College Psychology Pre-Test

.......... in operant conditioning occurs when the frequency of a behavior increases because it is followed by the removal of something undesirable.

negative reinforcement

George, a scientist, is studying how the levels of certain neurotransmitters in the brain create the condition of depression. George's study fits best into the area of specialization known as ..........

behavioral neuroscience

When the field of cognitive psychology first became prominent, it was considered a revolutionary development because it was a radical departure from ............

behaviorism

........... is a learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar reponse

classical conditioning

operant conditioning is a form of learning that ...........

focuses on the association between behaviors and the stimuli that follow them

after the outcome of an election is announced, George states that he knew all along what the outcome would be. this is a form of .........

hindsight bias

in an experimental study, a(n) ........... is a manipulated experimental factor that the experimenter changes to see what its effects are.

independent variable

if an intelligence test produces the same score over multiple administrations but does not accurately measure intelligence, then the test is ..........

reliable but not valid

What school of psychology is Wilhelm Wundt associated with?

structuralism

In Pavlov's experiments on classical conditioning, prior to associating the sound of the bell with the food, the dog's salivation in response to the food was the .......

unconditioned response