psych 3

All of the following are Pavlov's major contributions to the field of psychology EXCEPT the fact that:

his methods demonstrated the importance of subjective judgments.

As a practical joke, Veronica tells her younger brother a story about an event that did not happen when he was 4 years old: that he called 9-1-1 to report a fight they were having. Veronica repeated the story several times until her brother could really see himself dialing the phone. This is an example of:

imagination inflation

_____ memories are also called nondeclarative memories.

implicit

Ivy has been working nights and weekends to get a project completed at work. She is successful, and a couple of weeks later when she comes into work her boss presents her with a bonus check. This bonus encourages her to work more nights and weekends. Her new behavior best illustrates the value of:

positive reinforcment

John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner taught "Little Albert" to fear white rats by:

repeatedly pairing a loud noise with the presentation of a white rat.

The happier Choiya feels, the more readily she recalls experiences with former teachers who were warm and generous. This best illustrates that emotional states can be:

retrival cues

Coyotes who have been fed sheep carcasses laced with a nausea-inducing poison are less likely to later prey on sheep. This phenomenon is best explained by which classical conditioning concept?

taste-aversion learning

Conditioned taste aversions demonstrate:

that certain stimuli are easier to associate than others.

For professional baseball players, swinging at a pitched ball is reinforced with a home run on a _____________ schedule.

variable-ratio

Imagine a study in which participants are shown 2,000 slides of houses and storefronts, each for only 10 seconds. Later, these same participants are shown 300 of the original slides paired with slides they have not seen before. According to research, these participants would be able to recognize ______ percent of the slides they had seen in the first round of viewing.

90

According to operant conditioning principles, which of the following strategies would NOT be recommended when dealing with a young girl who is resistant to going to school every morning?

Parents should express their anger by yelling at the girl, but let her stay home once in a while.

Stress provokes this brain structure to initiate a memory trace that boosts activity in the brain's memory-forming areas.

amygdala

With this condition people can recall the past but cannot form new memories.

anterograde amnesia