PSY 200 NVCC CORRECT TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is blocking - ✔✔Sudden interruption in train of thought, unable to complete
sentence
✔✔What is memory misattribution - ✔✔assigning a recollection or an idea to the wrong
source
✔✔What is source memory - ✔✔recall of when, where, and how information was
acquired
✔✔Why might false recollection occur - ✔✔misinformation and misattribution of the
original source of the information. Existing knowledge and other memories can also
interfere with the formation of a new memory, causing the recollection of an event to be
mistaken or entirely false.
✔✔What is suggestibility - ✔✔the tendency to incorporate misleading information from
external sources into personal recollections
✔✔What are flashbulb memories - ✔✔a clear memory of an emotionally significant
moment or event
✔✔· What part of the brain seems to help create strong memories for emotional events?
- ✔✔The hippocampus
✔✔What is classical conditioning - ✔✔a learning process that occurs when two stimuli
are repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is
eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.
✔✔What is acquisition - ✔✔In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a
neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins
, triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a
reinforced response.
✔✔What is extinction? - ✔✔the diminishing of a conditioned response
✔✔How does extinction occur in CC - ✔✔When a conditioned response ceases or
disappears, it is also called extinction. Remember that classical conditioning is when a
person or animal is trained to have a specific (conditioned) response to a conditioned
stimulus.
✔✔What is spontaneous recovery - ✔✔Spontaneous recovery is a phenomenon that
involves suddenly displaying a behavior that was thought to be extinct.
✔✔What is generalization? - ✔✔a general statement or concept obtained by inference
from specific cases:"he was making sweeping generalizations"
✔✔What is biological preparedness? - ✔✔the idea that people and animals are
inherently inclined to form associations between certain stimuli and responses.
✔✔What is operant conditioning - ✔✔a type of learning in which behavior is
strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
✔✔What is the law of effect - ✔✔Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by
favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by
unfavorable consequences become less likely
✔✔What is operant behavior - ✔✔behavior that operates on the environment, producing
consequences
✔✔What is the difference between positive and negative reinforcement? - ✔✔Positive
reinforcement is the process that enhances the likelihood of the response, by adding
something. On the contrary, negative reinforcement is one that intensifies the probability
of response, by removing or reducing something.
✔✔What are primary and secondary reinforcers - ✔✔primary: innate/biological
reinforcing qualities
secondary: reinforcing due to their association with primary reinforcers
✔✔How does discrimination occur in operant conditioning? - ✔✔It involves the ability to
distinguish between one stimulus and similar stimuli. In both cases, it means responding
only to certain stimuli, and not responding to those that are similar.
✔✔How does extinction occur in operant conditioning - ✔✔extinction occurs when a
response is no longer reinforced following a discriminative stimulus
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is blocking - ✔✔Sudden interruption in train of thought, unable to complete
sentence
✔✔What is memory misattribution - ✔✔assigning a recollection or an idea to the wrong
source
✔✔What is source memory - ✔✔recall of when, where, and how information was
acquired
✔✔Why might false recollection occur - ✔✔misinformation and misattribution of the
original source of the information. Existing knowledge and other memories can also
interfere with the formation of a new memory, causing the recollection of an event to be
mistaken or entirely false.
✔✔What is suggestibility - ✔✔the tendency to incorporate misleading information from
external sources into personal recollections
✔✔What are flashbulb memories - ✔✔a clear memory of an emotionally significant
moment or event
✔✔· What part of the brain seems to help create strong memories for emotional events?
- ✔✔The hippocampus
✔✔What is classical conditioning - ✔✔a learning process that occurs when two stimuli
are repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is
eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.
✔✔What is acquisition - ✔✔In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a
neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins
, triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a
reinforced response.
✔✔What is extinction? - ✔✔the diminishing of a conditioned response
✔✔How does extinction occur in CC - ✔✔When a conditioned response ceases or
disappears, it is also called extinction. Remember that classical conditioning is when a
person or animal is trained to have a specific (conditioned) response to a conditioned
stimulus.
✔✔What is spontaneous recovery - ✔✔Spontaneous recovery is a phenomenon that
involves suddenly displaying a behavior that was thought to be extinct.
✔✔What is generalization? - ✔✔a general statement or concept obtained by inference
from specific cases:"he was making sweeping generalizations"
✔✔What is biological preparedness? - ✔✔the idea that people and animals are
inherently inclined to form associations between certain stimuli and responses.
✔✔What is operant conditioning - ✔✔a type of learning in which behavior is
strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher
✔✔What is the law of effect - ✔✔Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by
favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by
unfavorable consequences become less likely
✔✔What is operant behavior - ✔✔behavior that operates on the environment, producing
consequences
✔✔What is the difference between positive and negative reinforcement? - ✔✔Positive
reinforcement is the process that enhances the likelihood of the response, by adding
something. On the contrary, negative reinforcement is one that intensifies the probability
of response, by removing or reducing something.
✔✔What are primary and secondary reinforcers - ✔✔primary: innate/biological
reinforcing qualities
secondary: reinforcing due to their association with primary reinforcers
✔✔How does discrimination occur in operant conditioning? - ✔✔It involves the ability to
distinguish between one stimulus and similar stimuli. In both cases, it means responding
only to certain stimuli, and not responding to those that are similar.
✔✔How does extinction occur in operant conditioning - ✔✔extinction occurs when a
response is no longer reinforced following a discriminative stimulus
