Learning-Lecture
Learning-book
Memory-Lecture
Memory-book
Potluck
100
Being able to tell one stimulus from another is called A. differentiation C. spontaneous recovery B. discrimination D. extinction
What is B. discrimination
100
The "piecework," or commission method of payment, is an example of which reinforcement schedule? A. fixed-interval C. fixed-ratio B. variable-interval D. variable ratio
What is C. fixed-ratio
100
2. According to the book, our short-term memory span is approximately _______________ items A. 2 C. 7 B. 5 D. 15
What is C. 7
100
Our ability to learn by witnessing and imitating the behavior of others best illustrates A. respondent behavior C. operant conditioning B. prosocial behavior D. observational learning
What is D. observational learning
100
Shaping is a(n) ________ technique for ________ a behavior. A.operant; suppressing C.operant; establishing B.respondent; suppressing D.respondent; establishing
What is C.operant; establishing
200
A child who was recently stung by a buzzing bee now becomes frightened by the sound of a fly. This is an example of A. spontaneous recovery C. discrimination B. stimulus generalization D. extinction
What is B. stimulus generalization
200
You teach your dog to fetch the paper by giving him a cookie each time he does so. This is an example of ….. A. Conditioned Reinforcement C. Operant Conditioning B. Partial Reinforcement D. Classical Conditioning
What is C. Operant Conditioning
200
In Sperling's memory experiment subjects were shown three rows of three letters followed immediately by a low, medium, or high pitched tone. The subjects were able to report A. all three rows with perfect accuracy each time a tone was presented B. only the top row of letters whatever tone was presented C. only the middle row of letters whatever tone was presented D. any one of the three rows of letters, depending on which tone was presented
What is D. any one of the three rows of letters, depending on which tone was presented
200
Spontaneous recovery refers to the A. expression of learning that had occurred earlier but had not been expressed because of lack of incentives B. organism’s tendency to respond spontaneously to stimuli similar to the CS as though they were the CS C. return of a response after punishment has been terminated D. reappearance, after a rest pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
What is D. reappearance, after a rest pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
300
Learning is defined as A. any change in behavior B. any relatively permanent change in behavior produced by experience C. any change in behavior produced by practice D. none of the above
What is B. any relatively permanent change in behavior produced by experience
300
In promoting observational learning, the most effective models are those that we perceive as A.having any of these characteristics. C.successful. B.similar to ourselves. D.respected and admired
What is A.having any of these characteristics.
300
Information is maintained in short-term memory only briefly unless is it A. rehearsed C. iconically maintained B. encoded D. retrieved
What is A. rehearsed
300
The three-stage processing model of memory was proposed by A. Loftus and Palmer C. Atkinson and Shiffrin B. Herman Ebbinghaus D. George Sperling
What is C. Atkinson and Shiffrin
300
Lewis cannot remember the details of the torture he experienced as a prisoner of war. According to Freud, Lewis's failure to remember these painful memories is an example of A.flashbulb memory. C.retrieval failure. B.state-dependent memory. D.repression.
What is D.repression
400
Suppose you feed your dog canned dog food and he has learned to wag his tail whenever he hears the can opener. You have now switched to dry dog food and no longer feed him after you run the can opener. Your dog will soon show ___________________ to the sound of the can opener. A. second order conditioning C. stimulus generalization B. discrimination D. extinction
What is D. extinction
400
Regarding the impact of watching television violence on children, most researchers believe that A.there is only a weak correlation between exposure to violence and aggressive behavior. B.aggressive children simply prefer violent programs. C.watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior. D.television simply reflects, rather than contributes to, violent social trends.
What is C.watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior
400
One way to increase the amount of information in memory is to group it into larger, familiar units. This process is referred to as __________. A. Organization C. Encoding B. Consolidation D. Chunking
What is D. Chunking
400
The misinformation effect provides evidence that memory A.is highly resistant to misleading information. B.may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed. C.is unchanging once established. D.is constructed during encoding.
What is B.may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed.
400
Which of the following is a form of associative learning? A.observational learning C.all of these types of learning B. classical conditioning D.operant conditioning
What is C.all of these types of learning
500
Positive reinforcers _______ the rate of operant responding and negative reinforcers _______ the rate of operant responding. A. decrease; increase B. increase; decrease C. increase; increase D. have no effect on; decrease
What is C. increase; increase
500
Which of the following statements concerning reinforcement is correct? A.Learning is fastest and resistance to extinction is greatest after continuous reinforcement. B.Learning is most rapid with intermittent reinforcement, but continuous reinforcement produces the greatest resistance to extinction. C.Learning is most rapid with continuous reinforcement, but intermittent reinforcement produces the greatest resistance to extinction. D.Learning is fastest and resistance to extinction is greatest following intermittent reinforcement.
What is C.Learning is most rapid with continuous reinforcement, but intermittent reinforcement produces the greatest resistance to extinction.
500
Visual sensory store memory is referred to as A. iconic memory C. photomemory B. echoic memory D. semantic memory
What is A. iconic memory
500
Every time I learn a new name of a student from this semester, I forget an old name of a student from last semester. This illustrates A. serial learning effect C. proactive interference B. retroactive interference D. none of the above
What is B. retroactive interference
500
Operant conditioning is to ________ as classical conditioning is to ________. A.Skinner; Bandura C.Pavlov; Watson B.Skinner; Pavlov D.Pavlov; Skinner
What is B.Skinner; Pavlov
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