General Psychology Quiz On Learning And Memory
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- 1.
- Who is the proponent of classical condition?
- A.
Albert Bandura
- B.
Ivan Pavlov
- C.
John Watson
- D.
Wolfgang Kohler
- E.
B.F. Skinner
- 2.Who pioneered operant conditioning?
- A.
Albert Bandura
- B.
B. F. Skinner
- C.
Edward Thorndike
- D.
Ivan Pavlov
- E.
Sigmund Freud
- 3.Who proposed the law of effect?
- A.
Albert Bandura
- B.
B. F. Skinner
- C.
Edward Thorndike
- D.
Ivan Pavlov
- E.
John Watson
- 4.Who is the proponent of learning by imitation?
- A.
Albert Bandura
- B.
B. F. Skinner
- C.
Wolfgang Kohler
- D.
Ivan Pavlov
- E.
John Watson
- 5.A learning process in which an association is made between a previously neutral stimulus and a stimulus that naturally evokes a response.
- A.
Operant conditioning
- B.
Observational learning
- C.
Insight learning
- D.
Classical conditioning
- E.
Latent learning
- 6.A process in which learning occurs through the imitation of a model.
- A.
Classical conditioning
- B.
Observational learning
- C.
Operant conditioning
- D.
Latent learning
- E.
Insight learning
- 7.
- A stimulus that has the ability to elicit a response without previous training.
- A.
Conditioned response
- B.
Conditioned stimulus
- C.
Reinforcement
- D.
Unconditioned response
- E.
Unconditioned stimulus
- 8.
- A stimulus which initially does not elicit the intended response but comes to do so by being paired with the “natural” stimulus.
- A.
Conditioned response
- B.
Conditioned stimulus
- C.
Reinforcement
- D.
Unconditioned response
- E.
Unconditioned stimulus
- 9.
- The emergence of the conditioned response due to the repeated pairing of the conditioned stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus.
- A.
Spontaneous recovery
- B.
Stimulus generalization
- C.
Acquisition
- D.
Extinction
- E.
Stimulus discrimination
- 10.
- The reappearance of the conditioned response after a period of rest and with no further conditioning.
- A.
Acquisition
- B.
Stimulus discrimination
- C.
Extinction
- D.
Stimulus generalization
- E.
Spontaneous recovery
- 11.
- Giving of money is an example of primary reinforcer
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.
- It holds memory for a very short period of time, for a few seconds or less.
- A.
Episodic
- B.
Semantic
- C.
Short-term
- D.
Long-term
- E.
Sensory
- 13.
- It holds memory of about 30 seconds. It is also called working memory.
- A.
Episodic
- B.
Semantic
- C.
Short-term
- D.
Long-term
- E.
Sensory
- 14.
- It refers to the kind of memory about personal experiences
- A.
Episodic
- B.
Semantic
- C.
Procedural
- D.
Sensory
- 15.
- It refers to the kind of memory that deals with concepts and rules.
- A.
Sensory
- B.
Semantic
- C.
Episodic
- D.
Procedural
- 16.
- Which of the following sequences best reflects the order in which memory processes occur, from first to last?
- A.
Encoding - storage - retrieval
- B.
Storage - retrieval - encoding
- C.
Encoding - retrieval - storage
- D.
Storage - encoding - retrieval
- 17.
- Which of the following sequences best reflects the order in which memory processes occur, from first to last?
- A.
Encoding - storage - retrieval
- B.
Storage - retrieval - encoding
- C.
Encoding - retrieval - storage
- D.
Storage - encoding - retrieval
- 18.
- It is combining pieces of data into units; allowing us to store more information in the STM.
- A.
Rehearsal
- B.
Recognition
- C.
Recall
- D.
Chuncking
- 19.
- When we use the term “remembering” in day-to-day life, we are making reference to the memory process of:
- A.
Encoding
- B.
Rehearsal
- C.
Retrieval
- D.
Storage
- 20.
- The part of the brain responsible for emotional memory
- A.
Amygdala
- B.
Hippocampus
- C.
Cerebellum
- D.
Thalamus
- 21.
- Knowledge of how to play tennis (assuming one knows how) would be stored in _____ memory.
- A.
Implicit
- B.
Recall
- C.
Short-term
- D.
Declarative
- 22.
- An identification test is a _________ test of memory; a multiple-choice question is __________.
- A.
Recall; recall test also
- B.
Recall; recognition test
- C.
Recognition; recognition test also
- D.
Recognition; recall test
- 23.
- The inability to retrieve, recall, recognize information that was stored or is still stored in long-term memory.
- A.
Chunking
- B.
Encoding
- C.
Forgetting
- D.
Memory
- E.
Storage
- 24.
- Proactive Interference occurs when recently learned information makes it more difficult to recall old information.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.
- The unconscious forgetting of emotionally-threatening or anxiety-producing information.
- A.
Dementia
- B.
Repression
- C.
Interference
- D.
Suppression
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