Assessment 2 Flashcards
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?
Galton
Mmabatho says that she has the ability to evaluate and understand her own emotions. This is an example of … intelligence?
Intrapersonal
The cognitive processing approach consists of three underlying components of intelligence. These are …
Componential, experiential and contextual intelligence
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
4) Understand the needs of others without necessarily knowing what motivates their own behaviour
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 …
Identical twins that are raised in similar environments
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?
Negative emotions
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?
Positive emotions
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 …
Sympathetic nervous system
The term … refers to an internal state that activates and gives directions to our thoughts, behaviour and feelings
Motivation
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 …
Display rules
A fellow student ask you to explain the cognitive appraisal theory of emotion and you decide to do so by flow chart
Stimulation - appraisal - differential of emotion - physiological arousal
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
4) All of the above
The terms … can be defined as any relatively permanent change in behaviour brought about by experience or practice.
Learning
What type of learning is traditionally classified as learning by association?
1) Social learning
2) Cognitive learning
3) Classical conditioning
4) Observational learning
3) Classical conditioning
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 …
Unconditioned stimulus
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?
Variable interval schedule
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 …
Stimulus generalisation
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?
Attention
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?
Operant social learning
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
1) Buying a crying child what he wants - negative reinforcement
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
2) Rehearsal
The functioning of the human brain is one of the most complicated issues. In which part of the memory are images encoded
Short-term memory
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?
Phonological loop and visual sketchpad
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?
Episodic memory
