Semester 2: Assignment 02 (UN: 529592)
Here are my answers to assignment 02 for PYC1501 Semester 2. Next to each answer is the page
number of where I have found the answer. It is not the memo from the university.
Note: You must submit assignment 01 before you can submit this assignment.
Please choose the most correct option in each question.
Question 1
Mukhethwa finds using maps and visual aids easier. This is an example of . . . intelligence.
1. emotional
2. spatial
3. linguistic
4. experiential
Question 2
The cognitive processing approach consists of three components of intelligence. These are . . .
1. biological processes, planning processes and attention processes
2. information processes, planning processes and attentional processes
3. componential intelligence, experiential intelligence and contextual intelligence
4. componential intelligence, naturalistic intelligence and experiential intelligence
Question 3
Which of the following statements about emotional intelligence is incorrect? People with high emotional
intelligence are able to . . .
1. manage their emotions well
2. recognise the emotions in others
3. control their impulses and delay gratification
4. understand the needs of others without necessarily knowing what motivates their own behaviour
Question 4
Your neighbour just found out that you are studying psychology at Unisa. She asked you to explain the
probability or chances that her twin daughters would get different scores on an intelligence test. Your
explanation is based on the research findings that children who are more likely to obtain different scores
on an intelligence test are . . .
1. fraternal twins that are raised in similar environments
2. identical twins that are raised in similar environments
3. identical twins that are raised in different environments
, 4. fraternal twins that are raised in different environments
Question 5
According to Spearman’s theory, performance in intellectual tasks is determined by . . .
1. a general intellectual ability
2. unique specific abilities
3. multiple intelligences
4. componential intelligence
Question 6
What type of learning is traditionally considered as learning that involves thinking?
1. Social learning
2. Cognitive learning
3. Classical conditioning
4. Observational learning
Question 7
What type of learning is traditionally classified as learning by association?
1. Social learning
2. Cognitive learning
3. Classical conditioning
4. Observational learning
Question 8
According to Pavlov, some animal behaviours are learned by means of association between stimuli. In
Pavlov’s experiment with dogs, the unpaired ringing of the bell was the . . .
1. unconditioned stimulus
2. unconditioned response
3. conditioned response
4. conditioned stimulus
Question 9
In Classical conditioning, the term extinction refers to . . .
1. the disappearance of a previously learned response
2. the tendency to respond the same way to similar but not identical stimuli
3. the reappearance of a response which seems to have been extinguished
4. the strengthening of a likelihood of a response
Here are my answers to assignment 02 for PYC1501 Semester 2. Next to each answer is the page
number of where I have found the answer. It is not the memo from the university.
Note: You must submit assignment 01 before you can submit this assignment.
Please choose the most correct option in each question.
Question 1
Mukhethwa finds using maps and visual aids easier. This is an example of . . . intelligence.
1. emotional
2. spatial
3. linguistic
4. experiential
Question 2
The cognitive processing approach consists of three components of intelligence. These are . . .
1. biological processes, planning processes and attention processes
2. information processes, planning processes and attentional processes
3. componential intelligence, experiential intelligence and contextual intelligence
4. componential intelligence, naturalistic intelligence and experiential intelligence
Question 3
Which of the following statements about emotional intelligence is incorrect? People with high emotional
intelligence are able to . . .
1. manage their emotions well
2. recognise the emotions in others
3. control their impulses and delay gratification
4. understand the needs of others without necessarily knowing what motivates their own behaviour
Question 4
Your neighbour just found out that you are studying psychology at Unisa. She asked you to explain the
probability or chances that her twin daughters would get different scores on an intelligence test. Your
explanation is based on the research findings that children who are more likely to obtain different scores
on an intelligence test are . . .
1. fraternal twins that are raised in similar environments
2. identical twins that are raised in similar environments
3. identical twins that are raised in different environments
, 4. fraternal twins that are raised in different environments
Question 5
According to Spearman’s theory, performance in intellectual tasks is determined by . . .
1. a general intellectual ability
2. unique specific abilities
3. multiple intelligences
4. componential intelligence
Question 6
What type of learning is traditionally considered as learning that involves thinking?
1. Social learning
2. Cognitive learning
3. Classical conditioning
4. Observational learning
Question 7
What type of learning is traditionally classified as learning by association?
1. Social learning
2. Cognitive learning
3. Classical conditioning
4. Observational learning
Question 8
According to Pavlov, some animal behaviours are learned by means of association between stimuli. In
Pavlov’s experiment with dogs, the unpaired ringing of the bell was the . . .
1. unconditioned stimulus
2. unconditioned response
3. conditioned response
4. conditioned stimulus
Question 9
In Classical conditioning, the term extinction refers to . . .
1. the disappearance of a previously learned response
2. the tendency to respond the same way to similar but not identical stimuli
3. the reappearance of a response which seems to have been extinguished
4. the strengthening of a likelihood of a response
