Exam 2

Psychology 200 with Kalat at North Carolina State University

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Study Guide for Kalat's Introduction to Psychology, 8th
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Phenylketonuria is a type of mental retardation that can be prevented by:

A. special education

B. special diet

C. special sleeping patterns

D. special medication

special diet

A researcher who studies children of different ages, all at the same time, is conducting a ____ study.

A. longitudinal

B. cross-sectional

C. cross-cultural

D. sequential

B. cross-sectional

According to Jean Piaget, during which stage of devlopment do children first begin to understand the concept of"conservation"?

A. sensorimotor

B. preoperational

C. concrete operations

D. format operations

C. concrete operations

A noise predicts a puff of air to the eyes. After a few repetitions, you blink your eyes when you hear that noise. What is the unconditioned stimulus?

A. the puff of air

B. the noise

C. blinking your eyes

the puff of air

A noise predicts a puff of air to the eyes. After a few repetitions, you blink your eyes when you hear that noise. What is the conditioned stimulus?

a. the puff of air

b. the noise

c. blinking your eyes

the noise

A noise predicts a puff of air to the eyes. After a few repetitions, you blink your eyes when you hear that noise. What is the conditioned response?

a. the puff of air

b. the noise

c. blinking your eyes

blinking your eyes

drug tolerance has been interpreted as an example of classical conditioning. according to this explanation, what is the conditioned response?

a the injection procedure

b. the entry of the drug into the brain

c. the "high" that the drug produces

d. the body's defenses against the drug

the body's defenses against the drug

suppose a researcher provides reinforcement only after an animal makes a particular response. which type of conditioning is this?

a classical conditioning

b operant conditioning

c conditioned taste aversion

operant conditioning

what is distinctive about operant conditioning that makes it different from classical conditioning?

a. it occurs at a different age

b it has a different kind of stimulus

c. the response controls the outcome

the response controls the outcome

what did Skinner meant by "shaping"?

a. reinforcing successive approximations to a response

b. molding the animal's body into position for the response

c. choosing the most appropriate stimulus for a given response

reinforcing successive approximations to a response

according to the disequilibrium principle, what outcome is reinforcing?

a. anything that activates the nucleus accumbens in the brain

b. opportunity to make a deprived response

c. anything that increases an individual's state of arousal

opportunity to make a deprived response

how does one produce extinction in classical conditioning?

a. punish the response

b. wait a long time without training

c. present the conditioned stimulus by itself

d. give no reinforcement after the response

present the conditioned stimulus by itself

how does one produce extinction in operant conditioning?

a. punish the response

b. wait a long time without training

c. present the conditioned stimulus by itself

d. give no reinforcement after the response

give no reinforcement after the response

which aspect of working memory shifts attention from one task to another?

a. central excutive

b. visuospatial sketchpad

c. phological loop

d. episodic buffer

central executive

a suspect lineup is an example of which method of testing memory?

a. cued recall

b. recognition

c. savings

d. implicit

recognition

i ask you to think of a word that starts with SUS- and you reply "SUSPECT," without realizing that you had seen it on the previous slide. what kind of memory is this?

a. cued recall

b. recognition

c. savings

d. implicit

implicit

what is one unusual feature of implicit memory?

a. it applies only to words, not vision

b. it can occur when people don't realize it

c. it is the kind of memory most likely to be damaged in amnesia

d. it requires intense concentration

it can occur when people don't realize it

"the way you think about something at teh time you learn it determines which cues will help you trieve it later." this principle is called the

a. encoding specificity principle

b. depth of processing principle.

c. hindsight bias principle

d. primacy effect

encoding specificity principle

of the following, which two are LEAST impaired in H.M. and other patients with amnesia?

a. declarative memory

b. episodic memory

c. implicit memory

d. short-term memory

implicit and short-term memory

if new memories interfere with old memories, which kind of interference are we observing?

a. proactive

b. retroactive

retroactive

About this deck

By: Ryan McIntyre
Textbook:

Study Guide for Kalat's Introduction to Psychology, 8th
Created: 2010-02-23
Size: 20 flashcards
Views: 70

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