Cognitive Psychology Quiz

Reconstructive memory includes:

• Remembering information as it was encoded

• Changing the details of memory due to schemas

• Forgetting information

• Encoding memories without bias

Which type of priming involves the activation of concepts in memory through repetition?

• Semantic priming

• Associative priming

• Repetition priming

• Emotional priming

Cognitive scripts are:

• Permanent memories that never change

• Mental representations of knowledge based on past experiences

• Unconscious responses to stimuli

• Physical parts of the brain

Hostile attribution bias involves:

• Interpreting ambiguous actions as non-hostile

• Making attributions about positive events

• Seeing the intent of others as hostile

• Understanding the role of genetics in behaviour

According to the social approach, behaviour is primarily influenced by:

• Unconscious drives

• Genetic inheritance

• Social context and interactions

• Biological processes

Prejudice is best described as:

• An emotional reaction to a person or group

• A neutral feeling towards others

• A specific type of conformity

• The tendency to favour one's own group

Which of the following is an example of groupthink?

• Group members critically evaluate each other’s opinions

• Group members make decisions to maintain harmony, even at the cost of accuracy

• Group members disagree on major issues

• Group members form diverse opinions

Classical conditioning is based on:

• Learning through reinforcement

• Learning by association between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus

• Learning through observation

• Learning through trial and error

Which of the following is an example of an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in classical conditioning?

• A bell sound that causes salivation

• A loud noise causing a fear response

• A conditioned response

• A neutral stimulus that does not cause a response

Negative reinforcement involves:

• Presenting a reward to increase behaviour

• Presenting a punishment to decrease behaviour

• Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase behaviour

• Ignoring the behaviour