Psychology 2301 Unit 2 Test UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
"Okay the was good, no this time don't close your eyes. Keep your eye on the ball, so you know
when to close your hands," said Mark in the process of teaching his five-year-old to play catch.
In operant conditioning terms, Mark is using ______ to teach his daughter to play catch.
A.) negative reinforcement
B.) shaping
C.) the particle reinforcement effect
D.) generalization training - CORRECT ANSWER - B.) shaping
a young child has learned to associated the sight of a nurse's white uniform with the fear and pain
of getting an injection. Using Pavlov's terminology, when the white uniform elites a fear
response, it would be termed a(n):
A.) unconditioned response (USR)
B.) conditioned response (CR)
C.) conditioned stimulus (CS)
D.) unconditioned stimulus (UCS) - CORRECT ANSWER - C.) conditioned stimulus
According to B.F. Skinner, superstitious behaviors is the result of:
A.) mental processes involving faulty reasoning
B.) continuous reinforcement
C.) fixed-ratios schedules of reinforcement
D.) accidental reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - D.) accidental reinforcement
According to interference theory, which of the following factors is most likely to cause the
greatest interference?
A.) repressed, unconscious, feelings and urges
, B.) environmental conditions in which the information was memorized
C.) the amount of information
D.) similarly of information - CORRECT ANSWER - D.) similarly of information
active sleep is to _____; as quiet sleep is to ____
A.) NREM sleep; REM sleep
B.) dyssomnia; parasomnia
C.) parasomnia; dyssomnia
D.) REM sleep; NREM sleep - CORRECT ANSWER - D.) REM sleep; NREM sleep
after carrying a step stool to the kitchen, 5-year-old Laura is able to reach the tape dispenser on
the counter. at is the operant in this example?
A.) the age of the child
B.) the tape dispenser
C.) carrying the step stool to the kitchen
D.) the image of the step stool in the child's mind - CORRECT ANSWER - C.) carrying
the step stool to the kitchen
after getting cactus needles stuck in her hand, 2-year-old Racheal no longer touches cactus
plants. Using operant conditioning terms, what is this an example of:
A.) punishment by application
B.) negative reinforcement
C.) punishment by removal
D.) higher order conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - A.) punishment by application
After living in Canada for many year, Shu Fang returned for a visit to Seoul, Korea. As she
walked through the neighborhood where she grew up, her mind was flooded with memories of
her childhood. Then environmental cues that helped trigger Shu Fang's memories illustrate:
A.) the context effect
B.) prospective memory
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
"Okay the was good, no this time don't close your eyes. Keep your eye on the ball, so you know
when to close your hands," said Mark in the process of teaching his five-year-old to play catch.
In operant conditioning terms, Mark is using ______ to teach his daughter to play catch.
A.) negative reinforcement
B.) shaping
C.) the particle reinforcement effect
D.) generalization training - CORRECT ANSWER - B.) shaping
a young child has learned to associated the sight of a nurse's white uniform with the fear and pain
of getting an injection. Using Pavlov's terminology, when the white uniform elites a fear
response, it would be termed a(n):
A.) unconditioned response (USR)
B.) conditioned response (CR)
C.) conditioned stimulus (CS)
D.) unconditioned stimulus (UCS) - CORRECT ANSWER - C.) conditioned stimulus
According to B.F. Skinner, superstitious behaviors is the result of:
A.) mental processes involving faulty reasoning
B.) continuous reinforcement
C.) fixed-ratios schedules of reinforcement
D.) accidental reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER - D.) accidental reinforcement
According to interference theory, which of the following factors is most likely to cause the
greatest interference?
A.) repressed, unconscious, feelings and urges
, B.) environmental conditions in which the information was memorized
C.) the amount of information
D.) similarly of information - CORRECT ANSWER - D.) similarly of information
active sleep is to _____; as quiet sleep is to ____
A.) NREM sleep; REM sleep
B.) dyssomnia; parasomnia
C.) parasomnia; dyssomnia
D.) REM sleep; NREM sleep - CORRECT ANSWER - D.) REM sleep; NREM sleep
after carrying a step stool to the kitchen, 5-year-old Laura is able to reach the tape dispenser on
the counter. at is the operant in this example?
A.) the age of the child
B.) the tape dispenser
C.) carrying the step stool to the kitchen
D.) the image of the step stool in the child's mind - CORRECT ANSWER - C.) carrying
the step stool to the kitchen
after getting cactus needles stuck in her hand, 2-year-old Racheal no longer touches cactus
plants. Using operant conditioning terms, what is this an example of:
A.) punishment by application
B.) negative reinforcement
C.) punishment by removal
D.) higher order conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - A.) punishment by application
After living in Canada for many year, Shu Fang returned for a visit to Seoul, Korea. As she
walked through the neighborhood where she grew up, her mind was flooded with memories of
her childhood. Then environmental cues that helped trigger Shu Fang's memories illustrate:
A.) the context effect
B.) prospective memory
