Second Psychology Test
The mean score for a person with an average IQ is ______
100
In order for a test to be normed and standardized it must be tested on ________.
A representative sample
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
A narrowing in the information channel that links the senses to perception is known as a _________
Bottleneck
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
The sound of a bell after conditioning is an example of
Conditioned Stimulus
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 type of bias involves relying on a false stereotype to make a decision?
Confirmation bias
Which of the following best describes suppression
Consciously keeping memories from awareness
Who developed the IQ test most widely used today?
David Wechsler
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 ______ memory
Explicit; episodic
Rhondella is conducting research 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
Which of the following best describes cognitive learning
Higher-level learning involving thinking, knowing, understanding, and anticipation
Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of ____________
Human development
The DSM-5 now uses __________ as a diagnostic label for what was once referred to as mental retardation
Intellectual disability
Which of the following is best supported by the Ebbinghaus' research on forgetting
It shows that forgetting is rapid at first and is followed by a slow decline by a slow decline
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
Jade doesn't really enjoy her job. But she gets a big paycheck every week, so she continues to get up each morning and goes to work. Which of the following is this an example of?
Positive reinforcement
Where would the memory of how to ride a bike be stored?
Procedural memory
The concept of disuse is closely associated with which aspect of memory
Retrieval
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 ________
Stimulu
Which of the following best describes explicit memory
Stored information focused on specific skills
__________ provides general principles for organizing words into meaningful sentences
Syntax
Which of the following is an example of an artificial concept
Teachers
Which of the following plays a key role in transferring information from the short-term memory to long-term memory
The hippocampus
Which of the following is an example of a prototype for the concept of leadership on an athletic team?
The team captain
Which of the following statements is true?
There are many factors working together to influence an individual's intelligence level.
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 CS without the US
What is a learning disability
an intellectual disorder
