D)  Hit, struck, bumped, thumped, touched
E)  Collided, smashed, contacted, bumped, struckF) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 15

Loftus and Palmer conducted two experiments. Why did they conduct the second one?

Accepted Answer

A)  They weren't sure whether the findings in experiment 1 were because of genuine changes in memory or just because of response bias
B)  They needed participants to come back one week later to collect the results
C)  They needed to create another control group
D)  They weren't sure whether the findings in experiment 1 were ecologically valid
E)  They needed more participantsF) D) and E)
G) None of the above A

Question 16

At 14 months, Mulika learned some new words. These included:

Accepted Answer

A)  Peanut, mushroom, jam, went
B)  Mushroom, cherry, banana, steak
C)  Peanut, mushroom, jelly, go
D)  Peanut, cherry, burger, go
E)  Table, chair, melon, milkF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

Kanzi's communication system:

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A)  Contained geometric symbols
B)  Could not be used outside
C)  Was called a 'hexagram'
D)  Had no sound features
E)  Was called a 'word board'F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

Which of the following is not true of autism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Autistic children like change and variety in their routines
B)  Autistic children often have obsessive interests
C)  Autism is more common amongst males than females.
D)  Autistic children often have difficulty with social relationships
E)  There is a rising rate of autism in the UKF) A) and B)
G) C) and D) A

Question 19

How many months old was Kanzi at the beginning of Savage-Rumbaugh et al.'s study?

Accepted Answer

A)  37
B)  16
C)  11
D)  21
E)  30F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of a leading question?

Accepted Answer

A)  Where did you park your car?
B)  What time did you see that man leave the pub?
C)  Who did you talk to?
D)  What time did you leave the pub?
E)  Did you see a man?F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Exam 2: Cognitive Psychology

Which of these is not a conclusion from Baron-Cohen's research?

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Why could Baron-Cohen's research be described as a quasi-experiment?

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Matata did not learn to use symbols on her own. She required plenty of training. This may mean:

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Which of the following is the best explanation of why Baron-Cohen et al. wanted to develop the Eyes Task?

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Why did Baron-Cohen et al. ask participants to identify the gender of the eyes?

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The validity of the Eyes Task was checked by the use of:

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n Loftus and Palmer's first experiment, which of the following is the correct order of the participants' speed estimates for the target verbs (highest first) ?

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Loftus and Palmer's research suggests that:

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The fact that the Eyes Task pictures were static when real life situations contain movement could be said to affect:

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Autistic people find the classic Sally-Anne test difficult because:

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Over the 17 months, Kanzi produced how many nonimitative combinations of symbols?

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The DV in Loftus and Palmer's second experiment was

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The best description of second-order theory of mind tests involves the subject:

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In Loftus and Palmer's Experiment 1, the five verbs used in the question were:

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Loftus and Palmer conducted two experiments. Why did they conduct the second one?

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At 14 months, Mulika learned some new words. These included:

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Kanzi's communication system:

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Which of the following is not true of autism?

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How many months old was Kanzi at the beginning of Savage-Rumbaugh et al.'s study?

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Which of the following is an example of a leading question?

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