QUIZ 2 prac questions – Flashcards

Our ability to learn and form memories is greatly inhibited by _________

When we are tired, our ability to ______ is seriously impaired. -focus -stay asleep -fall asleep -eat

In a study on sleep deprivation, Dr. Smith of Trent University in Canada found that college students who stayed out late partying on a Friday night _______________

what do most psychologists agree about hypnosis?

How can hypnosis be dangerous?

what can hypnosis be useful for?

how can the use of hypnosis on the witness stand be dangerous?

In the context of a classical conditioning experiment, when a dog salivates as he eats his food, the food is considered the ____________.

In the context of a classical conditioning experiment, when a dog salivates as he eats his food, the dog's salivation is called the ___________.

If researchers are looking to create a conditioned response, what is one thing that must occur to make that happen?

Which scientist is associated with discovering the classically conditioned response?

An example of positive reinforcement would be _____________. -receiving a treat for good behavior -having your cell phone taken away -touching a hot stove -buckling your seatbelt to stop the annoying sound

An example of negative punishment would be ______________. -being grounded -receiving a treat for good behavior -touching a hot stove -being yelled at

Which of the following increases the probability of a behavior recurring?

______________ is learning behaviors through successive approximations of desired behaviors in response to consequences.

Which of the following is an example of fixed interval reinforcement? -receiving a paycheck every two weeks -putting money into a soda machine and consequently receiving a soda every time -playing the slot machines, never knowing when the jackpot payoff will occur -receiving payment every time you complete a task

Estimator variables are those variables which? -occur in stressful situations -predict the accuracy of a memory -can be controlled -are inherent in the crime itself

Which of the following is an example of a system variable? -How you question the witness -The weather during the crime event -What the victim was wearing when the crime took place -The nature of the relationship between the witness and the victim

____________ memories, which are encoded during stressful events such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, are unreliable because ________________. -Flashlight; most people can't help but lie to the authorities -Certain; people tend to make things up to make the situation sound more dramatic than it really was -Flashbulb; high levels of stress decrease the accuracy of people's memories, especially the faces involved -Lightning; most people are not intelligent enough to remember all the details of an event

"H.M.," had the most profound case of _______ in history, and his case is still studied today.

What was the purpose of H.M.'s initial brain surgery? -to remove a brain tumor -to insert a metal plate -to relieve his epileptic seizures -to cure his schizophrenia

What is the definition of anterograde amnesia, the type that H.M. suffered from? -loss of access to memories -loss of memory due to old age -inability to create new memories -inability to remember anything before the age of 8

What is the definition of retrograde amnesia?