Psychology Exam 2 Flashcards
Carol Baskin just classical conditioned her tiger to salivate from the sound of a bell. Then her phone alarm accidently went off and the tiger started to salivate again. The tiger is able to ____________________ the two stimuli in order to produce the same response.
generalize
Kim is grounded by her parents but has been doing well in her classes and her room has been clean for a week. In order to increase her good behavior her parents remove Kim from being grounded. What kind of operant conditioning are Kim’s parents using?
Negative Reinforcement
Bob gets paid the same amount for a part time job once every two weeks. What type of reinforcement schedule is this?
Fixed Ratio
If you model a behavior that someone else was rewarded for you will be more motivated to model that same behavior. This is called?
vicarious reinforcement
Mike is testing is ability to hear a sound by having his friend raise the volume of his music until he can hear it at least 50% of the time. This is an example of?
Absolute Threshold
Scott is an Uber driver and constantly looks at his GPS to let him know where to drive each passenger to their destination. One time when he was driving and looking at the GPS he failed to notice a man walking across the street and almost hit him. Scott was experiencing ________________.
Inattentional Blindness
Jenny is determining if she can still read her textbook under varying amounts of light in the room. She asks her roommate to adjust the light from the highest setting and lower it until she can’t read the textbook anymore. Jenny is testing her ____________.
Just Noticeable Difference
You just sent a risky text telling your partner that you want to break up. You don’t hear back from them throughout the day when you are engaged in other tasks but you are on alert for a text back. Once you receive a text you immediately perceive that it’s from your partner, but it’s just your mom. This is an example of ______________.
Signal Detection Theory
__________ refers to the amount of waves in a given time period, whereas _________ refers to the strength of the wave.
frequency, amplitude
Using the Opponent Process Theory, when we stare at a black and white image for about a minute we see an afterimage if we look away with the colors reversed. This is because as our photoreceptors of one color becomes _____________, the photoreceptors to the opposing color becomes ____________ in the afterimage.
excited, inhibited
According to Place theory, the base of the basilar membrane responds best to
_____________ and the tip of the basilar membrane responds best to _____________.
high frequencies, low frequencies
Things that are alike tend to be grouped together is called _____________, whereas things that are close to one another tend to be grouped together is called ____________.
similarity, proximity
Tommy is in the early stages of language development and starts to sound out syllables and consonant sounds by showing an interest in others. What stage of language development is Tommy in?
Reflexive Communication
Bill is a conservative who wants to learn more about the presidential candidates for the 2020 election. When reading articles and watching the news, he only looks at conservative sources and doesn’t care about other sources because they don’t align with his beliefs. What type of bias is Bill displaying?
Confirmation Bias
Aubrey remembers her childhood in great detail, but cannot remember meeting a new friend 5 minutes after they are introduced. Which disorder does she most likely suffer from:
Anterograde Amnesia
Joe remembers how to drive a car, ride a bike, and make his favorite dinner. What type of memory allows Joe to do these things?
Implicit memory
Erik assumes that people in the Black Lives Matter movement are just protesting because they don’t have jobs. Erik is displaying what type of bias?
Representative Bias
Eyewitness testimony provides accurate descriptions of events that happened at the scene of a crime in order to help convict criminals.
False
The information about where you studied for this exam, when you studied for this exam and what happened to you during studying is _____________________ processing, whereas the actual information you studied for the exam is ____________________ processing.
automatic, effortful
Gillian is studying for her exam by reading the entire chapter, looking over her notes, and watching the lecture. But she is unable to move this information from short term memory to long term memory because she missed a crucial step. What step did Gillian not do when trying to transfer her short term memory to long term memory?
rehearsal
Megan remembers her new password for one of her accounts on Instagram, but when she tries to login to her older account she made a year ago she doesn’t remember the password. This is an example of what type of interference?
Retroactive
Janice remembers her child’s first steps. She remembers what room they were in, the color of the carpet, what type of shoes that child was wearing, and the time that it occurred. What type of memory is Janice remembering?
Episodic memory
Barry has not developed an understanding of conservation. What developmental stage according to Piaget, is Barry in?
Preoperational
Ally is going to John’s birthday party who loves Legos. Ally’s mom takes her to the store to buy a present for John’s birthday and she chooses a Barbie doll because she likes Barbie dolls. Ally is in what developmental stage, according to Piaget?
Preoperational
