Psychology Exam 2 Test Answers – Flashcards

If you salivate to the smell of a hamburger and fries, learning theory would suggest that you have formed an association based on?

________ refers to a procedure in classical conditioning where a CR no longer occurs in the presence of the CS due to the absence of the UCS.

A(n) ________ refers to the behavior elicited by the unconditioned stimulus.

Jane’s dog will listen to her commands but ignores her sister’s commands. Jane’s dog would be demonstrating

To avoid conditioned taste aversions, cancer patients are now given ________ during chemotherapy

________ are consequences that alter the likelihood of behaviors.

________ refers to the process of experience producing an enduring change in behavior.

Thorndike’s idea that responses that brought about positive outcomes would likely be repeated is called

Positive reinforcers ________ the likelihood of ensuing responses.

Jenna walks into her science class laboratory, and she immediately feels queasy. Today is the day her class is dissecting frogs and she is sickened by the smell of the formaldehyde. However, after an hour Jenna is no longer sickened because of

As a marine biologist, you are trying to teach a dolphin to jump over a bar. At first, you reward the dolphin every time it swims near the bar. Then, you only reward her when she emerges from the water near the bar. Eventually, you reward the dolphin each time she jumps out of the water. Then, you only reward the dolphin when she jumps over the bar. This technique is an example of

A television producer who receives a monthly check is working according to a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

Your text suggests that fishing is a good example of a ________ reinforcement schedule.

Using the Premack principle, once you have finished studying for your next biology test you should

A punisher is an aversive consequence that

Punishment must be administered ________ in order to be effective.

The most effective form of punishment usually involves

Wolfgang Kohler suggested that chimps

________ reported that watching violent behaviors makes children more likely to behave violently?

________ refers to the condition in which media violence reduces emotional arousal while watching violence.

Another term for eidetic imagery is

When you hear a phone number and are able to recall it for a brief period, the phone number is thought to reside within ________ memory.

________ refers to the term for any system that encodes, stores, and retrieves information.

The stream of information from your foot is first passed through ________ memory.

The capacity of working memory is about ________ items.

Two strategies that are useful in dealing with the limits of working memory are to

Bobs sells lamps for a living. In order to help people remember his telephone number, he requests the number 981-5267. Bob advertises his number as 981-LAMP. Bob is hoping that ________ will aid his customers in remembering his phone number.

Long-term memory is thought to have

________ memory is the LTM subsystem that stores memory for how things are done.

________ most clearly resembles an encyclopedia in terms of its content.

________ refers to the inability to form new memories.

Your ability to remember where you were the morning of September 11, 2001, is an example of a(n)

________ memory is an unconscious form of memory that can alter behavior.

The TOT phenomenon occurs when

Material that is ________ is more susceptible to interference in memory.

________ occurs when newly learned information prevents the retrieval of previously stored, similar information.

Absent-mindedness in a college student would typically involve

The memory process of ________ involves the retention of information over time.

________ refers to a situation in which memories are colored by our beliefs and previous experiences.

Mnemonics are methods for