Straighterline PSY 101 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT
Which of the following is sometimes called incidental learning because it "just happens"
as a result of experience and happens even without reinforcement? - ✔✔latent
learning
________ is a form of problem solving in which the organism develops a sudden
understanding of a problem's solution. - ✔✔Insight learning
________ refers to the theory that memory is stored throughout the brain in
associations among neurons, several of which may work together to process a single
memory. - ✔✔Connectionism
Motivated forgetting and repressed memories are usually associated with what type of
memories? - ✔✔traumatic memories
A person's knowledge about the world is known as ________ memory. - ✔✔semantic
In the context of loss aversion, identify a true statement about sunk-cost fallacy. -
✔✔People are reluctant to give up on a venture because of past investment.
Jeremiah, an eight-year-old boy, did not learn to tie his shoelaces until he was six years
old. Now, he ties them expertly while talking to others and without looking at his feet.
Such skills are associated with ________ memory. - ✔✔procedural
In the context of long-term memory, which of the following refers to preexisting mental
concepts or frameworks that help people to organize and interpret information? -
✔✔schemas
WITH ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT
Which of the following is sometimes called incidental learning because it "just happens"
as a result of experience and happens even without reinforcement? - ✔✔latent
learning
________ is a form of problem solving in which the organism develops a sudden
understanding of a problem's solution. - ✔✔Insight learning
________ refers to the theory that memory is stored throughout the brain in
associations among neurons, several of which may work together to process a single
memory. - ✔✔Connectionism
Motivated forgetting and repressed memories are usually associated with what type of
memories? - ✔✔traumatic memories
A person's knowledge about the world is known as ________ memory. - ✔✔semantic
In the context of loss aversion, identify a true statement about sunk-cost fallacy. -
✔✔People are reluctant to give up on a venture because of past investment.
Jeremiah, an eight-year-old boy, did not learn to tie his shoelaces until he was six years
old. Now, he ties them expertly while talking to others and without looking at his feet.
Such skills are associated with ________ memory. - ✔✔procedural
In the context of long-term memory, which of the following refers to preexisting mental
concepts or frameworks that help people to organize and interpret information? -
✔✔schemas
