PSY-1 Exam 2 Review

Question 1

If you want to train your pet rat to be afraid of a flashing light, you should

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pair the light with an electric shock.

Question 2

For a few days after changing it, Beth keeps trying to log in with her old password. This is

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proactive interference.

Question 3

To read tiny print, you need to look at it with your ____ because it has the most ____.

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fovea; cones

Question 4

Travis has short-term storage loss. He will have difficulty remembering

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a phone number he heard 15 seconds ago.

Question 5

Rosa reflects on her long life and believes she has lived well. She is in Erikson&#x27;s stage of

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integrity vs. despair.

Question 6

In the strange situation task, we would expect a securely attached infant to

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show distress when alone, but be comforted when Dad returns.

Question 7

The area where the optic nerve leaves the retina is referred to as the

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blind spot.

Question 8

The boost in memory that occurs when encoding & recall environments are the same is called

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context-dependent memory.

Question 9

A professor gives students pop quizzes. She is using a ______ scheduled of reinforcement.

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variable interval

Question 10

You panic if you see a spider that looks like one that bit you last year. Your reaction is a(n)

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conditioned response.

Question 11

The coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear containing sensory receptors is called the

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cochlea.

Question 12

Joey uses his fingers to add. He can sort blocks by shape and color. He's in the ______ stage.

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concrete operational

Question 13

Our perception of color is an interpretation of the _______ of a light wave.

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length / frequency.

Question 14

Jodie walks from sunlight into darkness. Her ___ enlarges her ____, letting in more light.

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iris; pupil

Question 15

All of the following are teratogens EXCEPT

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folic acid.

Question 16

The _____ stage is most at risk from teratogens because of ________.

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embryonic; organ development

Question 17

In the famous "Little Albert" experiment, the loud sound was the

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unconditioned stimulus.

Question 18

The primary auditory cortex is located in the ________ lobe.

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temporal

Question 19

Remembering how to ice skate is an example of

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procedural memory.

Question 20

Melanie is getting "D" grades in her classes. To get her to study more, her parents should

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praise Melanie when she practices good study habits.

Question 21

Lianna is reading. As her eyes scan the page, each visual is retained for a few seconds in

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sensory memory.

Question 22

After transduction, the neural signals of vision, hearing, taste and touch all pass through the

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thalamus.

Question 23

Billy is paid a 20% commission for every car sold. This is a ______ schedule of reinforcement.

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fixed ratio

Question 24

Joe & Dani want to buy a stimulating toy for their newborn. Which objects will the baby prefer?

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shapes with large black-and-white patterns

Question 25

To test if Trey, a 9-month-old, is in Piaget&#x27;s sensorimotor stage, what should his mom try?

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Hide a toy under a cushion and see if he looks for it.

Question 26

The first psychologists to emphasize the organizing processes underlying perception were the

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Gestalt psychologists.

Question 27

Susie wants to teach her cat to sit up for a treat. Whose research would be most useful to her?

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Edward Thorndike

Question 28

When trying to recall a list, Callum can only remember the last two items. This is due to

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the recency effect.

Question 29

Elaborative rehearsal is more effective than maintenance rehearsal because the processing is

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deeper.

Question 30

If Max eats all of his veggies, his mom lets him play outside. His mom is using _________.

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positive reinforcement

Question 31

Claudia is two weeks pregnant. Up to this point, her baby has been in the ____ stage.

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germinal

Question 32

Revi got a new account password. She repeats the code over and over to keep it in STM using

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maintenance rehearsal.

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