Units 5-8 Quiz

• When Tray walked out of his algebra final, he could remember only the first question and the last few questions. Tray’s recollection can best be explained by

a. anterograde amnesiab. retrograde amnesiac. the stress of the examd. the serial position effecte. interference

• The capacity of our short term memories is approximately _________ items. a. Three b. Five c. Seven d. Nine e. Unlimited

• Claire needed to hammer a nail into the wall, but could not find a hammer. She never considered using her boot. This common obstacle to problem solving is known asa. Algorithmb. Functional fixednessc. Heuristicd. Mental sete. Convergent thinking

• Kohler’s work with apes had to do with what type of learning?

a. abstractb. insightc. latentd. observationale. classical conditioning

• When Bobby kicks his little sister Tammy’s doll under the bed, she tries to retrieve it. In Piagetian terms, Tammy has

a. egocentrismb. concrete operationsc. animismd. object permanencee. conservation

• According to Erikson, a two year old is most likely trying to resolve which of the following conflicts?

a. Industry vs. Inferiorityb. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubtc. Initiative vs. Guiltd. Intimacy vs. Isolatione. Trust vs. Mistrust

• Whenever Eddie goes a few hours without smoking a cigarette, he gets irritable and nervous. Eddie’s need to smoke illustrates which theory of motivation?a. Drive reductionb. Cognitive consistencyc. Evolutionaryd. Ethologye. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

• Gertrude wants to teach her students a new behavior. Which schedule of reinforcement would result in the quickest learning?

a. variable intervalb. Variable ratioc. Continuousd. Fixed Intervale. Fixed ratio

• Taking a medicine to relieve a headache is an example ofa. Positive reinforcementb. Classical conditioningc. Latent learningd. Punishmente. Negative reinforcement

• The first step in the information processing model of memory isa. Storageb. Retrievalc. Interferenced. Encodinge. attention

• Kohlberg posited that the lowest level of moral development involveda. Consistently hurting othersb. Focusing on the consequence of one’s action to

oneselfc. Blindly following the lawd. Breaking the rules whenever ones feels they are

unjust for societye. Doing whatever one’s peer group advised

• Parents who set strict rules for their children without allowing any questioning or discussion are following what parenting style?

a. democraticb. Authoritativec. Totalitariand. authoritariane. neglectful

• What kind of memory is Misty using when she thinks back to the day she won the state spelling bee?a. Proceduralb. Episodicc. Implicitd. Eidetice. Semantic

• I sawed Kristen at school today is an example ofa. Telegraphic speechb. Holophrastic speechc. Babblingd. Syntaxe. Overgeneralization

• In Pavlov’s classical conditiong experiments, salivation was– 1. The US– 2. The CR– 3. The URa. 1 onlyb.2 onlyc. 3 onlyd.1 and 3 onlye. 2 and 3 only

• Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment is most closely associated with which of the following terms?a. Instinctsb. Maturationc. Modelingd. Abstract learninge. Operant conditioning

• According to the James-Lange theory of emotion, what immediately precedes recognition of the emotion?a. A physiological changeb. Cognitive appraisalc. Memories of similar situationsd. Observing the stimuluse. Thalamic stimulation

• Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?a. Moneyb. Waterc. Praised. Musice. Dolls

For some kids, getting ISS may be a terrible punishment while others may enjoy the quiet solitude. That the reinforcement often depends on the individual in question is best expressed by

a. partial reinforcement effectb. chainingc. Premack Principled. outshininge. latent learning

• Because plane crashes are covered so extensively in the media, people tend to be more fearful of them than a statistical analysis would indicate they should. This miscalculation can be explained bya. The availability heuristicb. The recency effectc. Confirmation biasd. The framing effecte. Cognitive dissonance

• With regard to language, Noam Chomsky proposed thata. Some apes can be taught to use languageb. Humans have a language aquistion devicec. Children essentially learn language through

shapingd. People cannot learn new languages after a

critical period has passede. Nurture has a far greater influence than nature

• Mary Ainsworth and John Bowbly are best known for their work ona. Parenting stylesb. Adult developmentc. Attachmentd. Intelligencee. Creativity

• The order of the sexual response cycle stages as described by Masters and Johnson isa. excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolutionb. Arousal, orgasm, plateau, refractionc. Resolution, excitement, orgasm, and plateaud. Arousal, orgasm, plateau, and refractione. Plateau, excitement, orgasm, and resolution

• Which of the following would characterize a person in the concrete operational stage?

a. using operationsb. understaning reversabilityc. believing in artificialismd. appreciating conservatione. childhood contingencies of

reinforcement