Assessment 2

Question 1

There has been a debate about the role played by the environment and heredity in intelligence. Some theorists believed that environment plays an important role in intelligence as compared to heredity and others believed that genetic make-up was more important than the environment. This led to the emergence of the “nature versus nurture” controversy. Which theorists coined the term “nature versus nurture” about intelligence?

Answer 1

Galton

Question 2

Mmabatho says that she has the ability to evaluate and understand her own emotions. This is an example of … intelligence?

Answer 2

Intrapersonal

Question 3

The cognitive processing approach consists of three underlying components of intelligence. These are …

Answer 3

Componential, experiential and contextual intelligence

Question 4

Which of the following statements about emotional intelligence is NOT true? People with high emotional intelligence are able to …

1) Manage their emotions well
2) Recognize the emotions in others
3) Control their impulses and delay gratification
4) Understand the needs of others without necessarily knowing what motivates their own behaviour

Answer 4

4) Understand the needs of others without necessarily knowing what motivates their own behaviour

Question 5

Your neighbor just found out that you are studying psychology at unisa. She asked you to explain the probability or chances that her twin daughters would get similar scores on intelligence test. Your explanation is based on the research findings that that children who are more likely to obtain similar scores on an intelligence test are …

Answer 5

Identical twins that are raised in similar environments

Question 6

While watching the olympic games on television, you realize that a lot of the athletes tend to cry after losing the race. What type of emotion is expressed by these athletes?

Answer 6

Negative emotions

Question 7

You have just received encouraging feedback from your lecturer for the assignment. You suddenly want to explore more content about the module and see yourself growing within the psychology discipline. What kind emotion are you more likely to experience?

Answer 7

Positive emotions

Question 8

You are jogging around 9:00 in the dark neighborhood and suddenly a car approaches slowly behind you. You start to panic and your heart rate and breathing increases. Your reactions is a result of …

Answer 8

Sympathetic nervous system

Question 9

The term … refers to an internal state that activates and gives directions to our thoughts, behaviour and feelings

Answer 9

Motivation

Question 10

In a meeting, John made a joke about the CEO of the company. Johns colleagues thought that the joke was funny but they did not laugh. This is an example of …

Answer 10

Display rules

Question 11

A fellow student ask you to explain the cognitive appraisal theory of emotion and you decide to do so by flow chart

Answer 11

Stimulation - appraisal - differential of emotion - physiological arousal

Question 12

Which statement is correct about emotion and motivation?

1) Both motivation and emotions activate behaviour
2) Motives are often accompanied by emotions
3) Emotions typically have motivational properties of their own
4) All of the above

Answer 12

4) All of the above

Question 13

The terms … can be defined as any relatively permanent change in behaviour brought about by experience or practice.

Answer 13

Learning

Question 14

What type of learning is traditionally classified as learning by association?

1) Social learning
2) Cognitive learning
3) Classical conditioning
4) Observational learning

Answer 14

3) Classical conditioning

Question 15

According to Pavlov, many of animal behaviours are learned by means of association between stimuli. In Pavlov’s experiment with dogs, the food was the …

Answer 15

Unconditioned stimulus

Question 16

Fortunate own a spa. Each day she checks the mail to see if any of her customers have sent the payment. Sone days she receives a payment. At other times she has to wait days or weeks before receiving another payment. What kind of schedule of reinforcement is evident here?

Answer 16

Variable interval schedule

Question 17

Mrs Mashego’s house was robbed while Dr Phil was playing on TV. Now every time she hears Dr Phil’s voice on TV she feels frightened and panic. In this case Dr Phil’s voice is an example of …

Answer 17

Stimulus generalisation

Question 18

Sipho was traveling with his father in the car when the car suddenly broke down. His father had to fix the car and Sipho watched closely at how his father fixed the car. Which element of observational learning is evident here?

Answer 18

Attention

Question 19

During the psychology examination Javu’s script was confiscated because he was found cheating by the invigilator. In the next exam he prepared thoroughly and didn’t cheat again. What form of learning has occurred?

Answer 19

Operant social learning

Question 20

Which of the following statements is an example of negative reinforcement?

1) Your child is embarrassing you in public by crying for a toy in the store, eventually you decide to stop this behaviour by buying the toy for the crying child
2) You passed your psychology exam and your friends takes you out for dinner
3) The assignment department does not mark your assignment because it was submitted late
4) You always dress up nicely and you get compliments sometimes you don’t

Answer 20

1) Buying a crying child what he wants - negative reinforcement

Question 21

People use a number of strategies to recall information. Which of the following can be used as a strategy to remember information?

1) Encoding
2) Rehearsal
3) Retrieval
4) Storage

Answer 21

2) Rehearsal

Question 22

The functioning of the human brain is one of the most complicated issues. In which part of the memory are images encoded

Answer 22

Short-term memory

Question 23

You have been asked to prepare a speech for your friend’s birthday party. As you rehearse your speech you imagine the reaction of your audience while reading out loud. Which parts of memory are you using to process the information?

Answer 23

Phonological loop and visual sketchpad

Question 24

During the birthday party your friend’s mother gave a speech and reflected upon the time that your friend was born. She also made reference to how your friend grew up and spoke about specific events that touched her. Which memory system is she using to remember these events?

Answer 24

Episodic memory

Question 25

Your tutor asks you the name of the players who won the Wimbledon Woman’s Singles Champions held in UK in 2015 and you say “I cannot think of the names now but I will remember it in a minute or so.” This indicates a problem with …

Answer 25

Retrieval