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PSYC 342 Quiz 5 assesses understanding of reinforcement schedules in behavioral psychology. It explores fixed and variable ratio schedules, post-reinforcement pauses, and studying patterns influenced by exam scheduling, crucial...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 487 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
For 30 ten-minute trials, a rat received a food pellet every other lever press. This rat was on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Fixed interval

Fixed ratio

Variable interval

Variable ratio

Can You Answer These Psychology Questions?

Explore fundamental psychological concepts through this engaging quiz titled 'Can You Answer These Psychology Questions?'. Test your understanding of learning, conditioning, and behavior modification with practical, everyday...

Questions: 53 | Attempts: 142 | Last updated: Nov 17, 2023

Sample Question
Learning is ______________.

Any temporary change in behavior

A change in behavior due to maturation

Any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience

Any permanent change in behavior due to maturation

Do You Know Piliavin's Core Study Of Psychology?

Do You Know Piliavin's Core Study of Psychology?

Bystander apathy is the phenomenon of when observers of an emergency situation do not intervene, and it was tested by Piliaavin and other psychologists following the murder of Kitty Genovese in New York in 1964 because of not a...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 131 | Last updated: Nov 17, 2023

Sample Question
What is the definition of altruism?

A desire to do good but expect a reward.

A desire to do good without expecting any rewards.

A desire to help.

Rodin And Piliavin's Bystand Apathy Test!

Rodin and Piliavin's Bystand Apathy Test!

Rodin and Piliavin's bystander apathy test is one that test which tells about how the behavior of humans can change in a minute. This study was done when a murder took place with bystanders watching, and none of them helped...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 167 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
What is meant by 'Bystander Apathy'?

When bystanders offer help in an emergency situation.

When bystanders ignore a persons need for help.

When bystanders percieve responsibility to be shared.

When bystanders are unable to escape the scene of the emergency.

PSYC 342 Quiz 3

PSYC 342 Quiz 3 evaluates understanding of conditioning and learning processes in psychology, focusing on concepts like latent inhibition, associative learning, and stimulus-substitution. It assesses key skills in interpreting...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 479 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
A rat is given 20 exposures to a red light cue. Then, the red light is presented paired with food delivery. Compared to a rat that did not receive the initial 20 exposures, this rat took a long time to develop a CR to the red light. The slower learning is due to

The US-preexposure effect.

The latent-inhibition effect.

The latent-excitation effect.

The latent-excitation effect.

Psychology Practice Test Questions! Trivia Quiz

Psychology is a discipline that is centered on understanding how the human brain works and how it affects behavior as a whole. Do you think you understand psychology and human behavior enough actually to pass the practice test...

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 1352 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
The three major sections of the brain are

Medulla, Hippocampus, Amygdala

Pons, Cerebellum, Hippocampus

Hindbrain, Midbrain, Forebrain

Cerebral Cortex, Thalamus, Spinal Cord

PSYC 342 Quiz 2

PSYC 342 Quiz 2 assesses understanding of classical conditioning through scenarios involving nursing mothers and infants. It tests key concepts like conditioned and unconditioned stimuli and responses, enhancing learners' grasp...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 837 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
Read the scenario below and answer the following question. A nursing mother responds to the crying of her infant by putting the infant to her breast, which stimulates the delivery of milk. After this has occurred several times the sound of the baby crying stimulates the milk letdown reflex. What is the conditioned stimulus (CS) in this situation?

Infant to her breast

Delivery of milk

Crying infant

Nursing mother

Psychology 101 Exam 1 Chapters 1,2,4

This quiz for Psychology 101 Exam 1 covers key topics related to substance abuse effects, including alcohol withdrawal, addictive drug neurotransmitters, and psychoactive drug usage. It assesses understanding of drug-derived...

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 646 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
At higher levels of physical dependence on alcohol, withdrawl may involve confusion, hallucinations, and severe tremors or seizures, symptoms which collectively are called?

Drug induced psychosis

Delirium tremens or DTs.

Dissociative anesthesia

The drug rebound effect

Psyc 310 Quiz 2

PSYC 310 Quiz 2

Quiz 2 for PSYC 310. Choose the best answer for each question. This quiz covers vision, object perception and Gestalt grouping principles, and color vision. (Motion perception IS NOT covered on this quiz and...

Questions: 21 | Attempts: 466 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
1. The human eye has three cone photopigments that are important for the perception of color. What photopigment below is NOT one of those three cone photopigments?

Long wavelength

Medium wavelength

Short wavelength

Rhodopsin

Psychology Beginning Of The Year Quiz

Psychology Beginning of the year quiz

The 'Psychology Beginning of the year' quiz explores fundamental concepts in psychology, including cognitive processes, evolutionary perspectives, and the neuroscience basis of emotions. It assesses understanding of psychological...

Questions: 27 | Attempts: 56 | Last updated: May 18, 2023

Sample Question
Which perspective of psychology would be most likely to answer the following question: "How does the body and brain enable emotions?"

Neuroscience

Psychodynamic

Behavioral

Cognitive

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