chapter 8 practice test questions

Question 1

Brenda has set a new ring tone for her boyfriend. Each time she talks to her boyfriend she feels happy. Now, when her phone rings with the new ring tone, she feels happy. In this example, what is the unconditioned stimulus?

Answer 1

the boyfriend

Question 2

Preparedness is _____

Answer 2

a biological predisposition to learn associations that have survival value.

Question 3

________ argued that we should use rewards to evoke more desirable behaviour.

Answer 3

skinner

Question 4

Which pioneering learning researcher highlighted the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children’s behavior?

Answer 4

Bandura

Question 5

Recalling login information for an account would activate the

Answer 5

left frontal lobe

Question 6

Which of the following brain structures is central to the processing of procedural memories?

Answer 6

basal ganglia

Question 7

Age-related memory decline is often associated with

Answer 7

encoding failure

Question 8

Damage to the hippocampus would be most likely to interfere with a person’s ability to develop

Answer 8

episodic memories

Question 9

Leanna is on the girl’s soccer team. Her intricate motor movements are facilitated by her

Answer 9

basal ganglia

Question 10

As adults, children exposed to stressful situations tend to have

Answer 10

worse working memory

Question 11

As adults, children exposed to stressful situations tend to have

Answer 11

poorer working memory (gabor mate vibes)

Question 12

Which of the following brain structures is central to the processing of procedural memories?

Answer 12

basal ganglia

Question 13

Age-related memory decline is often associated with

Answer 13

encoding failure

Question 14

Semantic encoding is associated with

Answer 14

deep processing

Question 15

Damage to the hippocampus would be most likely to interfere with a person’s ability to develop

Answer 15

episodic memories

Question 16

Damage to the cerebellum would be most likely to interfere with a person’s ability to develop

Answer 16

procedural memories

Question 17

Which of the following was assessed to help understand the physical basis of memory?

Answer 17

the synaptic changes of the Aplysia

Question 18

What kind of memory is the basal ganglia responsible for? example:

Answer 18

procedural implicit memory, riding a bike

Question 19

What kind of memory is the
right and left hippocampus responsible for? example:

Answer 19

explicit memories
left: verbal/passwords
right: visual designs and locations

Question 19

What kind of memory is the cerebellum responsible for? example:

Answer 19

implicit conditioned reflexes, blinking in response to a puff of air

Question 20

What kind of memory is the
right and left hippocampus responsible for? example:

Answer 20

processing explicit memories
same as hippocampus