Question 1

It is very impressive when evidence shows us that newborns remember events from before they were born.Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Accepted Answer

A)  habituation of garlic smell 
B)  relaxation to specific music 
C)  preference for specific Dr. Seuss story 
D)  imitation of simple adult facial expression 
A)  habituation of garlic smell 
B)  relaxation to specific music 
C)  preference for specific Dr. Seuss story 
D)  imitation of simple adult facial expression D

Question 2

Which of the following individuals has dysgraphia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jay, who has difficulties reading a paragraph 
B)  Cameron, who has difficulties solving word problems and performing simple mathematical equations 
C)  Braden, who has difficulties writing his thoughts in a sentence 
D)  Grayson, who has difficulties with reading graphs and charts 
A)  Jay, who has difficulties reading a paragraph 
B)  Cameron, who has difficulties solving word problems and performing simple mathematical equations 
C)  Braden, who has difficulties writing his thoughts in a sentence 
D)  Grayson, who has difficulties with reading graphs and charts C

Question 3

When the observer shows that an individual has learned a behaviour that was demonstrated by another,it is called

Accepted Answer

A)  learned helplessness. 
B)  vicarious learning. 
C)  social learning. 
D)  modelling. 
A)  learned helplessness. 
B)  vicarious learning. 
C)  social learning. 
D)  modelling. C

Question 4

What do you predict would happen if every time a child saw a spider his mother screamed in fear?

Accepted Answer

A)  The child would develop systematic desensitization. 
B)  The child would need to undergo extinction. 
C)  The child would develop a phobia. 
D)  The child would acquire a conditioned taste aversion. 
A)  The child would develop systematic desensitization. 
B)  The child would need to undergo extinction. 
C)  The child would develop a phobia. 
D)  The child would acquire a conditioned taste aversion.

Question 5

June's cat runs to the kitchen NOT only at the sound of the electric can opener,but also when a similar-sounding blender is used.June's cat is demonstrating stimulus ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  control 
B)  association 
C)  generalization 
D)  diffusion 
A)  control 
B)  association 
C)  generalization 
D)  diffusion

Question 6

Gina is visiting her cousin's newborn baby in the hospital and has a special moment of holding the baby with eye contact.Gina purses her lips at the baby,as if she is about to kiss the baby.Based on the work of Meltzoff and Moore (1977),what do you expect the baby will do?

Accepted Answer

A)  The baby will cry, not knowing what lip pursing means. 
B)  The baby will perform sucking motions, getting Gina's mouth mixed up with a nipple. 
C)  The baby will smile, as this would be the first time she would have seen something like that. 
D)  The baby will purse their own lips. 
A)  The baby will cry, not knowing what lip pursing means. 
B)  The baby will perform sucking motions, getting Gina's mouth mixed up with a nipple. 
C)  The baby will smile, as this would be the first time she would have seen something like that. 
D)  The baby will purse their own lips.

Question 7

According to the DSM-5,a specific learning disorder is

Accepted Answer

A)  a developmental disorder of intellectual functioning. 
B)  a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in spoken or written language. 
C)  a disorder that is defined as having below average abilities essential for thinking or reasoning. 
D)  a disorder involving difficulty acquiring information due to visual and/or auditory problems. 
A)  a developmental disorder of intellectual functioning. 
B)  a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in spoken or written language. 
C)  a disorder that is defined as having below average abilities essential for thinking or reasoning. 
D)  a disorder involving difficulty acquiring information due to visual and/or auditory problems.

Question 8

Edgar is starting a job as greens-keeper for his local golf course.He watches the previous guy cut one of the greens and he misses one entire strip down the middle and runs over part of the fringe.The boss comes over and yells at the old greens-keeper,pointing out all the mistakes.What will Edgar learn from this?

Accepted Answer

A)  how to cut the green and what will happen if he doesn't do it right 
B)  how to cut the green and how not to cut the green 
C)  that his future boss is very strict and a perfectionist 
D)  nothing about cutting greens 
A)  how to cut the green and what will happen if he doesn't do it right 
B)  how to cut the green and how not to cut the green 
C)  that his future boss is very strict and a perfectionist 
D)  nothing about cutting greens

Question 9

You have never used the emergency exits in a theatre,yet you know where they are located.This is an example of ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  insight learning 
B)  latent learning 
C)  imitation 
D)  the law of effect 
A)  insight learning 
B)  latent learning 
C)  imitation 
D)  the law of effect

Question 10

Which of the following statements about maze learning is the most accurate,according to Tolman?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maze learning proceeds better with reinforcement. 
B)  Maze learning is faster with reinforcement. 
C)  If maze learning happens without reinforcement, it is much longer lasting than maze learning that happens with reinforcement. 
D)  Reinforcement offers the motivation to show that maze learning has occurred, but there is no difference in maze learning with and without reinforcement. 
A)  Maze learning proceeds better with reinforcement. 
B)  Maze learning is faster with reinforcement. 
C)  If maze learning happens without reinforcement, it is much longer lasting than maze learning that happens with reinforcement. 
D)  Reinforcement offers the motivation to show that maze learning has occurred, but there is no difference in maze learning with and without reinforcement.

Question 11

Vincent used to work driving the ice cream truck.Every time he had to go in the cold freezer,the bells would go off,and he would shiver in response to the cold freezer.Eventually,he shivered to the sound of the bells alone,and even to other jingling sounds,such as the sound of his dishwasher when it was finished.The fact that sounds similar to the bells also trigger the same response is called

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic desensitization. 
B)  stimulus generalization. 
C)  stimulus discrimination. 
D)  conditioned tolerance. 
A)  systematic desensitization. 
B)  stimulus generalization. 
C)  stimulus discrimination. 
D)  conditioned tolerance.

Question 12

The fact that newborns will copy a simple facial expression of an adult in their visual field suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)  classical and operant conditioning occur later in development. 
B)  the ability to imitate the behaviour of another is instinctual. 
C)  most of our cognitive abilities build upon our observations of others. 
D)  we are born without any innate knowledge. 
A)  classical and operant conditioning occur later in development. 
B)  the ability to imitate the behaviour of another is instinctual. 
C)  most of our cognitive abilities build upon our observations of others. 
D)  we are born without any innate knowledge.

Question 13

Ronald signed on 10 new customers this week,and as recognition for this,his boss made an announcement to the sales team and awarded him with a $100 bonus.According to the law of effect,what should this do to selling behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A)  It shouldn't affect it. 
B)  It will decrease, since everyone knows now that Ronald is the best. 
C)  It will increase, in Ronald and the rest of the team. 
D)  It will decrease competition between members of the sales team. 
A)  It shouldn't affect it. 
B)  It will decrease, since everyone knows now that Ronald is the best. 
C)  It will increase, in Ronald and the rest of the team. 
D)  It will decrease competition between members of the sales team.

Question 14

Because of his poor report card,Rhonda took away her son's video games and television privileges.Rhonda is using ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  negative punishment 
B)  negative reinforcement 
C)  positive punishment 
D)  positive reinforcement 
A)  negative punishment 
B)  negative reinforcement 
C)  positive punishment 
D)  positive reinforcement

Question 15

Dr.Cortese conducts a neuroimaging study of patients undergoing systematic desensitization to treat a fear of high places.The images should show that activity in the ___ occurs when patients are ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  hypothalamus; experiencing fear 
B)  prefrontal cortex; experiencing fear 
C)  amygdala; undergoing extinction 
D)  prefrontal cortex; undergoing extinction 
A)  hypothalamus; experiencing fear 
B)  prefrontal cortex; experiencing fear 
C)  amygdala; undergoing extinction 
D)  prefrontal cortex; undergoing extinction

Question 16

Name two major types of non-associative learning.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Dr.Authement has developed several alternative plans to increase the number of online practice quizzes his students complete.Which plan below is correctly matched with the reinforcement schedule it illustrates?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 bonus point for every 2 online practice quizzes completed - continuous schedule 
B)  1 bonus point awarded every 2 weeks if 2 or more quizzes have been completed - fixed-ratio schedule 
C)  1 bonus point awarded every now and then (about 2 weeks on average) if 2 or more quizzes have been completed recently - variable interval 
D)  0.5 bonus point awarded for each quiz completed - fixed-interval schedule 
A)  1 bonus point for every 2 online practice quizzes completed - continuous schedule 
B)  1 bonus point awarded every 2 weeks if 2 or more quizzes have been completed - fixed-ratio schedule 
C)  1 bonus point awarded every now and then (about 2 weeks on average) if 2 or more quizzes have been completed recently - variable interval 
D)  0.5 bonus point awarded for each quiz completed - fixed-interval schedule

Question 18

Each pair below correctly identifies a stimulus or response in Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  neutral stimulus - loud sound. 
B)  conditioned stimulus - rat. 
C)  unconditioned response - fear. 
D)  unconditioned stimulus - loud sound. 
A)  neutral stimulus - loud sound. 
B)  conditioned stimulus - rat. 
C)  unconditioned response - fear. 
D)  unconditioned stimulus - loud sound.

Question 19

Which of the following types of learning involves responses that are changed because of consequences?

Accepted Answer

A)  classical conditioning 
B)  operant conditioning 
C)  habituation 
D)  observational learning 
A)  classical conditioning 
B)  operant conditioning 
C)  habituation 
D)  observational learning

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of negative punishment?

Accepted Answer

A)  You clean your room because your mother promised you a chocolate bar if you do. 
B)  You clean your room because you can't stand hearing your mother nag at you anymore. 
C)  You clean your room because your mother said she's take your PlayStation away if you didn't. 
D)  You clean your room because your mother said she'd smack your butt if you didn't. 
A)  You clean your room because your mother promised you a chocolate bar if you do. 
B)  You clean your room because you can't stand hearing your mother nag at you anymore. 
C)  You clean your room because your mother said she's take your PlayStation away if you didn't. 
D)  You clean your room because your mother said she'd smack your butt if you didn't.

It is very impressive when evidence shows us that newborns remember events from before they were born.Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Which of the following individuals has dysgraphia?

When the observer shows that an individual has learned a behaviour that was demonstrated by another,it is called

What do you predict would happen if every time a child saw a spider his mother screamed in fear?

June's cat runs to the kitchen NOT only at the sound of the electric can opener,but also when a similar-sounding blender is used.June's cat is demonstrating stimulus ___.

Gina is visiting her cousin's newborn baby in the hospital and has a special moment of holding the baby with eye contact.Gina purses her lips at the baby,as if she is about to kiss the baby.Based on the work of Meltzoff and Moore (1977),what do you expect the baby will do?

According to the DSM-5,a specific learning disorder is

You have never used the emergency exits in a theatre,yet you know where they are located.This is an example of ___.

Which of the following statements about maze learning is the most accurate,according to Tolman?

The fact that newborns will copy a simple facial expression of an adult in their visual field suggests that

Ronald signed on 10 new customers this week,and as recognition for this,his boss made an announcement to the sales team and awarded him with a $100 bonus.According to the law of effect,what should this do to selling behaviour?

Because of his poor report card,Rhonda took away her son's video games and television privileges.Rhonda is using ___.

Dr.Cortese conducts a neuroimaging study of patients undergoing systematic desensitization to treat a fear of high places.The images should show that activity in the _ occurs when patients are _.

Name two major types of non-associative learning.

Dr.Authement has developed several alternative plans to increase the number of online practice quizzes his students complete.Which plan below is correctly matched with the reinforcement schedule it illustrates?

Each pair below correctly identifies a stimulus or response in Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study EXCEPT

Which of the following types of learning involves responses that are changed because of consequences?

Which of the following is an example of negative punishment?

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It is very impressive when evidence shows us that newborns remember events from before they were born.Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Which of the following individuals has dysgraphia?

When the observer shows that an individual has learned a behaviour that was demonstrated by another,it is called

What do you predict would happen if every time a child saw a spider his mother screamed in fear?

June's cat runs to the kitchen NOT only at the sound of the electric can opener,but also when a similar-sounding blender is used.June's cat is demonstrating stimulus ___.

Gina is visiting her cousin's newborn baby in the hospital and has a special moment of holding the baby with eye contact.Gina purses her lips at the baby,as if she is about to kiss the baby.Based on the work of Meltzoff and Moore (1977),what do you expect the baby will do?

According to the DSM-5,a specific learning disorder is

You have never used the emergency exits in a theatre,yet you know where they are located.This is an example of ___.

Which of the following statements about maze learning is the most accurate,according to Tolman?

The fact that newborns will copy a simple facial expression of an adult in their visual field suggests that

Ronald signed on 10 new customers this week,and as recognition for this,his boss made an announcement to the sales team and awarded him with a $100 bonus.According to the law of effect,what should this do to selling behaviour?

Because of his poor report card,Rhonda took away her son's video games and television privileges.Rhonda is using ___.

Dr.Cortese conducts a neuroimaging study of patients undergoing systematic desensitization to treat a fear of high places.The images should show that activity in the ___ occurs when patients are ___.

Name two major types of non-associative learning.

Dr.Authement has developed several alternative plans to increase the number of online practice quizzes his students complete.Which plan below is correctly matched with the reinforcement schedule it illustrates?

Each pair below correctly identifies a stimulus or response in Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study EXCEPT

Which of the following types of learning involves responses that are changed because of consequences?

Which of the following is an example of negative punishment?

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Dr.Cortese conducts a neuroimaging study of patients undergoing systematic desensitization to treat a fear of high places.The images should show that activity in the _ occurs when patients are _.