Second Psychology Test

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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


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