PSY 150 Spring '17 Exam 2 Review

In his experiment with L. Albert, one of Watson's goals was to show that:

A process where the repeated presentation of a stimulus leads to gradual decreased responding:

The creators of the first intelligence tests were:

Who developed the two-factor theory of intelligence?

Which item is a secondary reinforcer

P studies exams by relating important terms to his past experiences and knowledge; He is using:

According to Thurstone's theory, the primary mental abilities:

STM is limited in how long it can hold info & in the _____ info it can hold.

J is 10. His score on an intelligence test is the same as that of an 8 year old. We can say:

The ability to store and retrieve info over time is called:

____ is the process by which memories become stable in the brain

The inability to retrieve info acquired before a particular date (the date of injury) is termed

Poverty experienced during ____ will MOST likely have deleterious effects on intelligence

What was the UR in the Little Albert study

In Pavlov's research, what was the UR?

The process of keeping info in STM by mentally repeating it is called:

____ termed general intellectual ability ____

A process where the presentation of a stimulus leads to increased response to later stimuli:

In Pavlov's research, what was the US?

Which statement about LTM storage is true?

John Carroll analyzed intelligence and defined _____ independent middle-level abilities

Which of these is not one of the tests on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

A reflexive reaction that is reliably elicited by an US is called a(n) _____ response:

Categorizing info based on relationships among items to be remembered is the definition of:

A speck of dirt that gets into your eye will naturally cause a blinking reflex. The dirt is a:

If U R in a good mood when studying for a test, U will remember the material better if you:

Memories are made by:

H drank too much tequila which made him vomit. The smell of tequila makes him sick. Vomiting is

Reinforcers ____ and punishers ___ effect as the delay increases between behavior & consequence

A. has to memorize a list of 20 things. He ties ea. item to an image from his house; he's using

Research has demonstrated observational learning in:

The store of auditory info that decays very rapidly is called ______ memory

Extinction of a CR involves:

Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate to a bell. How could Pavlov extinguish the response?

The first intelligence tests were developed as part of education reforms in:

Sternberg suggested that there are three kinds of intelligence. Which include all except:

An initially neutral stimulus that now elicits a response b/c it was paired w/ an US is called:

When people have identical genes, the differences in their intelligence are influenced:

The Flynn Effect refers to the fact that:

____ conducted the Bobo doll study of observational learning

STM can hold:

U learned french in H.S. U travel to Paris & recall some french; this is an example of:

Studies show being raised in high SES instead of low SES family is worth ____ IQ points

A child is spanked for misbehaving; the misbehaving is stopped. The spanking served as a _____

Scuba divers who memorized a list of words on a boat will remember more of those words if test:

Iconic memory usually decays in about ____ or less.

Skinner's approach to the study of learning focused on _____ and _____

The inability to transfer new info from STM to LTM is defined as:

S. Swears at the table, her mom takes away her iPod. S. is less likely to swear, illustrating:

In the three level hierarchy of mental abilities, group factors are:

Your friend tells you her phone #. Hearing, thinking about, and storing the # is an example of:

The theory that every task requires a combo of general ability & specific skills is known as:

The location in which info can be kept for hours to years is known as the ____ memory store

Which of these is the best predictor of intelligence?