PSY 102 Exam 2 REVIEW 2026/2027
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
• When Nanette's daughter refused to brush her teeth and threw her toys across the
room, Nanette put her a 20-minute time-out during which she wasn't allowed to do
anything else. This is an example of:
Select one:
a. negative reinforcer.
b. positive punishment.
c. negative punishment.
d. conditioned reinforcer. -✓✓ c. negative punishment.
• You have been working nights and weekends to get a project completed at work.
You are successful, and a couple of weeks later when you come into work your
boss presents you with a bonus check. This bonus encourages you to work more
nights and weekends. Your new behavior best illustrates the value of:
Select one:
a. operant behavior.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. positive reinforcement.
d. erratic behavior. -✓✓ c. positive reinforcement.
• The three distinct levels of moral reasoning that Kohlberg proposed are:
Select one:
a. abstract thinking, rational thinking, and logical reasoning.
b. preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.
c. preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.
,d. legal principles, universal moral principles, and law and order principles. -✓✓ c.
preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.
• Researchers who emphasize experience and learning see development in terms of
_____, while those who emphasize biological maturation tend to see development
as a sequence of genetically predisposed _____.
Select one:
a. continuity; stages
b. stages; influences
c. stages; shaping processes
d. stages; continuity -✓✓ a. continuity; stages
• _____ highlighted the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's
behavior. One of his famous studies featured a Bobo doll.
Select one:
a. B. F. Skinner
b. Albert Bandura
c. John B. Watson
d. Ivan Pavlov -✓✓ b. Albert Bandura
• _____ is the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from
puberty to independence.
Select one:
a. Early adulthood
b. Adolescence
c. Puberty
d. Emerging adulthood -✓✓ b. Adolescence
, • What is the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
called?
Select one:
a. spontaneous recovery
b. generalization
c. acquisition
d. negative conditioning -✓✓ a. spontaneous recovery
• Although physical decline begins in early adulthood, it is not until later in life
that the declines become really noticeable. Which of the following does not show
the most declines in later life?
Select one:
a. visual sharpness
b. reaction time
c. moral reasoning
d. muscle strength -✓✓ c. moral reasoning
• _____ involves a learned association between a behavior and its consequences.
Select one:
a. Operant conditioning
b. Classical conditioning
c. Respondent behavior
d. Latent learning -✓✓ a. Operant conditioning
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
• When Nanette's daughter refused to brush her teeth and threw her toys across the
room, Nanette put her a 20-minute time-out during which she wasn't allowed to do
anything else. This is an example of:
Select one:
a. negative reinforcer.
b. positive punishment.
c. negative punishment.
d. conditioned reinforcer. -✓✓ c. negative punishment.
• You have been working nights and weekends to get a project completed at work.
You are successful, and a couple of weeks later when you come into work your
boss presents you with a bonus check. This bonus encourages you to work more
nights and weekends. Your new behavior best illustrates the value of:
Select one:
a. operant behavior.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. positive reinforcement.
d. erratic behavior. -✓✓ c. positive reinforcement.
• The three distinct levels of moral reasoning that Kohlberg proposed are:
Select one:
a. abstract thinking, rational thinking, and logical reasoning.
b. preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.
c. preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.
,d. legal principles, universal moral principles, and law and order principles. -✓✓ c.
preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.
• Researchers who emphasize experience and learning see development in terms of
_____, while those who emphasize biological maturation tend to see development
as a sequence of genetically predisposed _____.
Select one:
a. continuity; stages
b. stages; influences
c. stages; shaping processes
d. stages; continuity -✓✓ a. continuity; stages
• _____ highlighted the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's
behavior. One of his famous studies featured a Bobo doll.
Select one:
a. B. F. Skinner
b. Albert Bandura
c. John B. Watson
d. Ivan Pavlov -✓✓ b. Albert Bandura
• _____ is the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from
puberty to independence.
Select one:
a. Early adulthood
b. Adolescence
c. Puberty
d. Emerging adulthood -✓✓ b. Adolescence
, • What is the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
called?
Select one:
a. spontaneous recovery
b. generalization
c. acquisition
d. negative conditioning -✓✓ a. spontaneous recovery
• Although physical decline begins in early adulthood, it is not until later in life
that the declines become really noticeable. Which of the following does not show
the most declines in later life?
Select one:
a. visual sharpness
b. reaction time
c. moral reasoning
d. muscle strength -✓✓ c. moral reasoning
• _____ involves a learned association between a behavior and its consequences.
Select one:
a. Operant conditioning
b. Classical conditioning
c. Respondent behavior
d. Latent learning -✓✓ a. Operant conditioning
