Quiz week 3

oblique effect

People perceive vertical and horizontal orientations more easily than other orientations according to the

good continuation

You look at a rope coiled on a beach and are able to perceive it as a single strand because of the law of

Observable behavioR

According to the behaviorists, only the study of should be the emphasis of the science of psychology.

Experiencing neuromodulation

According to your textbook, perception goes beyond the simple receipt of sensory information. It is involved in many different cognitive skills. Which of the following is not one of those skills as noted by the chapter?

positive reinforcers

Behaviorists believe that the presentation of increases the frequency of behavior.

When someone easily identifies an object even though that object is unexpected in that context (e.g., identifying a telephone inside a refrigerator)

Evidence for the role of top-down processing in perception is shown by which of the following examples?

perception

Experience resulting from stimulation of the senses and information from the senses that can help guide our actions is called

top-down

If a word is identified more easily when it is in a sentence than when it is presented alone, this would be an example of processing.

Simplicity

In the text's use of the Olympic Rings example, which Gestalt law contributes to the correct perception of five interlocking circles?

observable behavior

John Watson believed that psychology should focus on the study of

positive reinforcement

Stevie Allison enjoys playing football for his high school team. Stevie was not allowed to play football for three games when he got in a fight with a soccer player after school. Taking away the privilege of football to decrease fighting is an example of

cognitive psychology

The branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind is called

bottom-up

The sequence of steps that includes the image on the retina, changing the image into electrical signals, and neural processing is an example of processing.

Which statement best summarizes the focus of the Gestalt psychologists?

We must understand the basic components of perception.

fixed ratio

What is an operant conditioning procedure that involves reinforcing the last of a specific number of responses

Analytic introspection

Which of the following methods, often associated with structuralism, was used in the psychology laboratory established by Wilhelm Wundt?

B.F. Skinner

Who proposed that children's language development was caused by imitation and behavioral reinforcement?

Similarity

You are at a parade where there are a number of marching bands. You perceive the bands that are all in the same uniforms as being grouped together. The red uniforms are one band, the green uniforms another, and so forth. You have this perceptual experience because of the law of

Punishment

procedures cause behaviors to decrease in probability or become less likely.