Blueprint MCAT Blog: MCAT Psychology

MCAT Psychology – Experimental Design

Psychologists attempting to measure the influence of social class on color perception asked participants their income and education levels and then asked them to describe a series of color swatches. Each swatch was colored green, blue, or somewhere on a continuum between green and blue. Participants were asked to rate the color as “mostly green”, READ MORE

Feb 13, 2015

MCAT Psychology – Adaptation

All of the following are example of sensory, or neural, adaptation EXCEPT: A) After putting on a shirt, you eventually no longer feel the sensation of the fabric on your back. B) After first walking into a crowded room, you no longer are distracted by the buzz of conversation around you. C) After first walking READ MORE

Feb 12, 2015

MCAT Psychology – Supportive Interventions

A young adult man begins seeing a therapist and tells the therapist that he has homosexual feelings, and that he self-identifies as gay. He is plagued by feelings of worthlessness and fears that he will be subject to what his religion terms “eternal damnation”. He feels alienated from his family and friends, as he knows READ MORE

Feb 10, 2015

MCAT Psychology – Learning Process

When preparing for the MCAT exam, a student begins studying electrochemical cells. He learns the basic information needed by actively relating it to previous information he has learned about redox reactions. He then builds from that knowledge to learn the advanced concepts needed. The student’s process is best characterized as: A) Chunking B) A network READ MORE

Feb 06, 2015

MCAT Psychology – Social Capital

A study examined admissions to exceptionally selective colleges. When examining the correlates of admission acceptance, two obvious factors that strongly correlated with admissions were GPA and standardized test scores, with correlation values of +0.41 and +0.55 respectively. However, the study also demonstrated that those students who had social networks that overlapped with the alumni networks READ MORE

Feb 04, 2015

MCAT Psychology – Personalities

A police officer carries out hundreds of traffic stops every year. When his supervisor is reviewing the officer’s records for the past year, he notices that the officer is equally likely to stop people of various genders, ages, and races. However, he is significantly more likely to write tickets for middle-aged white males with dark READ MORE

Feb 03, 2015

MCAT Psychology – Reinforcement

A teacher sets up a reward system for her elementary school students. At the end of each day, she gives a sticker to each student who showed up on time that morning. At the end of each week, she gives a sticker to any student who got above a 90% on three quizzes in a READ MORE

Jan 30, 2015

MCAT Psychology Question — Thought Process

In a fit of passion, the spectator of a political debate exclaims that “welfare recipients are all lazy.” The spectator’s thought process is an example of: a) prejudice b) discrimination c) ethnocentrism d) conflict theory READ MORE

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