PSY 101 EXAM 7 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
An ______ is the process by which two pieces of information from the environment are
repeatedly linked, so that we begin to connect them in our minds.
association
Since dogs always salivate at the sight of food, salivation in this case would be called a(n)
___________.
unconditioned response (UCR)
The behavior that an organism learns to perform when presented with a conditioned
stimulus is termed as ______
conditioned response
By pairing a flashlight with a loud noise,a researcher has taught a rat to exhibit s fear
response to the light, when the light is flashed in the darkness. What is the unconditioned
stimulus in this study?
Loud noise
Which of the following statements best describes the concept of operant conditioning?
Organisms learn from the consequences of their behavior
Whenever Julia gets ready fro school on time, she gets a chocolate from her mother. Hence,
she always tries to get ready on time. This is an example of _____ type of learning
operant conditioning
Derrick's mother gave him $10 because he got an 'A' on his math test. He studies hard for
his next math test because he wants his mother to give him another $10. Money is serving
as _______
reinforcer
, The beeper sounds in your car until you fasten your seat belt. The removal of the annoying
beeping is _____ for fastening the seat belt.
negative reinforcement
Negative punishment can be defined as
Removal of stimulus after behavior that decreased the occurrence of behavior.
Five year old Hannah learns how to operate the TV remote by watching her mother use it.
This is an example of
observational learning
Social psychologists define ______ as a person's favorable or unfavorable feelings, beliefs,
or actions toward an object, idea, or person.
attitudes
Afzal knows every detail of each player on his state's baseball team. This displays the
______ component of his attitude.
cognitive
Which of the following statements about cognitive dissonance is true?
When people experience cognitive dissonance, they go to extreme lengths to reduce it.
An experimenter pays you $1 to tell someone else that a particular monotonous, boring
task was really interesting. This procedure will probably generate
cognitive dissonance
After people have agreed to a small request,
they become more likely to agree to a large request
A basketball game ends with a score 155-13. The fans who paid said that that the game was
exciting, but those that got in for free said that the game was boring. What psychological
principle is probably responsible for the difference in reactions?
Cognitive dissonance
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
An ______ is the process by which two pieces of information from the environment are
repeatedly linked, so that we begin to connect them in our minds.
association
Since dogs always salivate at the sight of food, salivation in this case would be called a(n)
___________.
unconditioned response (UCR)
The behavior that an organism learns to perform when presented with a conditioned
stimulus is termed as ______
conditioned response
By pairing a flashlight with a loud noise,a researcher has taught a rat to exhibit s fear
response to the light, when the light is flashed in the darkness. What is the unconditioned
stimulus in this study?
Loud noise
Which of the following statements best describes the concept of operant conditioning?
Organisms learn from the consequences of their behavior
Whenever Julia gets ready fro school on time, she gets a chocolate from her mother. Hence,
she always tries to get ready on time. This is an example of _____ type of learning
operant conditioning
Derrick's mother gave him $10 because he got an 'A' on his math test. He studies hard for
his next math test because he wants his mother to give him another $10. Money is serving
as _______
reinforcer
, The beeper sounds in your car until you fasten your seat belt. The removal of the annoying
beeping is _____ for fastening the seat belt.
negative reinforcement
Negative punishment can be defined as
Removal of stimulus after behavior that decreased the occurrence of behavior.
Five year old Hannah learns how to operate the TV remote by watching her mother use it.
This is an example of
observational learning
Social psychologists define ______ as a person's favorable or unfavorable feelings, beliefs,
or actions toward an object, idea, or person.
attitudes
Afzal knows every detail of each player on his state's baseball team. This displays the
______ component of his attitude.
cognitive
Which of the following statements about cognitive dissonance is true?
When people experience cognitive dissonance, they go to extreme lengths to reduce it.
An experimenter pays you $1 to tell someone else that a particular monotonous, boring
task was really interesting. This procedure will probably generate
cognitive dissonance
After people have agreed to a small request,
they become more likely to agree to a large request
A basketball game ends with a score 155-13. The fans who paid said that that the game was
exciting, but those that got in for free said that the game was boring. What psychological
principle is probably responsible for the difference in reactions?
Cognitive dissonance
