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Psychology: Quiz Unit 3

1) A toddler learns to use the bathroom on her own because she saw her older siblings do the same and get rewarded for it. a. Classical conditioning b. Vicarious reinforcement Correct c. Vicarious stimulation d. Stimulus generalization 2) Julia receives a paycheck from her employer every-other Friday.  When asked what she likes best about her job she responds, “I get paid on a regular basis regardless of my effort.”  This is a good example of a: a. Variable interval reinforcement schedule b. Fixed interval reinforcement schedule Correct c. Fixed ratio reinforcement schedule d. Variable ratio reinforcement schedule 3) Quinn watches his father make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich every morning.  When his father goes on a business trip, Quinn makes his own peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  This is an example of: a. Classical conditioning b. Observational learning c. Exemplar learning d. Latent learning Correct 4) Our ability to perceive spatial relationships in three-dimensional (3-D)

Psychology Revision: Quiz Unit 1

1) Who is known to be the father of behaviorism within Psychology? a. Sigmund Freud b. John B. Watson Correct c. Carl Rogers d. Kurt Koffka e. B.F. Skinner 2) What is Abraham Maslow most famously known for proposing? a. Empirical research b. Developmental milestones c. Hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior Correct d. External stimuli's role in changing behavior 3) Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist? a. William James b. Sigmund Freud c. Wilhelm Wundt Correct d. Max Wertheimer e. Ivan Pavlov 4) Which of the following is an example of a theory rather than an observation (or set of observations)? a. People tend to yawn when they see someone else yawning b. Yawning involves movements of many facial muscles c. Yawning is caused by the need to increase brain activity Correct 5) In Milgram's controversial study on obedience, nearly __________ of the participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person

Psychology Revision: Self-Quiz Unit 2

1) True or False: The left hemisphere controls the right half of the body and the right hemisphere controls the left half of the body. Select one: True Correct False 2) In a neuron, the cell body is also called: Select one: a.  Dendrites b. The axon c. The soma Correct d. The neurotransmitter e. The membrane 3)  What is the corpus callosum? Select one: a. A type of nerve cell in the midbrain b. A collection of deep midbrain structures c. A lobe on the brain d. The main fiber bundle connecting the hemispheres Correct e. The so-called homunculus 4) The peripheral nervous system has two major subdivisions: the __________ nervous system and the __________ nervous system. Select one: a. sympathetic and parasympathetic b. somatic and autonomic Correct c. central and peripheral d. none of the above 5) Dreams occur during which of the following stages? Select one: a. Stage 1 b. Stage 2 c. Stage 3 and 4 d. REM sleep Correct e. All of the above 6) Which is NOT one of the four lobes of the brain