Ch. 5 and Ch.6 Pretests

Which school of thinking in psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?

Gestalt

Learning that occurs but is not observable in behavior until there is a reason to demonstrate it is called ________ learning.

latent

In a person whose eyes work in the usual fashion, the ________ will focus images perfectly on a small indentation in the back of the eye known as the ________.

lens; fovea

In classical conditioning, the association that is learned is between a ________.

neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus

Which perceptual system allows Nancy to run without watching her feet and hit a baseball without focusing on her hands?

proprioception

You begin to salivate when you smell your favorite cake in the oven, but not when you smell the gross scent of a dirty diaper. This is best illustrates the concept of ________.

stimulus discrimination

The auditory cortex, in which sound stimuli are processed for perception, is located in the ________ lobe.

temporal

Tabetha has a mental picture of the layout of her house, also called a ________, so when she comes home late at night she can navigate through the rooms without turning on a light.

cognitive map

Light waves are first transmitted through the ________ at the front of the eye and enter an opening called the ________ before shining onto the retina.

cornea; pupil

If the principles of social learning theory are true, then children may model aggressive behavior ________.

after seeing a television character receive a reward for taking violent action against another character