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Review for PSYC-101 Midterm
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1
Billy loves a movie in which the hero smokes cigarettes. Billy begins to smoke himself because of
positive reinforcement
modeling
partial reinforcement.
latent learning
2
______used free association and dream analysis to study patients' unconscious processes.
Sigmund Freud
Max Wertheimer
Ivan Pavlov
Sir Francis Galton
3
Short-term storage
holds information for about thirty seconds.
cannot hold information.
has virtually unlimited capacity.
holds information for up to a second.
4
Stereotype threat is defined as the fear that ________.
others will stereotype you because of your race.
you will stereotype others because of their race.
your performance will confirm stereotypes about a group you belong to.
that people who are stereotyped feel
5
People who believe that by applying oneself, everyone can change and become better . . .
tend to have a critical thinking mindset.
tend to have a growth mindset.
tend to have a fixed mindset.
tend to have a stereotyped mindset.
6
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers were psychologists who believed in which school of psychology?
biological psychology
humanistic psychology
cognitive psychology
sociocultural psychology
7
Carol Dweck has done decades of research about
growth and fixed mindset
SAT tests
IQ tests
8
The general definition of Psychology is ___
the study of how people and animals are similar.
the study of mental activity and behavior based on brain processes.
listening to people complain about made up problems.
the practice of examining bumps on a person's skull.
9
Tami's father used to roller skate, but has not skated for years. But he will most likely remember because of his
his semantic memory.
his short-term memory.
his explicity memory.
procedural memory.
10
Which of the following is an example of problem solving that could happen in your life?
You figure out how to get to work after your car breaks down.
You test whether your opinion that chocolate is the best dessert is true.
You decide which restaurant to go to after reading online reviews.
11
Which of the following strategies will help you absorb the most information during class time?
sitting near someone who is playing around on the internet
paying attention to your computer or smartphone
taking notes in class on a laptop rather than by hand
taking notes in class by hand rather than on a laptop
12
Which psychologist demonstrated the principles of conditioning using a tuning fork and meat?
B.F. Skinner
Mary Calkins
Wilhelm Wundt
Ivan Pavlov
13
If Carl's episodic long-term memory was impaired, he would be unable to
speak, but he would still be able to comprehend language through listening.
maintain information in short-term memory via rehearsal.
remember details of his own life.
recall simple facts such as his parents' names.
14
George Miller discovered that short-term memory is limited to _____ plus or minus _____ items, or chunks of information.
seven; two
five; three
ten; six
nine; one
15
The branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
Counseling psychology
Social psychology
Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
16
Psychologists who stressed investigating observable behavior: ______
Humanists
Psychiatrists
Behaviorists
Psychobiologists
17
This psychologist started the first psychological laboratory.
B.F. Skinner
William James
Carl Rogers
Wilhelm Wundt
18
Elaborative rehearsal is a more effective memory strategy than maintenance rehearsal because the information
is processed more deeply.
is processed epeatedly.
is processed more automatically.
is processed based on sound.
19
Which of the following is an example of critical thinking?
using a personal example to explain the importance of time management
belief that spinach leads to a longer life because of an ad
belief that sugar causes pain because your head hurts after eating sugar
belief that exercise is beneficial after reading research
20
Which of the following is NOT an example of thinking?
translating your Spanish homework into English.
taking a nap with soft music playing.
using a map to drive to a new store.
calculating the tip on your dinner bill.
21
When people fear boarding a plane because of a recent terrorist attack, this is an example of
base heuristic
creative thinking
probability heuristic
availability heuristic
22
The three phases (processes) of memory include
encoding, storage, and retrieval.
input, storage, and retrieval.
input, processing, and output.
encoding, processing, and output.
23
Claude Steele's stereotype threat research is what kind of research?
Correlational.
Logitudinal.
Experimental.
Observational.
24
Two-year-old Abby gets sticker on a chart when she uses the toilet. Later, Abby is allowed to pick out a prize.
This is an example of a variable interval schedule.
This is a result of dopamine activity.
This is an example of a token economy.
This is an example of insight learning.
25
When using positive punishment as a means of discipline, the word
positive
indicates that
something good happens.
something bad happens.
a reinforcer is present.
something has been added.
26
Psychology and Psychiatry are the same thing.
True
False
27
Pavlov's dog learned to salivate to the sound of a metronome as a result of
classical conditionin
habituation
operant conditioning
extinction
28
The method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings.
free association
psychoanalysis
Contemplation
Introspection
29
Which memory store maintains the physical characteristics of a stimulus very briefly?
flashbulb memory
procedural storage
sensory memory
episodic storage
30
If getting $1 for every correct answer makes you study harder for the next test, then the $1 is a
negative punishment.
negative reinforcement.
positive reinforcement.
positive punishment.
