memory
Billy closely examines his BuckID number so that he can remember it later. This is the ____ stage of memory.
a. encoding
b. retrieval
c. chunking
d. deep processing
b. encoding
John lives in an apartment next to Bullwinkles. When he first moved in, he could never sleep on the weekends because the people who had their fake IDs taken were complaining too loudly. Eventually, he barely hears it and is able to fall asleep with no problem. This is likely due to ________.
a. extinction
b. generalization
c. sensitization
d. habituation
Ashley is a senior in high school. Her parents have a warm friendly relationship with her, enjoy her company, and have an “open door” policy where her friends are concerned. Ashley doesn’t have a curfew during the week and often spends weekends with her friends. Their parenting style is
a. authoritative
b. indulgent
c. uninvolved
d. authoritarian.
b. indulgent
Despite being exposed to violence and experiencing poverty throughout development, Max graduated from college with a 4.0 GPA and has a successful career. Max demonstrates ___________.
a. Resilience
b. Type B Personality
c. Problem-focused coping
d. Type A Personality
a. resilience
Marietta has memorized the capital cities of all 50 states. This is an example of a(n) _____ memory.
a. episodic
b. procedural
c. autobiographical
d. semantic
d. semantic
Billy was in his 2nd grade classroom when the tragedies of 9/11 occurred. Even though he was young, he recalls everything that happened that day. This is referred to as ____.
a. interference
b. gist
c. reconstruction
d. flashbulb memory
d. flashbulb memory
Jill is a dog trainer who teaches dogs behaviors such as sitting, using the bathroom outside, and coming when called. For her job, she uses ______.
a. associative learning
b. observational learning
c. nonassociative learning
d. instinctual/reflexive learning
a. associative learning
Ryan’s mother leaves him alone at his day care for the first time. He cries when she leaves him, but calms down when she returns at the end of the day. He has likely formed a(n) ___________ attachment.
a. secure
b. insecure
c. disorganized
d. anxious/avoidant
b. secure
Mary has a major project to finish before spring break. She worked 4 days straight to finish her project before being able to relax over the break. This is an example of____________.
a. emotion-focused coping
b. fight or flight
c. problem-focused coping
d. relationship-focused coping
c. problem-focused coping
Doris is memorizing the names of conference attendees she is meeting for the first time. For each name, she repeats the name five times, uses the name when she addresses the new person she just met, and thinks of a connection to a celebrity with the same name. She is engaging in
a. maintenance rehearsal
b. elaborative rehearsal
c. chunking
d. explicit learning
b. elaborative rehearsal
When Gabe was a child, he learned to make his grandmother’s famous Italian wedding soup. When he went to college, he did not have an opportunity to make the soup anymore, and after 4 years of living in dorms completely forgot the steps of the recipe. Forgetting his soup skills is likely due to _______.
a. interference
b. procedural memory
c. motivated forgetting
d. decay
d. decay
Every time Bryan’s neighbors come over, they ring the doorbell, walk in, and they give his dog Lucy a treat. Now Lucy barks and runs to the door whenever she hears the doorbell. The doorbell represents the _________.
a. Conditioned Response
b. Unconditioned Response
c. Unconditioned Stimulus
d. Conditioned Stimulus
d. conditioned stimulus
Kyle researches ADHD and finds that if one twin has ADHD, there is an 80% chance that the other has it as well. This is referred to as (a) ________.
a. Heritability
b. Phenotype
c. Concordance rate
d. Genotype
c. concordance rate
Lizzy is about to perform her piano solo. Right before she plays, she begins to sweat and feels jittery. Her ___________ is responsible for this release of adrenaline.
a. sympathetic adrenal-medullary (SAM) system
b. immune system
c. hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis
d. amygdala
a. sympathetic adrenal-medullary (SAM) system
What is a token economy?
a. Tokens are provided at fixed intervals to increase the frequency of a desired behavior.
b. Tokens gradually replace negative reinforcers to increase the frequency of a desired behavior.
c. Tokens are provided at variable intervals to increase the frequency of a desired behavior.
d. Tokens are exchanged for valued reinforcers to increase the frequency of a desired behavior.
d. Tokens are exchanged for valued reinforcers to increase the frequency of a desired behavior.
Johnny was telling his coworker about his childhood dog. He is able to easily recall everything about her. He is using ___________ to retrieve the memory of her.
a. nondeclarative memory
b. procedural memory
c. declarative memory
d. sensory Memory
c. declarative memory
Cliff wants to teach his cat how to use her litter box. When his cat uses the carpet instead, he dumps a bucket of cold water on her. Pretty soon, the cat stops using the carpet. This is ________.
a. Positive Punishment
b. Negative Reinforcement
c. Negative Punishment
d. Positive Reinforcement
a. Positive Punishment
Bobby’s friend wants him to steal a candy bar from the grocery store. Bobby refuses to do it because it is against the rules. He is using __________ moral reasoning.
a. Identity-Based
b. Preconventional
c. Postconventional
d. Conventional
d. conventional
Mike has the very stressful job of being a bouncer at Midway, which requires him to work long hours and deal with uncooperative individuals. Over time, his _________ levels will slowly build up.
a. Cortisol
b. Epinephrine
c. Oxytocin
d. Norepinephrine
a. cortisol
Marcus, who runs a software development company, repeatedly gives his administrative assistant, Shana, small pay raises for her hard work. Lately however, Marcus neglects to acknowledge the accomplishments of Shana with small pay raises; Shana’s performance has begun to decline. What likely contributed to Shana’s performance problems?
a. Latent inhibition
b. Negative reinforcement
c. Negative punishment
d. Extinction
d. Extinction
Kim practices speed chess every day. As a result, she is able to recall her strategies faster and more efficiently. At the biological level, this is due to ______.
a. mirror neurons
b. using gist
c. encoding specificity
d. long term potentiation
d. long term potentiation
Laurie wants to decreases the frequency that she misses workouts. She uses an app that takes $5 from her account every time she misses a workout. This is ____________, and the schedule is _____________.
a. Negative punishment/fixed ratio
b. Negative reinforcement/fixed ratio
c. Positive punishment/fixed interval
d. Negative reinforcement/variable ratio
a. Negative punishment/fixed
Alex is 15 years old. He doesn’t have a part-time job, his grades are poor, and his parents are worried that he is skipping school. Recently Alex has become highly involved in political issues, including the legalization of medical use marijuana. According to Piaget, Alex is in the _____ stage of cognitive development.
a. concrete operational
b. formal operational
c. sensorimotor
d. preoperational
b. formal operational
JT realizes that he has a 30 page paper due in 1 hour. He frantically begins writing. He is in the __________ stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS).
a. exhaustion
b. alarm
c. resistance
d. digestion
b. alarm
Gemma learns that squares are shapes with four sides and four 90 degree angle. She points at a long, thin rectangle and calls is a square. However, when her teacher informs her that squares have to have four equal sides, she realizes not all four-sided shapes are squares. What is this process called?
a. accommodation
b. cognitive development
c. assimilation
d. schema
a. accommodation