PSYC-101 Week 4 Quiz

Memory trace

A(n) _______ is an assumed change in the nervous system that reflects the impression made by a stimulus.

infinite creativity

Ava, a 4-year-old girl, combines words to form her own sentences. In this scenario, Ava is demonstrating ______.

counterconditioning

Brandon had a fear of dogs. To extinguish this fear, his mother baked him his favorite cake and gradually brought a dog closer to him while he ate the cake. In this scenario, Brandon's mother used _____ to cure his fear.

120

Jane is a 10-year-old girl with a MA of 12. Jane's intelligence quotient (IQ) calculated using Wilhelm Stern's formula is _______.

fixed-interval schedule

Max is a waiter at a coffee shop. He gets paid $100 every day at 9 p.m. regardless of the number of customers he serves during the day. In this scenario, Max's payment is based on the ________.

increases; increases

Positive reinforcement ____________ the probability of a behavior occurring, and negative reinforcement _____ the probability of a behavior occurring.

unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response

Prior to conditioning, Michael salivates in response to lasagna placed in his mouth. Using classical conditioning terms, the food would be labeled the ________, while Michael salivating would be labeled the _______.

neural events may be involved in memory.

Research on the biology of memory involving the visual cortex of rats reared in stimulating environments and the stimulation of certain synapses in sea snails suggests that:

monozygotic twins

The MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study found that ________ were more similar than fraternal twins in spatial memory, ability to categorize things, and word comprehension.

False

True or False: A schedule in which reinforcement is provided after a fixed number of correct responses is known as a fixed interval schedule.

False

True or False: Because psychologists have engaged in thousands of studies in intelligence, they unequivocally agree on the definition of intelligence.

True

True or False: In Pavlov's famous experiment, the dog salivated to the tone because the tone became mentally connected with the meat powder. The meat powder is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS).

False

True or False: In divergent thinking, thought is limited to present facts; the problem solver narrows his or her thinking to find the best solution, whereas, in convergent thinking, the problem solver associates freely to the elements of the problem, allowing "leads" to run a nearly limitless course.

False

True or False: Ivan Pavlov proved that reflexes cannot be learned by association.

False

True or False: Media violence and aggressive video games decrease viewer's level of emotional arousal.

False

True or False: Recall is the easiest type of memory task, making multiple choice easier than fill-in-the-blank

False

True or False: Telling your young child on Monday that their good behavior will be rewarded on Saturday is more effective than giving them immediate reinforcement.

False

True or False: The Weschler intelligence scale yielded the mental age score.

money

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

moods and attitudes affect prospective memory

Which of the following statements is true of prospective memory?