Modules 28 and 29 Quiz Myers AP Psychology

What do we call the reappearance, after a rest period, of an extinguished response?

• Acquisition
• Spontaneous Recovery
• Discrimination
• Extinction

What do we call behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus?

• Respondent behavior
• Operant behavior
• Biofeedback conditioning
• Skinnerian conditioning

The process of learning to control bodily states with the help of specialized machines

• hypnotic analgesia 
• post hypnotic suggestion
• biofeedback
• Computerized Axial Tomography

Using rewards to bribe people to engage in an activity they already enjoy is most likely to inhibit:

• respondent behavior.
• latent learning.
• spontaneous recovery.
• intrinsic motivation.

The sudden realization of a problem's solution is know as

• coping
• self-control
• latent learning
• insight

For people who believe that others or outside forces control their destiny is called?

• internal locus of control
• coping
• external locus of control
• self-control

Chris has failed English class repeatedly and has now stopped trying because he believes the situation is uncontrollable. This is an example of: 

• learned helplessness. 
• observational learning. 
• learned laziness. 
• behavior modification. 

In Edward Tolman’s maze study, the first group of rats was reinforced each time they solved the maze. The second group of rats only received reinforcement the eleventh day of the study. The second group of rats solved the maze far more quickly than the rats in the first group. Which of the following is true regarding the second group of rats?

• They were much smarter than the rats in the first group.

• They demonstrated latent learning. They had learned the maze in the first ten days, they had just not had a reason to demonstrate it.

• They had the opportunity to cheat by watching the rats in the first group.

• They had a better cognitive map than the rats in the first group.

When you are asked to provide directions to your home, you are most likely using: 

• operant conditioning 
• observational learning
• a cognitive map 
• learned helplessness 

Which ability is a good predictor of good adjustment, better grades, and social success?

• self-control
• external locus of control
• extrinsic motivation
• learned helplessness