Straighterline PSY 101 Exam #2 Questions and Correct Answers (Complete Solution) Graded A+

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Straighterline PSY 101 Exam #2 Questions and Correct Answers (Complete Solution) Graded A+ What is the overall effect of delay of reinforcement? ✔✔ It slows learning A fleck of dust or dirt ... in your eye automatically causes the eye to produce tears to wash out the dirt. If this were part of a classical conditioning experiment, the fleck of dust or dirt would be labeled as the ✔✔ unconditioned stimulus An astral projection can be thought of in common terms as a/n ✔✔ out-of-body experience The ability to create an infinite number of sentences from a finite set of words and rules refers to the _______ of language. ✔✔ generative property Which of the following are the operations associated with the information-processing model of memory? ✔✔ input, storage, and retrieval In Rosch's study of the ability of the subjects from the Dani tribe to learn names of colors, she found evidence that some color concepts ✔✔ are better prototypes than others A semantic memory is a type of memory where one remembers ✔✔ the meaning of something You have just read your psychology assignment for the third time in the last hour. You know you looked at each word and turned all the pages. However, you cannot remember a single word you've read because you keep thinking about your job interview tomorrow. What have you just experienced? ✔✔ divided consciousness Mary's study of psychology interfered with her capacity to recall sociology. Since psychology was studied first, the interference is ✔✔ proactive A teenager has been grounded by her parents for not doing the dishes. Mom tells the teenager that if you do the dishes, then you will not be grounded anymore. This attempt at behavior change is best described as ✔✔ negative reinforcement Jill reminisced about her first date and how she felt when she received her first kiss. Memories associated with life experiences like Jill's are called ✔✔ episodic memories According to the ______, responses that have been continuously reinforced are extinguished more quickly than responses that were reinforced on variable interval or variable ratio schedules. ✔✔ partial reinforcement effect Learning is defined as a _______ change in behavior due to _______. ✔✔ relatively permanent; experience The origins of unusual sexual fetishes may best be explained by ✔✔ classical conditioning With respect to types of thinking, rigid is to flexible as ✔✔ convergent is to divergent When Bob drinks a few scotch and sodas in public he is viewed by others as very witty and fun to be with. However, when Bob drinks a few scotch and sodas at home, his family reports that he becomes sad and regretful. What is most likely affecting Bob's differing responses to alcohol? ✔✔ the social situation Because they believe that higher education and favorable employment are determined by a person's ability, the authors of The Bell Curve believe American society is moving toward ✔✔ a meritocracy One way in which long-term memory is different from short-term memory is that the information in long-term memory is ✔✔ indexed Let's say you have a hungry cat in your kitchen. You use your electric can opener, which makes a rather loud sound, to open a can of cat food. You have done this many times before. The hungry cat comes running toward the kitchen at the sound of the can opener, not at the sight of the food. In this example, the sound of the can opener is the ✔✔ conditioned stimulus The Primary Mental Abilities Test is designed to measure ______ different types of intelligence. ✔✔ seven Kathy says that when she meditates, she feels like she becomes one with the universe. Kathy has experienced ✔✔ an altered state of consciousness [Show More]

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