online psych

A conditioned emotional response, such as Little Albert's fear, is an emotion that is _____.

elicited by a previously neutral stimulus

The strong tendency to view one's successes as stemming from internal factors and one's failures as stemming from external factors is called the __________.

self-serving bias

Studies with twins, as discussed in the book, found that __________ were more similar than fraternal twins in spatial memory, ability to categorize things, and word comprehension

monozygotic twins

When someone reinforces a series of successive approximations of the desired response, they are engaged in _____ a behavior.

shaping

Asch's study using line judgments was able to demonstrate __________.

the effects of social conformity.

Health psychologists investigate how genetics, behaviors, and social support impact health. This approach of focusing on multiple areas to understand health and well-being is central to the ________ model.

Biopsychosocial

In the context of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SBIS), which of the following statements is true of intelligence quotient (IQ)?

It reflects the relationship between a child's mental age and his or her actual age.

The sense that allows you to determine the location of your body and limbs in space is called

Kinesthetic

The minimum intensity of sensory stimulation required before a sensation is detected 50 percent of the time is called

The absolute threshold

The brain structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is called the

corpus collusum

A young child has accidentally locked himself in his room. The mother is trying to figure out how to unlock the door. Unfortunately, she doesn't realize that her butter knife could be used to unlock the door. This illustrates ___________.

functional fixedness

The occurrence of a learned response to stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus is called stimulus _____.

generalization

According to ________ we perceive a car as a whole unit rather than perceiving it as a group of distinct entities (such as metal, tires, glass, door handles, hubcaps, and fenders).

gestalt psychology

Continuous reinforcement is "better" when it comes to _____; partial reinforcement is "better" when it comes to _____.

initial learning of a behavior; resistance to extinction

A child learns that whenever he eats all of his dinner he gets a cookie for dessert. This type of learning is best explained by

operant conditioning

Learning in which voluntary responses are controlled by their consequences is called _____.

operant conditioning

A student wants to be physically fit. As he cannot workout effectively at his home, he goes to a gym with his friends. At the gym, he works out better when his friends work out along with him. In the context of group behavior, this is the result of _________.

social facilitation

What is the name of the concept that infants are born with the innate ability to learn language?

Language Acquisition Device

In the context of language development, which of the following statements is true of learning theory?

Learning theorists, such as B.F. Skinner, see language as developing according to laws of learning.