Missed Questions Flashcards
At about _____ of age, babies begin to utter their first words.
10 to 12 months
People with damage to Wernicke’s area can:
use correct syntax.
If you have never seen a Chihuahua, but you have seen somewhat similar types of dog breeds such as rat terriers and miniature pinschers, which theory would better predict your ability to correctly identify a Chihuahua as a “dog”?
exemplar
Damage to the _____ is more likely to result in category-specific deficits.
left hemisphere
_____ assumes that people simplify available information, give great weight to outcomes that are sure things, and compare choices with a reference point.
Prospect theory
Simon and Binet developed the IQ test as:
a measure of a child’s aptitude for learning.
You are looking to hire a new employee for your business. Which of the following would be the best predictor for the candidate’s future job performance?
A. IQ score
B. personal interview
C. educational background
D. past job performance
IQ score
_____ reinforcement increase(s) the likelihood of a behavior happening, while _____ punishment decrease(s) the likelihood of the behavior.
A. Only positive; only negative
B. Only negative; only positive
C. Positive and negative; positive and negative
D. Positive and negative; only negative
Positive and negative; positive and negative
Sleep helps to facilitate which type of learning?
observational
If you are learning something implicitly, without general awareness of the learning process, what area of the brain is NOT as active as that of someone who is learning explicitly?
A. the hippocampus
B. the pons
C. the somatosensory cortex
D. the occipital lobe
the occipital lobe
What part of the brain is MOST associated with emotional experiences?
the limbic system
If you are gambling in Las Vegas, your motivation to avoid losing is likely _____ your motivation of winning.
greater than
Interactionists describe language development as:
A. a conditioned learning process determined by the environment.
B. an innate process determined by biology.
C. a combination of environmental experiences and biological influences.
D. the result of modeling.
a combination of environmental experiences and biological influences.
Scientists have _____ the role of genes in producing between-group differences.
A. firm conclusions about
B. not yet determined
C. expressed great skepticism about
D. proved conclusively
not yet determined
_____ proposed that the cognitive process of expectation occurred between a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response.
A. Pavlov
B. Rescorla and Wagner
C. Watson and Raynor
D. Garcia
Rescorla and Wagner
