psych unit 2 quiz – Flashcards

which type of memory has an essentially limitless capacity? A. procedural memory B. working memory C. short-term memory D. long-term memory

memories are primed by what? A. LTP. B. retrieval cues. C. classical conditioning. D. amnesia

psychologists define learning as the process of what? A. acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors. B. adapting to the environment. C. responding to external stimuli. D. reinforcing behavioral responses.

the retention of encoded information over time refers to what? A. explicit memory. B. storage. C. implicit memory. D. effortful processing.

after long-term potentiation has occurred what happens? A. a receiving neuron's receptor sites are reduced. B. you more readily forget facts that you once knew. C. sending neurons release their neurotransmitters more easily. D. it takes longer to process new information.

any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response is called a(n) A. unconditioned stimulus. B. negative reinforcer. C. conditioned stimulus. D. positive reinforcer.

male Japanese quail became sexually aroused by a red light that was repeatedly associated with the presentation of a female quail. The sexual arousal triggered by the red light was a A. UR. B. CR. C. CS. D. US.

to assess whether Mrs. Webster had suffered from a brain injury, researchers conditioned her to blink in response to a sound that signaled the delivery of a puff of air directed toward her face. In this application of classical conditioning, the sound was a A. CR. B. US. C. UR. D. CS.

Mason, a stockbroker, runs two miles every day after work because it reduces his level of stress. Mason's running habit is maintained by a ________ reinforcer. A. partial B. positive C. negative D. conditioned

a full week after Usha hears her mother read her a list of 12 different farm animals, Usha is most likely to remember the animals ________ of the list. A. at the beginning and end B. at the beginning C. in the middle D. at the end

four-year-old Della asks her mother for a special treat every time they go to the grocery store. At first her mother granted every request, but now she does so less consistently. Research suggests that Della will A. soon give up asking for a treat entirely. B. continue to ask for a treat nearly every time she goes to the store. C. come to ask for a treat only occasionally. D. ask for a treat every time her mother takes her out, even if they don't go to the grocery store.

when 80-year-old Ida looked at one of her old wedding pictures, she was flooded with vivid memories of her parents, her husband, and the early years of her marriage. The picture served as a powerful A. memory trace. B. retrieval cue. C. implicit memory. D. serial position effect.

when Adam observed his sister being scolded after she hit another child, Adam also discontinued hitting other children. This best illustrates the impact of A. vicarious punishment. B. latent learning. C. instinctive drift. D. intrinsic motivation.

whenever he feels sexually jealous, David is flooded with painful memories of instances when he thought his girlfriend was flirting with other men. David's experience best illustrates A. long-term potentiation. B. explicit memory. C. mood-congruent memory. D. priming.

in the video presented during class called "The Illusion of Monkey Business" there were three things that happened, a monkey walked through the scene; a player from the black team left the scene, and what else? the curtain changed colors it started raining bananas the blue team joined in the scene a player from the white team left the scene

from the example in class, ________ is the phenomena where people do better on exams while they sit in the seat, and classroom that they originally learned the information in. location retrieval space effects context effects spatial recognition

as discussed in lecture, when Dr Henderson gives vivid examples in class, she is using a form of _______ to get students to encode the lecture information. multi-tasking repetition elaboration maintenance rehearsal

in class, Dr Henderson showed a video where two groups of people were passing basketballs to each other. The majority of the class did not notice a person dressed in a gorilla suit walk through the basketball players. People also did not notice that one of the basketball players left and the curtain in the background change from red to gold. The rational discussed in class for missing these changes was that ________. students did not know the rules of basketball, so they were confused by the video the background changes were not significant enough for students to notice the changes students were paying attention to the number of times the basketballs were passed students did not find the video entertaining, so they did not care about the changes

based upon lecture content which group runs the risk of sensory overload? The male species People with autism Elderly with dementia People that are deaf

as discussed in lecture, Dr Henderson's example of how we can recall bad memories due to an angry mood is an example of ___________ dual-code hypothesis relearning mood-congruent retrieval context effect

as discussed in lecture, there is a sixth sense that helps orientate us to __________. Gravity Sky Water Intuition

as presented in lecture, the correct order for the final third of the model of the mind is, __________ __________ __________. Storage, encoding, retrieval Encoding, storage, retrieval Retrieval, encoding, storage Encoding, retrieval, storage