PYC2601 exam answers and practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ran this page for the first time in 2021, and then realised that people were looking at it on the day of the exam. This, unfortunately, looks like cheating. So I have had to take out the answers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I am keeping links to where the answers may be suggested in the the study material and possibly a hint or two, but unfortunately we all lose out on the pleasure of playing this practice like a game against ourselves, and making learning that much easier and more enjoyable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope this is still a useful revision and learning tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alright, let’s get practice for the exams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There will be 10 questions for each, and a total of 60 questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are the 2019 PYC2601 exam answers as I understand them. I could be wrong. Please check your textbook for the correct answers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
QUESTION 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The term “conscience” is used in Freud’s theory to refer to<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) the social dimension of the individual – for example, someone has a strong or a weak personality<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) the punishing element of the superego<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) the person’s emotions and feelings and the way in which he or she shows and handles them in his or her interaction with the environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) the relatively stable organisation of all physical, psychological and spiritual characteristics that determine the individual\u2019s behaviour in interaction with the environment<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t Revise here: #egoidsuperego<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n QUESTION 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n is anxiety about actual dangers in the external environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) reality anxiety<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) interactionalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) neurotic anxiety<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) situationalism<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t Read more to understand here: 3 anxieties<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n QUESTION 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Freudian termlnology, cathexis refers to<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) the psychic energy that is transferred onto appropriate objects of drive satisfaction in a way that makes these objects attractive or desirable<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) a sexual climax<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) the release the ego experiences when it is freed from the conflicting interplay of the id, the physical reality and the superego<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) the cathartic relief of tension after a long build-up of tension due to delayed drive satisfaction<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t Read more here: #cathexis<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n QUESTION 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thabo is faced with the conflict of sexually desiring his best friend’s wife. According to Freud, the most effective strategy Thabo could employ to deal with this conflict is to<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) resist the temptation and repress his drive out of loyalty to his friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) fully satisfy his desire by secretly having sex with his best friend’s wife<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) deny that he has any such desire by becoming convinced that his best friend’s wife is actually quite unattractive<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) sublimate his desire for his best friend’s wife by having sex with his own wife<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t #three-positive-defences<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n QUESTION 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After the divorce of his parents and the trauma of being left with his mother while his father took off with his mistress, five year old Johnny, who was toilet trained when he was two, began wetting his bed. The Freudian analyst, whom Johnny’s mother consults for help, will most likely explain Johnny’s behaviour as<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) regression and fixation as a result of feeling overwhelmed by anxiety<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) the repression of sexual feelings towards his mother now that the rival figure of the father is out of the way<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) the sublimation of aggressive feelings towards the father who left them<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) the projection of castration anxiety in the act of wetting hls bed<\/p>\n\n\n Answer <\/span>#fixation<\/a> <\/span>#defence mechanisms<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t Bedwetting here would be regression to an earlier stage and fixation at the anal stage. #fixation<\/a> #defence mechanisms<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n QUESTION 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n A pastor has a child who abuses drugs. He preaches hellfire and damnation on everyone who smokes cigarettes and drinks alcohol. He then prescribes abstinence from smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol to his congregation. According to Freudian theory, the defence mechanism which best explains the pastor’s behaviour is<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) regression<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) identification<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) rationalisation<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) reaction formation<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t #defence-mechanisms<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n QUESTION 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Freud regards dreams as the royal road to the unconscious because<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) there is no other way that repressed material can be brought to light<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) dreams contain disguised wishes and desires which allow the analyst, by the method of free association, to uncover the underlying problems<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) during sleep the preconscious censoring of the ego is less effective than during the waking state, allowing forbidden but disguised desires to break through to consciousness<\/p>\n\n\n\n The correct answer s<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) (a), (b) & (c)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) (a) & (c)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) (b) & (c)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) (a)<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t Hysterical symptoms. #neuroses<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n Which of the statement\/s below is\/are INCORRECT<\/u> according to the psychoanalytic theory<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A mother, who breastfed her baby, wants to return to work and starts feeding her baby from a bottle and then a cup in order to wean her The baby begins to suck her thumb, blanket and pillow. This baby may<\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) become fixated at the oral stage of development<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) develop an over dependence on other people<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) fail to actualise her organismic potential<\/p>\n\n\n\n (d) develop a strong ego <\/p>\n\n\n\n The correct answer is <\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) All of the above<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) (a), (b) & (d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) (a) & (b)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) (c) & (d)<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t One answer is clearly incorrect, which is that she will develop a strong ego. #fixation<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n The psychoanalytic description of the optimally developed personality will include characteristics such as<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) full self-actualisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) the freedom to find meaning and purpose in life<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) the ability to love and to work<\/p>\n\n\n\n (d) an effective reality testing capability <\/p>\n\n\n\n The correct answer is<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) All of the above<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) (c) & (d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) (c)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) (d)<\/p>\n\n\n Answers<\/p>\n\t\t\t The goals of psychotherapy #optimal-development<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n According to Freud, psychological disorders are<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) caused by an imbalance in the structure of the personality<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) an extreme, exaggerated form of normal behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) the result of fixation in a stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n (d) the result of an ego that is too weak to handle the conflict between the id and superego effectively<\/p>\n\n\n\n The correct answer is<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) All of the above<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) (a)&(b)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) (c) & (d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) (a), (c) & (d)<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t #psychopathology<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n PYC2601 exam answers and practice with clickable links to background info in each answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the <\/em>following story and then answer Questions 11 to 15 in terms of Bandura’s <\/em>theory<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thabo plays hooker for his school’s first rugby team He is coached by a famous Springbok scrum-half, Mr Joost. Thabo’s younger brother, Vusi and their father attend all the practice sessions. Mr Joost demonstrates all the important movements, which the team copes faithfully. He points out to Thabo that he tends to throw the ball in skew in the line-outs. Mr Joost shows Thabo a special throw-in technique to use in the line-outs. Thabo gets it right and he is very proud of himself when he is chosen for the national team. His father is so excited about Thabo’s achievement that he buys him the most sought-after rugby ball on the market. The younger brother, Vusi, is beside himself with excitement and pride regarding his elder brother’s achievement. He wishes he was old enough to play rugby so that he can also get a rugby ball like Thabo. One day Mr Joost is late for the practice session and some of the children start playing in his absence. Vusi begs them to let him play too, and to everybody’s surprise, little Vusi flawlessly uses the special throw-in technique Mr Joost taught Thabo. Vusi grins all over his face with pride.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n What kinds of learning, according to Bandura’s theory, are involved in the younger brother Vusi’s learning process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) Direct learning and self-regulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) Observational and direct learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) Observational learning and self-regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) Observational learning, direct learning and self-regulation<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t He hasn’t had time to practice yet. #how-people-learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n What kinds of reinforcement are clearly involved in the learning process of Thabo, the elder brother?<\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) Direct reinforcement<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) Vicanous reinforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) Internal self-reinforcement<\/p>\n\n\n\n (d) External self-reinforcement The correct answer is<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) (a) & (c)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) (b) & (d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) (a), (c) & (d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) All of the above<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t #how-to-learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n The new rugby ball serves as a ___ in the learning process of Vusi, the younger brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) direct reinforcer<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) vicarious reinforcer<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) internal self-reinforcer<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) external self-reinforcer<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t He sees his brother get it. He does not get it himself. #how-people-learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n The fact that Vusi, the younger brother, throws the ball in perfectly in the line-out, like his brother who learnt to throw the ball in straight after Mr Joost showed him a special throw-in technique This indicates that took place in the case of Vusi<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) imitation<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) counter-imitation<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) self-regulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) negative reinforcement<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t Click here to revise a bit more.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n The fact that Mr Joost cautioned Thabo for throwing the ball in skew in the line-outs serves as (a)<\/p>\n\n\n\n for Thabo, but as (b) for Vusi<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) (a) direct punishment (b) vicarious punishment<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) (a) negative reinforcement (b) direct punishment<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) (a) vicarious punishment (b) direct punishment<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) (a) direct punishment (b) external self-punishment<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t There is only one possible correct answer. #how-people-learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n It is Tshepo’s belief that he has failed his Personality Theories examination because the lecturers are prejudiced towards him. Pule on the other hand, has also failed the examination, but he feels that he did not spend enough time preparing for the examination and that his answers were too vague and not specific enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tshepo has an (a) locus of control, whereas Pule has an (b) locus of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) (a) external (b) internal<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) (a) internal (b) external<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) (a) internal and external (b) internal<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) (a) external (b) internal and external<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\t Click here to learn more<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n QUESTION 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the social cognitive learning theory, a person who functions optimally is someone who<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) has an external locus of control<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) takes risks<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) has a realistic self-efficacy perception<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) has a freedom of choice<\/p>\n\n\n Answer<\/p>\n\t\t\tQUESTION 8<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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