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ACS Distance Education
PRACTICE PSYCHOLOGY EXAMINATION PAPER
INSTRUCTIONS
You have 5 minutes to read this paper prior to commencing to write, after which you have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer all questions.
QUESTION 1
Define any 4 of the following terms:
*Ambivalence *Apathy *Behaviour *Catalyst
*Cognition *Empirical *Fixation *Homeostasis
*Obsession *Perception *Performance *Psychosomatic
*Socialisation *Stereotype *Temperament *Trait.
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QUESTION 2
Summarise the risks involved in applying psychology in two different specified situations.
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QUESTION 3
a/ Describe how the nervous system functions to transmit messages throughout the body.
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b/ Compare the function of the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
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c/ Provide an example of behaviour affected by modelling, as observed by the learner.
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QUESTION 4
Provide an example of behaviour affected by modelling, as observed by the learner.
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QUESTION 5
Distinguish between consciousness and perception, in the attitude of an observed individual.
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QUESTION 6
Summarise the following four main stages of development:
a) Sensorimotor
b) Pre-operational
c) Concrete operational
d) Formal operational.
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QUESTION 7
Explain two examples of conditioning, as observed by the learner.
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QUESTION 8
Give examples of any three of the following different defence mechanisms:
a) Repression
b) Displacement
c) Rationalisation
d) Projection
e) Denial
f) Evaluation
g) Sublimation
h) Reaction/formation
i) Intellectualisation
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