Psychology practice unit 1-7

If we reinforce the desired response every time it occurs we are using:

• intermittent reinforcement

• continuous reinforcement

• incremental reinforcement

• contingent reinforcement

In a ​ (a)   experiment neither the researcher nor the participants know which condition participants are in​

• double-blind
• confounded
• blind
• random

The Greek philosopher ______ believed that knowledge is acquired through experience and learning

• Archimedes

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Rousseau

The change in electrical charge that occurs in a neuron when a nerve impulse is transmitted is known as the:

• Passive potential
• Synaptic potential
• Action potential
• Resting potential

The terminal buttons of a neuron are located at the end of its:

• myelin sheath

• axon

• dendrite

• nodes of ranvier

(a)   schedules of reinforcement are based on number of responses

• ratio
• interval
• fixed ratio

(a)   schedules of
reinforcement are based on elapsed time

• Interval
• ratio
• variable

Watson and Skinner both contributed to which school of psychology?

• Behaviorism
• Humanistic psychology
• Psychoanalysis
• Cognitive psychology

A researcher uses an experimental design to study the effect of music on memory. In this experiment, the Independent Variable is:

• The temperature of the room
• The color of the walls
• The type of music being played
• The time of day the experiment is conducted

A study of the feeding behaviour of a group of wild monkeys in India would be an example of

• a correlation

• a survey

• an experiment

• naturalistic observation