Question Question 11 pts A puff of air in the eye naturally causes an eye blink response The puff of air is the _____ and the eye blink is the _____ conditioned response; unconditioned stimulus unconditioned stimulus; conditioned response unconditioned response; conditioned response unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response Question 21 pts In the case of the dogs Pavlov observed, the _____ was the unconditioned response and the _____ was the conditioned response food; bell food; salivation salivation; salivation bell; salivation Question 31 pts After a conditioned response has been extinguished and a period of time has passed, _____ may occur in response to the original conditioned stimulus; however, it will be in _____ form higher-order conditioning; stronger generalization; weaker spontaneous recovery; weaker generalization; stronger Question 41 pts In the “Little Albert” study, the fear-producing stimulus used as an unconditioned stimulus was the _____ white rat loud noise fear of the rat fear of the noise Question 51 pts Rescorla’s modern concept of classical conditioning is based on the idea that _____ the CS substitutes for the US there is a biological readiness for conditioning to occur between the CS and US the CS has to provide information about the coming of the US reinforcement must occur by providing a pleasant event Question 61 pts Bui wants to condition his lab rat to fear drinking orange-flavored water He pairs a mild shock with the drinking of flavored water He wants the rat to associate the unconditioned stimulus, the shock, with drinking the water How could he be most successful? Raise the shock to as strong as he can Choose a different neutral/conditioned stimulus Use a mouse instead of a rat Color the water a disgusting color, too Question 71 pts The notion that behaviors with desirable outcomes will likely be repeated is part of _____ classical conditioning modeling the law of effect insight learning Question 81 pts Billy taught two rats how to play basketball for his experimental psychology class What process did he likely use? operant conditioning shaping reinforcement punishment Question 91 pts Negative reinforcement will _____ a behavior increase decrease punish not change Question 101 pts When the number of responses is important to the schedule of reinforcement, that schedule is called a(n) _____ schedule ratio interval conditioned time-delayed Question 111 pts A framework for studying memory that uses the computer as a model of human cognitive processes defines the _____ levels-of-processing theory information-processing theory sociocultural theory of memory social-cog
nitive theory Question 121 pts _____ holds information brought in through our senses but only for a very brief amount of time Long-term memory Sensory memory Short-term memory Working memory Question 131 pts Short-term memory usually codes information according to _____ visual image sound tactile properties shape Question 141 pts The event that occurs when short-term memory is filled to capacity, and each new, incoming item pushes out an existing item, which is then forgotten, is called _____ suppression reconstruction retrograde amnesia displacement Question 151 pts There is no known limit to our _____ metamemory working memory long-term memory short-term memory Question 161 pts Yvette just took a history exam that consisted of three essay questions By giving essay questions, Yvette’s professor measured her _____ recognition recall relearning ability savings Question 171 pts Adam studies his psychology material using note cards He writes questions on the front of the card and the answers on the back of the card After he has a stack of note cards completed, he studies them one by one, over and over again Based on memory research, which of the following statements should NOT be made to Adam to help him maximize his studying? “Adam, your memory for the last few cards will be better than for the middle group of cards ” “Hey, Adam, don’t be surprised that you have a better memory for the first few cards ” “Adam, this is not such a great study technique You’ll be better off just reading over your notes ” “Adam, make sure to shuffle your cards after a while ” Question 181 pts In memory, _____ is an account of an event that has been pieced together from a few highlights the serial position effect a flashbulb memory the context effect reconstruction Question 191 pts Nicole feels she will not forget the emotions she felt upon hearing of the attacks on America on September 11th She remembers very vividly what she was doing, who she was with, what was said, and what emotions she experienced Nicole has a _____ for that tragic event hippocampal memory flashbulb memory repressed memory reconstructed memory Question 201 pts Maggie memorized the speech she wrote for her business presentation Because she was confident that she knew it, she went to bed knowing she would remember the speech just as well the next day when she was scheduled to give it Based on memory research, what advice would you give Maggie? Go over the speech again tomorrow anyway Stay up tonight so you don’t forget it in your sleep You will probably remember every word for a week Drink a pot of coffee now, and have a cup before class