Psychology Quiz

What did Hudson (1960) investigate?

• Classical conditioning

• Image perception

• Operant conditioning

• Obedience

Answer explanation

Hudson investigated the influence of culture on visual perception amongst European children and African children.

What study did Zimbardo conduct?

• Stanford prison experiment

• The bystander effect

• Milgram experiment

• The halo effect

Answer explanation

The Stanford prison experiment divided students into two roles (guard and prisoner) and found that over time, the students adapted to their roles. The guards became abusive and authoritarian, while the prisoners became submissive and emotionally distressed.

What is secondary socialisation?

• Family

• Strangers

• Media, school, etc.

• Authority figures

Answer explanation

Secondary socialisation takes place when a child learns the values, beliefs, and attitudes of their culture through those outside of the family.

What is elaborative rehearsal?

• Connecting information to already learnt information

• Repeating the information to commit it to memory

• Using cues to recall information

• Relearning information previously committed to memory

Answer explanation

Elaborative rehearsal involves thinking about the meaning of the information and connecting it to other information already stored in memory.

What is an implicit attitude?

• Attitudes known to us and formed consciously

• Situational

• Dispositional

• Attitudes unknown to us and formed subconsciously

Answer explanation

Implicit attitudes are attitudes that are at the unconscious level, are involuntarily formed, and are typically unknown to us.

What is semantic memory?

• Knowledge of processes (physical ability to do something)

• Knowledge of personal experiences

• Knowledge of sounds

• General knowledge of the world (facts)

Answer explanation

Semantic memory is a type of long-term memory that involves the capacity to recall acquired knowledge which is essential for the use and understanding of language.

Which experiment investigated obedience to an authoritarian figure?

• Tajfel

• Milgram

• Hudson

• Pavolv

Answer explanation

In the Milgram experiment an authority figure ordered participants to deliver what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to another person.

What is positive reinforcement?

• Something unpleasant is taken away when the desired behaviour is exhibited

• Punishing when undesired behaviour is exhibited

• Offering a reward when the desired behaviour is exhibited

• Taking away something pleasant when undesired behaviour is exhibited

Answer explanation

Positive reinforcement is the process of encouraging or establishing a pattern of behaviour by offering a reward when the behaviour is exhibited.

What is the role of the cerebellum?

• Motor movement

• Short-term memory

• Emotional response

• Hearing

Answer explanation

The cerebellum is a vital component in the human brain as it plays a role in motor movement regulation and balance control.

What is stimulus generalisation?

• The ability to discriminate two similar stimuli

• A learned stimulus failed to evoke a response

• A learned response occurs to a similar stimulus

• When a stimuli is so vague it does not evoke a response

Answer explanation

Stimulus generalization occurs when a response that has been associated with one stimulus occurs for another stimulus that is similar is some way.