Psychology: Learning and Memory

Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about which of the following?

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

• counterconditioning

• latent learning

Which of the following best describes a neutral stimulus?

• stimulus that causes an automatic response

• stimulus that does not cause a response

• stimulus that has been learned

• stimulus that is conditioned

What is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again?

• reinforcement

• flooding

• extinction

• systematic desensitization

On what kind of a reinforcement schedule does a slot machine work?

• variable-ratio schedule

• fixed-ratio schedule

• variable-interval schedule

• fixed-interval schedule

Which of the following would be considered a secondary reinforcer?

• money

• food

• water

• all of the above

Computers and people both handle information using which processes?

• implicit, semantic, and episodic memories

• maintenance and elaborative rehearsals

• sensory, short term, and long term memories

• encoding, storage, and retrieval

A memory of kindergarten that returns when you are back in your kindergarten classroom is an example of what type of memory?

• iconic

• eidetic

• context-dependent

• state-dependent

What best describes iconic memory

• first and earliest memory

• auditory and short term

• photographic and brief

• visual and long-term

Which is the easiest of the three basic memory tasks?

• recall

• recognition

• relearning

• chunking

Roy G Biv, Every Good Boy Does Fine, and My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles are all examples of

• Informational Retrieval

• Primacy Effect

• Recency Effect

• Semantic Codes