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) space is known as:

• a. Pitch perception
• b. Color sensitivity
• c. Depth perception Correct
• d. Color perception

5) Lulu lives very close to a major highway.  The background noise is very loud, but after living there for several months she hardly notices it.  This is an example of:

• a. Stimulus generalization
• b. Ignoring
• c. Transduction
• d. Habituation Correct

6) ________ is a form of learning in which the stimulus/experience happens after the behavior is demonstrated.

• a. Classical conditioning
• b. Observational learning
• c. Exemplar learning
• d. Operant conditioning Correct

7) Subliminal messages are:

• a. Speculated to be used in in advertising and rock music
• b. Messages that are presented below the threshold for conscious awareness
• c. Something we are not consciously aware of
• d. All of the above Correct

8) ________ occurs when sensory receptors detect sensory stimuli.

• a. Sensation Correct
• b. Perception
• c. Transduction
• d. Sensory adaptation

9) True or False: Wavelength and frequency are inversely related so that longer waves have lower frequencies, and shorter waves have higher frequencies.

• True Correct
• False

10) The ________ illusion is when lines appear to be different lengths although they are identical.

• a. Line
• b. Müller-Lyer Correct
• c. Freud
• d. 3-D

11) Subliminal messages are:

• a. Speculated to be used in in advertising and rock music
• b. Messages that are presented below the threshold for conscious awareness
• c. Something we are not consciously aware of
• d. All of the above Correct