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


Location: Sunderland, UK

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

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...
Read more

Should the society ostracise the individuals if their sexual orientation is not the same as the majority's behaviour?

Image
Discussion Unit 5 Should the society ostracise the individuals if their orientation is not the same as the majority's behaviour? Sunderland Pride 2020 In the tradition or cultures where I was brought up, this is a very controversial sensitive subject to discuss.  Most of the people around me in the country I was born felt ashamed to talk about it but they prefer to joke over it.  Shamefully in the last 2 decades sodomationally news in related to one potential candidate who desperately wanted to be Prime Minister has been highlighted by the mainstream media (MSM) especially in social media. As for me I treat gay students in my school equally and don't have biases toward them, avoiding some sensitive topics of discussion when I am with them. Name calling to them is commonly heard and sadly it has become a joke on them. I don't play much attention to sexual identity.  Naturally I treated both sexes equally well, but some of my friends develop a titanic feeling toward the gir...
Read more