Psy 201

which of the following statement about Charles Spearman is false?

He divided intelligence into two components crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence

which of the following statements about Ivan Pavlov is true?

He is known for establishing the principles of classical conditions

Which of the following is an example of vicarious punishment?

Jeong observes Brownwyn getting spanked for spitting her carrots. Because he saw his friend punished he does not spit out his carrots

What was the most controversial claim in Aruthur Jensens article "How much can we Boost IQ and Achievement?

Level II intelligence is most prevalent among Asians followed by Caucasian then African American

Who developed the triarchi theory of intelligence?

Robert Sternberg

Mia is taught to go to sleep when the light is turned off. However, for many months Mia no longer falls asleep when the light is turned off. Later, Mia begins to fall asleep when the light is turned off again. This is an example of ________.

Spontaneous recovery

Parents of African American students filed a case against the state of California in 1979 because they believed the testing method used to identify students with learning disabilities________.

Was culturally unfair as the test were normed and standardized using White children

which of the following key to generating a bell curve?

sample size

A __ is mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts

schema

At what age can babies only discriminate among those phonemes that are used in the language in their environment

12 months

which of the following statements about Howard Gardener is false?

He believed discussing IQ as standard deviations from average was inaccurate

A is the best example or representation of a concept

prototype

which researches suggest that language determine thoughts?

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf

In the initial of learning ___ describe when an organism learns to connect a neutral and an unconditioned stimulus

acquisition

Kieran is attempting to condition a parrot to greet him when he enters the room. He repeatedly pairs his entry to the room with a treat for the parrot. Kieran can say that ________ has occurred as soon as the parrot greets him in response to his entry.

acquisition

which of the following is the decreases in the conditioned response when the unconditioned is no longer presented with the conditioned stimulus?

acquisition

Tasks that require you to compare contrast or evaluate are using the ____ intelligence compact of the trtiatchic theory of intelligence

analytical

______ concepts are ones that we know by a specific set of characteristics that are always exhibited such as what define different basic shapes

artificial

classical and operant conditioning are form of ___ learning

associational

Which of the following is an example of a reflex an unlearned automatic response by an organism to a stimulus in the environment?

becoming angry at your friend for raising his voice

What is the main idea of social learning theory?

behavior is motivated by the consequences we receive for the behavior reinforcement and punishment

Which of the following is an example of stimulus generalization?

being conditioned to laugh when you see a top hat, then also laughing when you see other kinds of hats

Which term describes a communications system uses systematic rules to organize words to transmit information from one individual to another

concept

Bernadatte has difficult spelling while writing and mixes up letters within words and sentences. Which learning disability does she have?

dyslexia

Walter struggles to write legibly and has a difficult time putting his thoughts on paper. Which learning disability does he have?

dyslexia

___ and ___ are powerful influences on both out thoughts and behaviors

emotion; memory

Children who live in poverty perform worse on intelligence test because they

experience more perverse daily stress which affect how the brain-function and develops the causing a dip in IQ scores

Molly attempts to condition her puppy to greet her when she enters the house. She repeatedly pairs her entry to the house with a treat for the puppy. The puppy eventually acquires this ability, and Molly realizes how irritating it is for the puppy to run up to her every time she enters the house. She attempts to make the puppy stop, and eventually the puppy no longer feels motivated to greet her when she enters the house. The puppy no longer greeting her when she enters the house is an example of ________.

extinction

Gus receives a paycheck every week. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

fixed interval

Frances receives one dollar for every pound of worms she gives her grandfather. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

fixed ratio

Which statement about Edward C. Tolman is incorrect?

he found that emotions can be conditioned response

If a stimulus plus a response results in a satisfying outcome, the probability of that response occurring again ________.

increases

scientists, who study cognition are searching for ways to understand how we _____ organize and utilize our conscious cognitive experience without being aware of all the unconscious work that our brains are doing?

integrate

Which term refers to the vocabulary of a language?

lexicon

A __ invloves approaching a problem in a way that has worked in the past but its no longer working

mental set

Gonzalo is attempting to open his car door using the auto lock button on his keychain. Hepushes the button twice, but his car door does not open. He continues to push the button eventhough it is likely that the auto lock feature has stopped working, and he will need to open thedoor manually with his key. This illustrates a ________

mental set

Gabrielle watches her father put batteries into her toy phone, and she is then able to put the batteries into the toy phone herself without further instruction from her father. In this example, Gabrielle's father is a ________.

model

Dymesha watches her older sister do headstands. Dymesha falls over when she attempts to do a headstand herself. She watches her older sister more carefully, and she notices that her sister leans backward slightly to complete her headstand. Dymesha is then able to do headstands herself. Which type of learning is this?

observational

The average score on an IQ test is 100. In modern IQ testing one standard deviation is 15 points someone with an IQ 115 would be described as

one standard deviation above the mean

Hideki tells a lie and is grounded. He does this several times, finally learning that his behavior (lying) is associated with a consequence (being grounded). Which kind of learning is this?

operant conditioning

Which. of the following is an example of a fixed interval reinforcement schedule?

playing basketball with your friends after completing your chores

In operant conditioning ___ is when something is removed to increase the likelihood of behavior

positive reinforcement

what should be changed to make the following sentence true? fluid intelligence is characterized as acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it

the word "fluid" should be changed to the word "crystallized"

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? in classical conditioning, the initial period of learning is known as lent

the word "latent" should be changed to the word "acquisition"

what should be changed to make the following sentence true? in operant conditioning organisms learn to associate event that repeatedly happen together?

the word "operant" should be changed to the word "classical"

what should be changed to make the following sentence true. A prototype is a category or grouping of linguistic information object ideas of life experience

the word "prototype" should be changed to the word "concept"

Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered through emotions and memories, and processed to become ________.

thoughts

Harlod catches fish throughout the day at unpredictable intervals which reinforcement schedule is this?

variable interval

You call a friend on the phone and repeatedly get sent to voicemail, so you continue to call her every 5-20 minutes hoping to speak to her personally. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

variable interval

Which process involves observing a model being punished and then becoming less likely to imitate the models behavior

vicarious punishment