PSYO 310 Chapter 3 Practice Quiz || with 100% Correct
Answers.
In a word stem completion task, people are correct answers more likely to fill in the blanks to
form words that they have previously seen.
Habituation and sensitization are explained well by which theory? correct answers Dual Process
Theory.
Touching a patch of skin on the hand causes a particular neuron in the brain to fire. That
particular patch of skin would be part of the neurons: correct answers Receptive Fields.
A decrease in the strength or occurrence of a behavior after repeated exposure to the stimulus
that produces the behavior is called: correct answers Habituation
If a person is nervous about skiing because of a fall in the past that resulted in a broken arm, the
person may have become: correct answers Sensitized
Since her sister's recent illness, Anjelie has a heightened awareness of her family's health, and
gets overly worried anytime a family member appears the least bit unwell. This is an example of:
correct answers Sensitization
When prior exposure to a stimulus improves an organism's ability to respond to that stimulus
later on, it is known as correct answers Priming
The capacity for cortical receptive fields and cortical spatial organization to change as a result of
experience is called: correct answers Cortical Plasticity
After the first several weeks of his pet grooming business, Julio is able to distinguish the various
customers' pets. This is an example of: correct answers Perceptual Learning
Neophobia correct answers the act of actively avoiding a novel object
The phenomenon of perceptual learning suggests that the other-race effect can be reduced by:
correct answers training people to distinguish between several faces of other racial groups
Which statement is TRUE regarding the use of constraint-induced movement therapy to treat
learned non-use? correct answers It exploits mechanisms of cortical plasticity
In studies of rats learning to find their way through a maze, Tolman and Honzik found rats that:
correct answers started receiving rewards on day 11 started outperforming those rats who were
rewarded every day.
Learned non-use occurs when a stroke patient stops using a body part because of: correct
answers a lack of sensory input from that body part.
, The ability of rats to learn spatial layout declines when place: correct answers fields are
preventing from shrinking
Novel object recognition refers to correct answers the detection and response to an unfamiliar
object
The Milwaukee police noticed a putrid smell in Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment. But because they
had experienced many smelly apartments in the past, they did not investigate the source of the
smell. This is an example of: correct answers Habituation
What happens after repeated presentation of two simultaneous touches on the finger? correct
answers There is an increase in the number of cortical neurons tuned to touched of the fingertip.
A sensory prosthesis is: correct answers a mechanical device containing sensory detectors that
interface with appropriate sensory areas of the brain.
A young girl observes how much her brother worries about his car being scratched. She waits for
the moment he sits down to yell out, "A branch fell on your car!" Her brother runs to check on
his car, realizes it was a joke, and walks away upset. The young girl continues this numerous
times. One day, she looks out the window and notices that a branch is about to fall on the car.
She calls out to her brother and is ignored. This is an example of the dangers of: correct answers
Habituation
________exposure produces the fastest habituation, and ________exposure produces the
longest-lasting habituation. correct answers Massed, spaced
Repeated exposures to high stress levels during development can increase chances for depression
later in life and also put children at risk of developing anxiety disorders such as: correct answers
Obsessive compulsive disorder
The textbook describes a study in which blue jays were quicker and more accurate at detecting a
particular species of moth if they had recently detected other members of that species. This result
demonstrates: correct answers priming
An infant turn to look at a novel pattern. This is an example of: correct answers orienting
response
A child who is exposed to a foreign language may have an easier time learning that language
later on in life. This is an example of: correct answers mere exposure learning
sensitization correct answers requires fewer exposures than are necessary for habituation.
In which situation would one habituate the MOST? correct answers When the event is not very
arousing
Answers.
In a word stem completion task, people are correct answers more likely to fill in the blanks to
form words that they have previously seen.
Habituation and sensitization are explained well by which theory? correct answers Dual Process
Theory.
Touching a patch of skin on the hand causes a particular neuron in the brain to fire. That
particular patch of skin would be part of the neurons: correct answers Receptive Fields.
A decrease in the strength or occurrence of a behavior after repeated exposure to the stimulus
that produces the behavior is called: correct answers Habituation
If a person is nervous about skiing because of a fall in the past that resulted in a broken arm, the
person may have become: correct answers Sensitized
Since her sister's recent illness, Anjelie has a heightened awareness of her family's health, and
gets overly worried anytime a family member appears the least bit unwell. This is an example of:
correct answers Sensitization
When prior exposure to a stimulus improves an organism's ability to respond to that stimulus
later on, it is known as correct answers Priming
The capacity for cortical receptive fields and cortical spatial organization to change as a result of
experience is called: correct answers Cortical Plasticity
After the first several weeks of his pet grooming business, Julio is able to distinguish the various
customers' pets. This is an example of: correct answers Perceptual Learning
Neophobia correct answers the act of actively avoiding a novel object
The phenomenon of perceptual learning suggests that the other-race effect can be reduced by:
correct answers training people to distinguish between several faces of other racial groups
Which statement is TRUE regarding the use of constraint-induced movement therapy to treat
learned non-use? correct answers It exploits mechanisms of cortical plasticity
In studies of rats learning to find their way through a maze, Tolman and Honzik found rats that:
correct answers started receiving rewards on day 11 started outperforming those rats who were
rewarded every day.
Learned non-use occurs when a stroke patient stops using a body part because of: correct
answers a lack of sensory input from that body part.
, The ability of rats to learn spatial layout declines when place: correct answers fields are
preventing from shrinking
Novel object recognition refers to correct answers the detection and response to an unfamiliar
object
The Milwaukee police noticed a putrid smell in Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment. But because they
had experienced many smelly apartments in the past, they did not investigate the source of the
smell. This is an example of: correct answers Habituation
What happens after repeated presentation of two simultaneous touches on the finger? correct
answers There is an increase in the number of cortical neurons tuned to touched of the fingertip.
A sensory prosthesis is: correct answers a mechanical device containing sensory detectors that
interface with appropriate sensory areas of the brain.
A young girl observes how much her brother worries about his car being scratched. She waits for
the moment he sits down to yell out, "A branch fell on your car!" Her brother runs to check on
his car, realizes it was a joke, and walks away upset. The young girl continues this numerous
times. One day, she looks out the window and notices that a branch is about to fall on the car.
She calls out to her brother and is ignored. This is an example of the dangers of: correct answers
Habituation
________exposure produces the fastest habituation, and ________exposure produces the
longest-lasting habituation. correct answers Massed, spaced
Repeated exposures to high stress levels during development can increase chances for depression
later in life and also put children at risk of developing anxiety disorders such as: correct answers
Obsessive compulsive disorder
The textbook describes a study in which blue jays were quicker and more accurate at detecting a
particular species of moth if they had recently detected other members of that species. This result
demonstrates: correct answers priming
An infant turn to look at a novel pattern. This is an example of: correct answers orienting
response
A child who is exposed to a foreign language may have an easier time learning that language
later on in life. This is an example of: correct answers mere exposure learning
sensitization correct answers requires fewer exposures than are necessary for habituation.
In which situation would one habituate the MOST? correct answers When the event is not very
arousing
