Psych 381-Midterm 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
"Widowhood Effect" Correct Answer -longitudinal study
found that when someone's partner passed away it was more
likely that they would pass away within 3 months after
Anthropomorphism Correct Answer attribution of human
characteristics on animals
Antlion Experiment Correct Answer LRN:food and sand
dropped at the same time
CTR:sand dropped randomly
Results: sandpits for LRN were larger suggesting that they could
learn
Association Correct Answer -combine complex ideas
Backward Conditioning Correct Answer US is presented
before the CS
Biphasic Emotional Response Correct Answer -one emotion
during eliciting stimulus
-opposite emotion when the stimulus is terminated
Cartesian Dualism Correct Answer Voluntary (mind) and
involuntary (reflexes) behaviours
-only humans had voluntary behaviours
Classical Conditioning Correct Answer Allows animals to
predict or anticipate by creating associations
, Classical Conditioning and Reproductive Success Correct
Answer -conditioned males to anticipate arrival of a female
-LRN: 10-s presentations of light followed by 5m exposure to
females
-CTRL:10-s presentation of light/5m exposure to female
-LRN males had more clasps, spawned more quickly, and had
more fry (baby fish)
-classic CC design
Compound-Stimulus Test/Summation Test Correct Answer
The rats drinking water for 5 seconds.
Conditioned Inhibitor Correct Answer signal for the absence
of US
Conditioned Response Correct Answer Response that comes
to be elicited by the CS
Conditioned Stimulus Correct Answer precedes or signals US
-must be neutral
CS- Correct Answer conditioned inhibitor
CS+ Correct Answer Conditioned excitor
Darwin Correct Answer evolution of physical and
psychological abilities
Descartes Correct Answer -dualism
-freewil
-Cartesian Dualism
"Widowhood Effect" Correct Answer -longitudinal study
found that when someone's partner passed away it was more
likely that they would pass away within 3 months after
Anthropomorphism Correct Answer attribution of human
characteristics on animals
Antlion Experiment Correct Answer LRN:food and sand
dropped at the same time
CTR:sand dropped randomly
Results: sandpits for LRN were larger suggesting that they could
learn
Association Correct Answer -combine complex ideas
Backward Conditioning Correct Answer US is presented
before the CS
Biphasic Emotional Response Correct Answer -one emotion
during eliciting stimulus
-opposite emotion when the stimulus is terminated
Cartesian Dualism Correct Answer Voluntary (mind) and
involuntary (reflexes) behaviours
-only humans had voluntary behaviours
Classical Conditioning Correct Answer Allows animals to
predict or anticipate by creating associations
, Classical Conditioning and Reproductive Success Correct
Answer -conditioned males to anticipate arrival of a female
-LRN: 10-s presentations of light followed by 5m exposure to
females
-CTRL:10-s presentation of light/5m exposure to female
-LRN males had more clasps, spawned more quickly, and had
more fry (baby fish)
-classic CC design
Compound-Stimulus Test/Summation Test Correct Answer
The rats drinking water for 5 seconds.
Conditioned Inhibitor Correct Answer signal for the absence
of US
Conditioned Response Correct Answer Response that comes
to be elicited by the CS
Conditioned Stimulus Correct Answer precedes or signals US
-must be neutral
CS- Correct Answer conditioned inhibitor
CS+ Correct Answer Conditioned excitor
Darwin Correct Answer evolution of physical and
psychological abilities
Descartes Correct Answer -dualism
-freewil
-Cartesian Dualism
