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She finds that this intermittent pairing
A
D
B
C
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Which of the following is correct
A conditioned stimulus
An unconditioned stimulus
An unconditioned response
A conditioned response
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13. What is the process of selectively looking, listening, smelling, tasting, and feeling called?
b) Attention
a) Retention
d) Cognition
c) Recognition
4
Which of the following is correct?
c) Someone brought up with conditional positive regard
b) Someone with an extroverted personality
d) Someone brought up with unconditional positive regard
a) Someone with a strongly developed superego
5
Which of the following is correct
Kitchen; cat food
Cat food; cupboard door opening
Cat food; kitchen
Cupboard door opening; cat food
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25. Which of the following is the best definition of Intellectual Disability?
D
c) A measured intelligence quotient of ninety-nine
A
b) An inherited condition which affects only males
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56. The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called
a) Phonology
d) Regularization
b) Semantics
c) Syntax
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What name is given to this theory?
d) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
b) The drive-reduction theory
c) The instinct theory
a) The arousal theory
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39. In assessing personality, we are most interested in a person’s ________ behavior
d) Typical
a) Best
b) Worst
c) Atypical
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The exam today was difficult.” “Today, the exam was difficult.” These two sentences all exhibit the same
c) Linguistic relativity
b) Deep structure
a) Linguistic universals
d) Surface structure
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43. Which of the following is NOT an example of preparedness in conditioning?
B
C
D
A
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50. Which of the following statements about the sensory registers is true?
D
C
B
A
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What is randy exhibiting symptoms of?
a) Retrograde amnesia
b) Organic amnesia
c) Anterograde amnesia
d) A head injury
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52. When two memory tasks are presented in different sensory modalities
C
D
A
B
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32. Name the eight basic emotions:
C
B
A
D
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44. Any stimulus that follows a behavior and decreases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated is called a
a) Aversive stimulus
c) Negative reinforce
b) Punisher
d) Antecedent
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51. The most accurate description of short-term memory’s capacity is probably to say that it can hold
a) As much information as can be rehearsed in 1.5 to 2 seconds
d) As much information as can be heard in 4 to 6 seconds
c) Between 5 and 10 bits of information
b) As much information as can be read in 3 to 5 seconds
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Which of the following is correct
d) Increases; decreases
c) Increases; also increases
a) Decreases; also decreases
b) Decreases; increases
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Which of the following is correct?
c) Serial position effect
d) Phi phenomenon
b) Sequestering effect
a) Implicit memory effect
20
A child learns that whenever he cleans his room, he gets his allowance. This type of learning is best explained by:
Classical conditioning
Social learning theory
Biofeedback theory
Operant conditioning
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15. Information is grouped for storage in short-term memory through the process of:
d) Chunking
c) Role rehearsal
b) Categorizing
a) Cueing
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Which of the following is correct?
b) Negative reinforce
d) Stimulus
a) Positive reinforce
c) Punishment
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58. A specific need or desire that arouses an organism and directs its behavior toward a goal is known as a
c) Motive
d) Behavior
a) Incentive
b) Stimulus
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A process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behaviour
Learning
Imprinting
Cognition
Intelligence formation
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In this experiment, the meat was the:
Conditioned stimulus
Unconditioned response
Conditioned response
Unconditioned stimulus
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28. Frozen yogurt advertised as containing 20% fat, versus frozen yogurt advertised as 80% fat free is an example of:
a) Framing
c) Decision Making
d) Representative decision making
b) Advertising
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53. When remembering verbal messages, we usually remember the
a) Exact words
b) Exact verbs but not the exact nouns
c) Meaning of the message but not the exact words
d) Exact nouns but not the exact verbs
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22. The process whereby we acquire and apply information is known as:
d) Perception
c) Cognition
a) Intelligence
b) Learning
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60. A hormone produced in the stomach and small intestines that increases appetite is ________.
d) Leptin
c) Ghrelin
a) Insulin
b) Glycerol
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16. Why would a student use a mnemonic?
a) To block out information that is not consistent with our viewpoint
d) To extinguish information that is useless
c) To make material easier to remember
b) To block out information that is painful
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9. When someone uses punishment to change a behavior, the probability of the behavior reoccurring is likely to:
b) Increase
c) Generalize
a) Decrease
d) Remain the same
32
Which number?
d) 3
c) 6
a) 9
b) 12
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45. Any event whose reduction or termination increases the likelihood that an ongoing behavior will recur is a
c) Negative reinforce
a) Positive reinforce
d) Punisher
b) Antecedent
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31. Define emotion:
a) A specific need or desire that prompts goal-directed behavior
b) A feeling that underlies behavior
d) A desire to excel
35
Presentation of________
c) Ice-cream
b) Music
d) Candy
a) Toys
36
Which of the following is correct?
c) Confirmation bias
a) Representativeness heuristic
d) Availability heuristic
b) Idealized cognitive model
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36. What are the big 5 personality traits?
D
c) Fear, surprise, disappointment, disgust, and anger
B
a) Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
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21. Which of the following theories maintains that the passage of time causes forgetting?
d) Decay theory
b) Optimization theory
c) Reduction theory
a) Interference theory
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47. Ebbinghaus found that ________.
D
C
a) The rate of forgetting increased after the first few hours
b) Forgetting occurred at a steady and even pace
40
Any stimulus that follows a specific behavior and increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated is
High-order conditioner
Cue
Reinforcer
Situational artifact
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This is an example of?
d) If you haven’t picked A already, pick A
c) Procedural memory
b) Semantic memory
a) Flashbulb memory
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12. What is another term used to refer to working memory?
a) Epidemic memory
d) Short term memory
c) Long term memory
b) Flashbulb memory
43
26. What type of thinking is required to solve problems requiring a creative, flexible, or inventive solution?
b) Functional
d) We’re not functioning
c) Non-functional
a) Divergent
44
59. ________ important human behavior is_______.
d) All; inborn
c) Most; learned
a) All; learned
b) Most; inborn
45
55. Which of the following statements is not true?
B
c) Mnemonic techniques may involve visualization
D
a) A mnemonic technique may be based on rhyme
46
True or False
True
False
47
This is an example?
b) Cocktail party phenomenon
a) Boredom
d) Flashbulb memories
c) Episodic memory
48
Barney is displaying a?
c) An internal locus of control
a) An external locus of control
d) A highly-developed superego
b) A very high performance standard
49
33. Which of the following is the best definition of the term personality?
d) An experience of feeling and interaction with the surrounding world
b) Inborn, inflexible behaviour characteristic of an entire species
a) A relatively permanent change in behavior
C
50
48. The sensory registers have a ________ capacity and hold information for a ________ time
c) Vast, long
d) Very limited, very short
b) Very limited, long
a) Vast, very short
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37. What are the 4 tools for measuring personality?
c) Group interview, observation, subjective tests, projective tests
d) Group interview, direct observation, objective tests, projective tests
b) Interview, direct observation, subjective tests, projective tests
a) Interview, observation, objective tests, projective tests
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23. What are the three most important building blocks of thought?
d) Semantics, phonemes, and morphemes
c) Concepts, algorithms, and heuristics
b) Motivations, feelings, and language
a) Language, images, and concepts
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38. Personality is each of the following except:
b) Stable
a) Enduring
d) Unpredictable
c) Unique
54
54. Which of the following statements is true?
C
A
B
D
55
Which of the following is correct?
c) Internal vs external
a) Intrinsic vs extrinsic
d) Interior vs exterior
b) Extrinsic vs intrinsic
56
Which type of memory?
b) Semantic
c) Procedural
a) Episodic
d) Epidural
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24. Mental categories for classifying objects, people or experiences in known as:
d) Concepts
c) Reflections
b) Images
a) Evaluations
58
Operant conditioning is based upon which of the following principles?
Behaviors occur more often when they are reinforced
Behaviors occur less often when they are demonstrated
Behaviors occur more often when they are ignored
Behaviors occur less often when they are modeled
59
Which of the following is correct?
d) Objective introspection
c) The scientific method
b) The deductive method
a) The inductive method
60
Which of the following is correct?
a) Contingency blocking
b) Response generalization
d) Learned helplessness
c) Latent learning
