Intro to Psych Exam 2

Question 1

A caterpillar becoming a butterfly is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Discontinuous development

Question 2

Which schedule is demonstrated by a teacher rewarding students with candy every third time they turn in their homework?

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Fixed ratio

Question 3

In which stage can children begin to think abstractly?

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Formal operational

Question 4

Which is not a type of memory?

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Aphasia

Question 5

Which is not a failure of conservation?

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Conservation of transitivity

Question 6

Which sin is not one of forgetting/omission?

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Misattribution

Question 7

In Broca&#x27;s aphasia, a patient expreiences a loss of...

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Grammar

Question 8

What term is being described: Children revise their current knowledge in response to new information and experiences

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Assimilation

Question 9

According to Piaget&#x27;s challengers, which of the following is not something infants show an understanding of

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Concrete

Question 10

In which stage of development do kids first develop logic reasoning about concrete objects and events?

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Concrete operational

Question 11

What is the correct expected utility theory equation?

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Expected value = Odds of Gain x Value of Gain

Question 12

The simplest way to maintain information in short-term memory is to repeat the information in a process called

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Rehearsal

Question 13

We&#x27;ve all heard that you shouldn&#x27;t go to the grocery store while hungry. Why is that?

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Presentism

Question 14

In Ivan Pavlov’s dog salivation experiment, what is the conditioned stimulus?

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Bell

Question 15

Core system 2 is an...

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Appoximate large number system

Question 16

What&#x27;s it called when a new language learner has diffculty understanding where one word ends and the next begins?

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Parsing problem

Question 17

Which of the following is not a way children demonstrate constructivism?

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Alienation

Question 18

In which stage would a 4 year old be?

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Preoperational

Question 19

Which is not an example of a semantic memory?

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What you did last weekend

Question 20

Which of the following is not a solution to the reference problem?

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Categorical perception

Question 21

The Skinner box demonstrates of which type of conditioning?

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Operant

Question 22

Which is another term for grammar?

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Syntax

Question 23

Which fallacy is demonstrated: When the last 5 coin flips have been heads, someone is sure that the next will be tails

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Gambler&#x27;s fallacy

Question 24

Which of the following is a type of long term memory?

Accepted Answer

Semantic memory

Question 25

If a baby was shown multiple pictures fruits, which of the following pictures would the baby likely stare longest at?

Accepted Answer

Kangaroo

Intro to Psych Exam 2

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Intro to Psych Exam 2

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