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PSYC 100 PRACTICE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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c. solving the challenge of survival by adapting


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Chapter 3 Pg. 86 - evolution is best defined as:
a. a gradual increase in complexity
b. a change in gene frequency over generations
c. solving the challenge of survival by adapting
d. a progression toward a complex human being




d. a discriminative stimulus tells you when behaviours could be reinforced whereas
discrimination involves responding to some stimuli but not others?


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, Chapter 6 Pg. 252 - the difference between a discriminative stimuli and
discrimination (as it applies to operant conditioning) is that:
a. discrimination tells you when behaviours could be reinforced whereas
discriminative stimuli involve an animal responding to some stimuli but not
others
b. discriminative stimuli are used only in animal research (which involve
simple cues) where discrimination occurs in psychological studies involving
human participants
c. discriminative stimuli can only affect the behaviour after the process of
discrimination has taken place
d. a discriminative stimulus tells you when behaviours could be reinforced
whereas discrimination involves responding to some stimuli but not others




a. elements of consciousness, purpose of consciousness


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Structuralism is to _________ and functionalism is to_________.
a. elements of consciousness, purpose of consciousness
b. consciousness, memory
c. introspection, consequences of behaviour
d. unobservable behaviour, consciousness




its genotype and how it interacts with its environment


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Lessons 3 & 4 Quiz - an organism's phenotype is the result of:




inclusive fitness

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Lessons 3 & 4 Quiz - the reproductive success of those individuals who
share the same genes is called:




a. a conditioned emotional response of pleasure


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Chapter 6 Pg. 242 - a television advertisement for beer shows young
people at the beach drinking and having fun. Based on classical
conditioning principles, the advertisers are hoping you will buy their beer
because the commercial elicits:
a. a conditioned emotional response of pleasure
b. a conditioned emotional response of fear
c. humans' natural preparedness toward alcohol consumption
d. a taste aversion to other companies beers




d. individualist theory


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Chapter 6 Pg. 262 - a theory of learning that highlights the role played by
an individual's interpretation of the situation is the:
a. classical conditioning theory
b. operant conditioning theory
c. stimulus-organism-response theory
d. individualist theory

, b. there is something going on at the unconscious level that is causing them to behave
this way


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Chapter 1 Pg. 17 - according to Sigmund Freud, which of the following
would be the most likely explanation for why someone is behaving
aggressively?:
a. they are acting according to psychophysics
b. there is something going on at the unconscious level that is causing them
to behave this way
c. their cigars are missing and someones gotta pay
d. their environment is determining their behavioural response




c. negative punishment (taking away marks in order to make sure students hand their
work in on time)


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Chapter 6 Pg. 249 - Lucy hands all of her homework in to her psychology
professor on time because she does not want to lose points for later work.
This is an example of:
a. negative reinforcement
b. positive reinforcement
c. negative punishment
d. positive punishment




d. more than 50% of similarities of trait X within a population are due to genetic
factors


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