PSY 3320 Exam 4 – Questions & Answers | Graded A+
1. The ability to talk about things that are not immediately present is an
important feature of language that helps us communicate future and past
events. What is this feature of language called?
Productivity
Semanticity
Arbitrariness
Displacement
2. What is the primary behavior that chimps learn in cross-fostering studies?
Hunting techniques
Language acquisition
Social behaviors
Tool-making skills
3. What is a common reaction of a 24-month-old chimpanzee in the mark and
mirror task if it lacks self-recognition?
Reacting with curiosity towards the mirror image
Reacting with fear or aggression to the mirror image
Attempting to touch the mirror image
Ignoring the mirror image
4. If you would like to use personal rules to guide your behavior, you should
_____.
, have firm rules but flexible boundaries in order to set yourself up for
success
keep your rules vague so that you can be flexible from situation to
situation
establish bright boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable
behaviors
specify how a goal will be attained, but not when or where
5. Which of the following MOST likely represents an example of adjunctive
behaviors in humans?
nail-biting
studying
taking a shower
crying
6. Which of the following behaviors is NOT 'contagious'?
looking where your teacher is looking
unlocking a door that you saw someone else unlock previously
laughing when you don't know what someone else is laughing at
yawning when someone else does
7. What term describes the process of learning behaviors by observing others,
particularly in the context of fear responses?
Cognitive dissonance
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
, Observational learning
8. What is the type of reinforcement schedule commonly used in autoshaping
procedures?
Continuous reinforcement
Fixed ratio reinforcement
Fixed interval reinforcement
Variable ratio reinforcement
9. After an individual chimp learned a new food-gathering technique, the rest of
its group acquired the new skill within a few days. In turn, the newly acquired
skill spread to other chimpanzee groups who could see the new behavior.
According to the textbook, this is evidence for:
observational learning.
operant conditioning.
latent learning.
classical conditioning.
10. What is the term used to describe behaviors that occur during enforced
waiting periods?
Operant conditioning
Adjunctive behavior
Classical conditioning
Observational learning
11. Discuss the challenges associated with using ASL to evaluate language
acquisition in chimpanzees.
, Chimps do not have the physical capability to produce ASL signs.
One challenge is that ASL may not accurately reflect the natural
communication methods of chimps, leading to potential
misinterpretations of their language abilities.
ASL is too complex for chimps to learn effectively.
ASL is not a recognized language for animal communication.
12. _____ occurs when there is a close match between what we say we are going
to do and what we actually do at a later time.
Verbal correspondence
Do-say correspondence
Say-do correspondence
Verbal contingency correspondence
13. In a study, a child observes a peer reacting fearfully to a dog. How might this
observation influence the child's behavior towards dogs in the future?
The child will become more curious and approach dogs without fear.
The child may develop a fear response towards dogs due to
observational learning.
The child will ignore the dog and not change their behavior.
The child will learn to train dogs to be less fearful.
14. What is the term used to describe the behavior of animals marking their
territory using scents?
Scent marking
Territoriality
1. The ability to talk about things that are not immediately present is an
important feature of language that helps us communicate future and past
events. What is this feature of language called?
Productivity
Semanticity
Arbitrariness
Displacement
2. What is the primary behavior that chimps learn in cross-fostering studies?
Hunting techniques
Language acquisition
Social behaviors
Tool-making skills
3. What is a common reaction of a 24-month-old chimpanzee in the mark and
mirror task if it lacks self-recognition?
Reacting with curiosity towards the mirror image
Reacting with fear or aggression to the mirror image
Attempting to touch the mirror image
Ignoring the mirror image
4. If you would like to use personal rules to guide your behavior, you should
_____.
, have firm rules but flexible boundaries in order to set yourself up for
success
keep your rules vague so that you can be flexible from situation to
situation
establish bright boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable
behaviors
specify how a goal will be attained, but not when or where
5. Which of the following MOST likely represents an example of adjunctive
behaviors in humans?
nail-biting
studying
taking a shower
crying
6. Which of the following behaviors is NOT 'contagious'?
looking where your teacher is looking
unlocking a door that you saw someone else unlock previously
laughing when you don't know what someone else is laughing at
yawning when someone else does
7. What term describes the process of learning behaviors by observing others,
particularly in the context of fear responses?
Cognitive dissonance
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
, Observational learning
8. What is the type of reinforcement schedule commonly used in autoshaping
procedures?
Continuous reinforcement
Fixed ratio reinforcement
Fixed interval reinforcement
Variable ratio reinforcement
9. After an individual chimp learned a new food-gathering technique, the rest of
its group acquired the new skill within a few days. In turn, the newly acquired
skill spread to other chimpanzee groups who could see the new behavior.
According to the textbook, this is evidence for:
observational learning.
operant conditioning.
latent learning.
classical conditioning.
10. What is the term used to describe behaviors that occur during enforced
waiting periods?
Operant conditioning
Adjunctive behavior
Classical conditioning
Observational learning
11. Discuss the challenges associated with using ASL to evaluate language
acquisition in chimpanzees.
, Chimps do not have the physical capability to produce ASL signs.
One challenge is that ASL may not accurately reflect the natural
communication methods of chimps, leading to potential
misinterpretations of their language abilities.
ASL is too complex for chimps to learn effectively.
ASL is not a recognized language for animal communication.
12. _____ occurs when there is a close match between what we say we are going
to do and what we actually do at a later time.
Verbal correspondence
Do-say correspondence
Say-do correspondence
Verbal contingency correspondence
13. In a study, a child observes a peer reacting fearfully to a dog. How might this
observation influence the child's behavior towards dogs in the future?
The child will become more curious and approach dogs without fear.
The child may develop a fear response towards dogs due to
observational learning.
The child will ignore the dog and not change their behavior.
The child will learn to train dogs to be less fearful.
14. What is the term used to describe the behavior of animals marking their
territory using scents?
Scent marking
Territoriality
