Psy Exam 2 First 30 Questions

Front 1

Which of these scientists was not a sociobiologist?

Back 1

Albert Michotte

Front 2

Assuming the reinforcer is the sound of the rattle, a baby's response of shaking a rattle is reinforced by which type of schedule?

Back 2

Variable Interval

Front 3

Assimilation according to Piaget is:

Back 3

Filtering items into the schema

Front 4

According to Desmond Morris, what is considered to be sexy is dependent on

Back 4

culture

Front 5

Evolutionary theory predicts that women should place more emphasis than men on all but which of the following partner characteristics?

Back 5

Physical Attractiveness

Front 6

Mort actually has a favorable attitude toward women in general, but he doesn't hire any women because his boss told him not to consider women for any open positions in the company. In this case Mort is showing:

Back 6

Discrimination

Front 7

All American mothers handle a baby in their left arms much more than they cradle a baby in their right arms, what can explain this phenomena?

Back 7

Carrying the baby in the left arm is soothing because they can hear the heart beat.

Front 8

The term tabula rasa refers to:

Back 8

Empty Slate

Front 9

Which of the following statements regarding short-term memory is not accurate?

Back 9

The capacity of STM is limited to about 30 items of information.

Front 10

Carmella has a negative attitude toward most lawyers because she has often heard her parents speak poorly of lawyers in general. Carmellas attitude appears to have developed through the process of:

Back 10

Observational learning

Front 11

The dependent variable in a classical conditioning experiment is:

Back 11

The strength of the conditioned response

Front 12

Bowlbys attachment theory essentially states that:

Back 12

There is innate propensity to be attached

Front 13

The case of susie (Palfai's niece) illustrates that:

Back 13

behavior may be modified with appropriate reinforcement

Front 14

Who would be most likely to say "There is no such thing as free-will, everything is a response predicted by reward and punishment".

Back 14

B.F. Skinner

Front 15

Among Cialdini's compliance strategies, "social proof" refers to:

Back 15

you will imitate others

Front 16

The fact that children in different cultures ________ in the age at which basic motor skills appear demonstrates that:

Back 16

vary somewhat; environmental factors can slow or accelerate early motor development

Front 17

Which of the following does NOT produce an innate fear reaction?

Back 17

White Rat

Front 18

John Bowlby's contribution to psychology is aligned with the work of

Back 18

Harry marlow

Front 19

According to Bowlby, parents and their infants become attached to one another because:

Back 19

Infants and adults are biologically programmed for mutual attachment

Front 20

In Watson and Rayner's experiment on conditioned emotional responses, Little Albert could be expecting evidence of a fear response to all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 20

A baseball bat

Front 21

Dave is thrown from his motorcycle and suffers a severe blow to the head, resulting in loss of memory for events that occurred before the accident. This is an example of:

Back 21

Retrograde Amnesia

Front 22

When a member of an ethnic minority is successful, people are least likely to attribute that success to

Back 22

ability of intelligence

Front 23

The memory model which Sherlock Holmes would have accepted is most aptly described as:

Back 23

an attic

Front 24

If you try to remember something but cannot, yet know the information is in memory, you are experiencing:

Back 24

Tip of the tongue phenomenon

Front 25

Going along with a group even though you know that the group is wrong is referred to as:

Back 25

Normative conformity

Front 26

According to Desmond Morris, what is attractive depends on a number of factors which is not one of:

Back 26

Intelligence

Front 27

Anastasia always seems to become involved in volatile love relationships. She constantly expects to be rejected and she is extremely jealous in her relationships. Hazan and Shaver would suggest that Anastasia most likely

Back 27

developed an anxious ambivalent attachment with her parents during infancy.

Front 28

At what age does an infant typically first exhibit separation anxiety?

Back 28

Six to Eight months

Front 29

To change one's attitude you might want to:

Back 29

all of the above

Front 30

The ______ is the structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from the mother to the fetus.

Back 30

Placenta