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- 1. Multiple ChoiceEvery time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.ClassicalOperantobservational
- 2. Multiple ChoiceYour father gives you a credit card at the end of your first year in college because you did so well. As a result, your grades continue to get better in your second year.ClassicalOperantObservational
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat.classicaloperantobservational
- 4. Multiple ChoiceBob raises his hand to ask a question in class. Everyone gives him a hard time. Julie decides not to ask her question.classicaloperantobservational
- 5. Multiple ChoiceBF Skinner with his pigeons.classicaloperantobservational
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAlbert Bandura and his Bobo doll.classicaloperantobservational
- 7. Multiple ChoiceFading away of memoryAmnesiaDecayInterferenceRepression
- 8. Multiple ChoiceMemory in which people recall events in great detail is calledGeneric MemoryProcedural MemoryIconic MemoryFlashbulb Memory
- 9. Multiple ChoiceOrganization of itmes into familiar or manageable unitsAmnesiaGroupingChunkingEidetic
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich memory task involves identifying objects encountered before?RecognitionRecallRelearningRepression
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWho defined intelligence as consisting of eight mental abilities?Louis ThurstoneHoward GardnerB.F. SkinnerJohn B. Watson
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the folowing is a factor in emotional intelligence?Visual and Spatial AbilityProblem-Solving SkillsMemorySelf-Awareness
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe capacity to learn from experience, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the envirnomentCreativityAchievementInteligenceReliability
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe knowledge and skills gained from expierenceIntelligence QuotientAchievementHeritabilityReliability
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe ability to invent new solutions to problemsCreativityAchievementIntelligenceReliability
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not an environmental influence on intelligence?HeritabilitySchoolingParenting StylePreschool Programs
- 17. Multiple ChoiceMnemonic devices such as the “peg-word” system make effective use of:Visual ImagerySensory EncodingImplicit MemoryExplicit Memory
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAfter looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in hisShort-Term MemoryLong Term MemoryVisual MemoryEchoic Memory
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe process of filing information into your memory is...ChunkingEncodingRetrievingPriming
- 20. Multiple ChoiceOur long-term memory capacity isIn direct correlation to our ageVaries greatly by genderEssentially limitlessIn direct correlation to our age
- 21. Multiple ChoiceA memory from our own personal life is aEchoic MemoryProspective MemoryEpisodic MemorySemantic Memory
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat neurotransmitter has been linked to improved memory formation?SerotoninDopamineAcetylcholineNorepinephrine
- 23. Multiple Choice______ involves maintaing encoded information in memory over time.RecallAmnesiaStoragePotential
- 24. Multiple ChoiceOrganizing pieces of information into a smaller number ofmeaningful unites.ElaborationChunkingStructureInsight
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat is it called when new information impairsthe retention of previously learned information?RetentionRetroactive InterferenceProactiveinterferenceRetrieval Failure
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe loss of memories for events that occurredprior to the onset of amnesia is calledAnterograde amnesiaAmnesiaLong-term potentiationShort-Term Potentiation
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat memory system is made up of chronological recollections of personal memory?DeclarativeEpisodicSemanticNondeclarative
- 28. Multiple Choicethe persistence of learning over timethrough the storage and retrieval of informationEncodingMemoryStorageRelearning
- 29. Multiple ChoiceDisruptive efffect of prior learning on the recall of new information (Forward Acting)Retroactive InterferenceProactive InteractiveRepressionMisinformation Effect
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