Nvcc PSY 200-E43L study guide Exam 2 Questions AND Correct
Answers
Are some groups more intelligent than others? - ✔✔yes
at what age do we begin to use single words? - ✔✔10-12
months
At what age do we lose the ability to hear sounds that are not
in the language spoken around us? - ✔✔6 months
at what age do we understand some words and simple
requests? - ✔✔6-10 months
Can people with anterograde amnesia still form new implicit
memories? - ✔✔yes because it is unconscious
Do different groups experiences (socioeconomic statues) help
explain the differences in IQ scores? - ✔✔yes
Gambling operates under which type of reinforcement
schedule? - ✔✔intermittent reinforcement
,How are sound waves converted to a neural
impulse?(transduction) - ✔✔specialized auditory receptor
neurons in the basilar membrane are stimulated then release
neurotransmitter molecules which initiate a neural signal into
the auditory nerve that travels to the brain
How can testing situations influence scores? - ✔✔they might
cause differences that do not reflect their actual intelligence
How did Ebbinghaus study memory? - ✔✔he measured his
own memory using a lists of random syllables over time
creating the curve of forgetting
How did Garcia and others (1966) show that things that are
evolutionarily adaptive might be more easily conditioned? -
✔✔Because we learn to avoid foods that once made us ill.
Rats were more likely to be adverse to a conditioned stimulus
they are unfamiliar with
How did the behaviorists believe language develops? - ✔✔we
learn to talk through reinforcement and operant conditioning
,How did the Breland's find that operant conditioning is
constrained by evolution? - ✔✔their work showed that all
species including humans are biologically predisposed to learn
some things easier than others, and respond to stimuli in ways
that are consistent with their evolutionary histories through
the studies of pigs and raccoons and how they would dig coins
into the dirt like food instead of putting them in a box
How do concepts, prototypes and exemplar theories differ in
explaining how we make category judgements? -
✔✔exemplar learning involves analysis and decision making
(prefrontal cortex) , prototype formation is more of a holistic
process (visual cortex)
How do psychologists define intelligence? - ✔✔as the ability
to direct one's thinking, adapt to ones circumstances, and
learn from ones experiences
How do we experience 1000 different odors with only 350
ORNs? - ✔✔each olfactory neuron has receptors that bind to
some odorants but not to others. basically the receptors get
to pick and choose which odorants based on the unique
patterns of neural activity it evokes
, How do we locate sounds? - ✔✔From which ear we hear the
sound loudest in, which ear nearest to the sound waves, or
turning your head which allows you to use your eyes to locate
the source of sound because eyes are better at pinpointing
location
How do we see more than three colors? - ✔✔Because objects
selectively absorb some wavelenghts of light and reflect
others
how do we sense touch? - ✔✔through specialized sensory
neurons known as touch receptors with the transduction of
skin sensations into neural signals
How do you compute a ratio IQ when given mental age and
physical age? - ✔✔divide the mental age by the physical age
and then multiply by 100
How does discrimination occur in operant conditioning? -
✔✔refers to responding only to the discriminative stimulus
and not to similar stimuli. people were only reinforced if they
responded when the appropriate thing was presented.
Answers
Are some groups more intelligent than others? - ✔✔yes
at what age do we begin to use single words? - ✔✔10-12
months
At what age do we lose the ability to hear sounds that are not
in the language spoken around us? - ✔✔6 months
at what age do we understand some words and simple
requests? - ✔✔6-10 months
Can people with anterograde amnesia still form new implicit
memories? - ✔✔yes because it is unconscious
Do different groups experiences (socioeconomic statues) help
explain the differences in IQ scores? - ✔✔yes
Gambling operates under which type of reinforcement
schedule? - ✔✔intermittent reinforcement
,How are sound waves converted to a neural
impulse?(transduction) - ✔✔specialized auditory receptor
neurons in the basilar membrane are stimulated then release
neurotransmitter molecules which initiate a neural signal into
the auditory nerve that travels to the brain
How can testing situations influence scores? - ✔✔they might
cause differences that do not reflect their actual intelligence
How did Ebbinghaus study memory? - ✔✔he measured his
own memory using a lists of random syllables over time
creating the curve of forgetting
How did Garcia and others (1966) show that things that are
evolutionarily adaptive might be more easily conditioned? -
✔✔Because we learn to avoid foods that once made us ill.
Rats were more likely to be adverse to a conditioned stimulus
they are unfamiliar with
How did the behaviorists believe language develops? - ✔✔we
learn to talk through reinforcement and operant conditioning
,How did the Breland's find that operant conditioning is
constrained by evolution? - ✔✔their work showed that all
species including humans are biologically predisposed to learn
some things easier than others, and respond to stimuli in ways
that are consistent with their evolutionary histories through
the studies of pigs and raccoons and how they would dig coins
into the dirt like food instead of putting them in a box
How do concepts, prototypes and exemplar theories differ in
explaining how we make category judgements? -
✔✔exemplar learning involves analysis and decision making
(prefrontal cortex) , prototype formation is more of a holistic
process (visual cortex)
How do psychologists define intelligence? - ✔✔as the ability
to direct one's thinking, adapt to ones circumstances, and
learn from ones experiences
How do we experience 1000 different odors with only 350
ORNs? - ✔✔each olfactory neuron has receptors that bind to
some odorants but not to others. basically the receptors get
to pick and choose which odorants based on the unique
patterns of neural activity it evokes
, How do we locate sounds? - ✔✔From which ear we hear the
sound loudest in, which ear nearest to the sound waves, or
turning your head which allows you to use your eyes to locate
the source of sound because eyes are better at pinpointing
location
How do we see more than three colors? - ✔✔Because objects
selectively absorb some wavelenghts of light and reflect
others
how do we sense touch? - ✔✔through specialized sensory
neurons known as touch receptors with the transduction of
skin sensations into neural signals
How do you compute a ratio IQ when given mental age and
physical age? - ✔✔divide the mental age by the physical age
and then multiply by 100
How does discrimination occur in operant conditioning? -
✔✔refers to responding only to the discriminative stimulus
and not to similar stimuli. people were only reinforced if they
responded when the appropriate thing was presented.
