Post PSY101 Unit 4 Quiz latest 2016 October

Question 1

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Learning is defined as a relatively permanent _______________________________.

Question 2

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The scientist who introduced the concept of classical conditioning was named___________________.

Question 3

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According to classical conditioning theory, the bell can be initially thought of as the ________________ stimulus, but after conditioning is considered the ___________________ stimulus.

Question 4

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After returning from the war in Afghanistan, Gerald becomes fearful and dives for cover when he hears firecrackers on July 4th. In this situation, the firecracker is the _________________ stimulus and the diving for cover is the _______________________response. By responding to the firecracker, does Gerald show stimulus generalization or stimulus discrimination?____________________________.

Question 5

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Operant conditioning differs from classical conditioning in several ways. State two of these differences.

Question 6

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The scientist most associated with operant conditioning is _______________________.

Question 7

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Tommy is having difficulties following directions in school. His teacher puts him on a behavior modification plan. Each time Tommy follows directions he receives a sticker. The sticker is ______________ reinforcer. If Tommy shows an increase in the number of times he follows directions, the sticker can be considered a______________________. If Tommy does not show an increase in the number of times he follows directions, the sticker is not a __________________________.

Question 8

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Carla's teacher is trying to coax her to sit with the group for story time. Carla insists on sitting away from the group but sometimes stands up to peek at what the group is doing. Carla's teacher reinforces Carla whenever she shows interest in the group. Eventually Carla joins the group. The reinforcement strategy of rewarding successive approximations of the desired behavior is known as _________________.

Question 9

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The scientist most associated with stating the importance of observational learning is __________________. Through his famous ÒBobo DollÓ experiment, he suggested that children exposed to violent behavior via adult modeling may be more likely to _________________________.

Question 10

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Three year-old Evan is watching violent cartoons on TV. Specialized neurons in his brain known as ________________ might be firing when he thinks about mimicking the violent behavior.

Question 11

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Intelligence is defined as _____________________________________________.

Question 12

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General intelligence is known as _______________.

Question 13

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Anna is excellent at solving puzzles and reasoning abstractly. She is strong in ___________ intelligence.

Question 14

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Adam is excellent at recalling the meaning of vocabulary words. He is strong in ________________ intelligence.

Question 15

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Howard Gardner's theory of ___________________ suggested 8 different forms of intelligence.

Question 16

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Karen is a natural athlete. According to Gardner, she possess __________________intelligence.

Question 17

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Anna wants to become a psychotherapist. According to Gardner, it would be advantageous if she possessed _____________________________ intelligence.

Question 18

Partial Credit

Keith is excellent at solving word problems, but his sister says he has no "common sense" to figure out how to solve problems in everyday living. According to Sternberg, Keith lacks____________________________.

Question 19

Henry often insults his classmates. He does not understand why his classmates are reluctant to work with him on group projects. Henry could use some helpful suggestions to improve his _________________________ intelligence.

Question 20

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IQ scores are normally distributed within the population. When plotted, this normal distribution forms a ________ shaped curve with a mean IQ score of _________.