psychology 2

The mean score for a person with an average IQ is

100

Developing a strong fear of being in any small space after getting stuck in an elevator for five hours demonstrates which of the following?

Conditioned emotional response

Which of the following best describes suppression?

Consciously kceping memories from awareness

Who developed the IQ test most widely used today?

David Wechsler

Which of the following is best supported by Ebbinghaus' research on forgetting?

It shows that forgetting is rapid at first and is followed by a slow decline.

The concept of disuse is closely associated with which aspect of memory?

Retrieval

Which of the following best describes explicit memory?

Stored information focused on specific skills

Which of the following plays a key role in transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory?

The hippocampus

Which of the following best describes the process of encoding?

Transforming information for retention in memory

Which of the following definitions applies to the term extinction in conditioning?

Weakening of a learned response by repeatedly presenting the CS without the US

In order for a test to be normed and standardized it must be tested on.

a representative sample

What is a learning disability?

an intellectual disorder

What enables information to move from sensory memory into short-term memory?

attention

Fluid intelligence is characterized by

being able to recall information

Cues that require two ears are referred to as cues.

binaural

39.A narrowing in the information channel that links the senses to perception is known as a

bottleneck

Where would the memory of how to ride a bike be stored?

c semantic memory

Every time Mohammed hears his phone make a "whoosh" sound, he knows his mom is calling and he immediately answers it. It relates to which of the following?

classical conditioning

Our tendency to perceive things as complete objects rather than as a series of parts is known as the principle of

closure

A basic unit of thought is defined as a

concept

5. The sound of a bell after conditioning is an example of

conditioned stimulus

Which type of bias involves relying on a false stereotype to make a decision?

confirmation bias

Decreased sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as

difference threshold

Telling a friend about the time you went hang gliding in the Alps would be classified as a memory.

explicit, episodic

Rhondella is conducting rescarch that conditions parakeets to press a lever for a food reward. During day three of the study, a bird receives food after every fourth press on the lever. What type of reinforcement schedule is Rhondella using in her research?

fixed ratio

Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of

human development

The DSM-5 now uses mental retardation

intellectual disability

Members of a football team who watch video of their previous game to enhance performance in the next game are using informational feedback or

knowledge of results

Any relatively permanent change in behavior that can be attributed to experience is known as

learning

Which of the following best describes cognitive learning?

ligher-level leaming involving thinking, knowing, understanding,

Jade doesn't really enjoy her job. But she gets a big paycheck every week, so she continues to get up each morning and go to work. Which of the following is this an example of?

positive reinforcement

The meaning of words and phrases is determined by applying the rules of

semantics

occurs when sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced

sensation

involves the conversion of sensory stimulus energy into neural impulses.

sensory adaptation

A person "remembers" going to a concert with John years ago. In reality, the person went to the concert with Ronnie, but lived on the same dorm floor as John. This is an example of

source confusion

Psychophysics is the study of how the mind interprets the physical properties of

stimuli

provides general principles for organizing words into meaningful 24. sentences.

syntax

Which of the following is an example of an artificial concept?

teachers

Which of the following is an example of a prototype for the concept of leadership on an athletic team?

the team captain.