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Title: Psychology Review 8 Post by: ppk on May 6, 2011 1. Changes controlled by a genetic blueprint, such as an increase in height or the size of the brain, are examples of ___________________.
a) maturation c) habituation b) learning d) growth cycles 2. Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of dogs, and they began to salivate. The food acted as a (an) ____________. a) unconditioned response c) conditioned response b) unconditioned stimulus d) conditioned stimulus 3. What was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in the case of Little Albert? a) a rat c) a high chair b) a loud noise d) a small enclosed space 4. Thorndike was known for his work with ______. a) a Skinner box c) modeling b) a puzzle box d) monkeys 5. Under what circumstances will a reinforcer make the target response more likely to occur again? a) if it is a primary reinforcer b) if it is a positive reinforcer c) if it is a negative reinforcer d) regardless of whether it is a positive or negative reinforcer, a reinforcer makes a response more likely to occur. 6. What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response? a) punishment c) negative reinforcement b) positive reinforcement d) positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement 7. When Keller and Marian Breland, two psychologists who became animal trainers, decided that it would be cute to have a pig drop a big wooden coin into a box, they found that _______________. a) food was not an effective reinforcer for the pig and so learning didn’t occur b) when given edible roots as reinforcers, the pig learned the task in less than ten trials c) the pig displayed instinctive drift by dropping the coin and pushing it around with its nose. d) the pig showed intrinsic interest in the task and so reinforcement was unnecessary 8. Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called ______. a) insight c) vicarious learning b) innate learning d) latent learning 9. The “aha!” experience is known as ________________. a) latent learning c) thoughtful learning b) insight learning d) serial enumeration 10. Cheryl is trying to teach her son to do the laundry by watching her. According to observational learning theory, to be effective what must occur? a) Her son must always model the behavior immediately. b) Her son must be motivated to learn how to do the laundry. c) Her son must be able to complete other tasks while watching her. d) Cheryl must show her son how to do the laundry while she is making dinner. Title: Re: Psychology Review 8 Post by: bio_man on May 8, 2011 Content hidden
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Title: Re: Psychology Review 8 Post by: Ashanti on Jul 9, 2011 Thank you this was very helpful. I was wondering if there was a way to find the whole test for that chapter?
Title: Re: Psychology Review 8 Post by: bio_man on Jul 9, 2011 Thank you this was very helpful. I was wondering if there was a way to find the whole test for that chapter? For psychology? |