psychology Flashcards
(20 cards)
many psychologist believe people’s phobias are results of
conditioning
according to Skinner, teaching a child to tie their shoes using successive approximations is a form of
shaping
reflexive salivation to the unconditioned stimulus (US) is an example of
unconditioned response
developing a string fear of being in any small space after getting stuck in an elevator for five hours demonstrates which of the following?
conditioned emotional response
every time she visits her son Eliza has been feeding his dog food from her seat at the dining room table. now the dog awaits food from whoever is sitting in the same seat at the table. Which of these is this an example of?
generalization
rhondella is conducting research that conditions parakeets to press a lever for a food reward. During the day three of the study, a bird recives food after every fourth press on the lever. What type of reinforcement schedule is rhondella using in her research?
fixed ratio
which of the following has occurred when someone forms a simple association between various stimuli/or behaviors, without much effort?
associative learning
chris is having difficulty with his employee daniela because she never does her share and other employees end up doing most of her work. what would be the best approach for chris to solve this problem?
chris needs to use a positive reinforcement technique like praise to encourage daniela to work harder
the students in Dr. Sanchez psychology class studied last night for the chapter exam. they expected to take a true/false and multiple choice exam but Dr. Sanchez surprised them with an oral exam in which each student was asked three complex questions to be answered in front of the others. The students performance on the exam was awful. What is the best rationale for their poor performance?
the students had focused on rote learning the previous night
which of the following six processes require higher-level processing and are complex?
evaluating and creating
which of the following is an example of classical conditioning
getting sick after eating scrambled eggs and then later avoiding scrambled eggs since just looking at them makes you feel sick
Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment demonstrates the role of observational learning in
physical aggression
a toddler who smiles at the sound of a parent’s voice but gets anxious at the sound of a stranger voice is demonstrating
stimulus discrimination
when a test measures what it claims to measure it is said to have the characteristics of
validity
which statement most accurately summarizes what research of savant syndrome has told us?
exceptional mental ability can exist apart from general intelligence
which of the following is most widely accepted definition of intelligence
the overall capacity to think rationally act purposefully and to adapt to ones surrounding
according to Gardner the different kinds of intelligences can be thought of as
aptitudes
a persons ability to use specific knowledge acquired over a lifetime that is highly related to their education
crystallized intellingence
the research on identical twins would most likely agree that separated twins often have similar IQ scores because they
have identical genes
according to David Perkins which one of the following statements refers to reflective intelligence
an ability to become aware of one’s own thinking ability
