Cognitive Psychology & Experiments III : Chapter 05

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During a psychology class experiment, Daniel was asked to memorize a list of words. To minimize the effects of his previous learning, he followed the method used by Herman Ebbinghaus, which was:

• Using the savings method

• Using nonsense syllables

• Using himself as the only subject

• Using articulatory suppression

• Using visual stimuli

Mira, Lucas, and James are all trying to improve their skills in chess, typing, and music. According to Ericsson, Krampe, and Tesch-Römer (1993), what is the common factor that can help them achieve expertise in these areas?

• Suggestibility

• Intelligence

• Genius

• Practice

• Innate skill

Addison, Thomas, and Amelia are participating in a typing training program. According to a study by Baddeley and Longman (1978), which training schedule would likely help them develop the best typing skills?

• Practicing one hour a day

• Practicing two hours a day

• Alternating between practicing one and two hours a day

• Practicing three hours a day

• Practicing four hours a day

In a classroom, the teacher provides corrective feedback following test trials to Aarav, Sophia, and Emily. This is important primarily because it:

• Encourages random guessing

• Provides amnesiacs the best chance to learn new material

• Spreads out test trials

• Indicates a new trial is coming up

• Helps prevent repeated errors

During a study session, Grace, Aarav, and Avery learned about Karpicke and Roediger's (2008) research on long-term retention. According to their findings, to maximize long-term retention of successfully learned items, students should:

• Process the information in a shallow manner

• Continue to receive additional study trials

• Receive neither additional test nor study trials

• Exclude the learned items from analyses

• Continue to receive additional test trials

During a school play, Amelia and Jacob were observing the stage when a person was swapped out for another. Rosiell and Scaggs (2008) ruled out failures to notice the appearance of the swapped person in the context of which phenomenon?

• Regression to the mean

• Visual STM lapse

• Weapon focus

• Prosopagnosia

• Change blindness

During a science quiz, Neha was asked about the topic for which Ivan Pavlov received the Nobel Prize. She remembered studying about it and quickly recalled that it was related to:

• Digestion

• Classical conditioning

• Game theory

• Nuclear physics

• Episodic memory

In a classroom experiment conducted by their teacher, Lily, Daniel, and Chloe were observing a dog and a bell. The teacher would ring a bell before feeding the dog. After several repetitions, the dog started to salivate at the sound of the bell, even when no food was presented. In this scenario, the bell sound that eventually comes to evoke the salivatory response is termed the:

• Motivating instigator

• Conditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• Conditioned response

• Unconditioned stimulus

In a psychology class experiment, Avery, Aiden, and Oliver were part of a group where the professor, following Bechara et al. (1995)'s study, attempted to condition individuals using an aversive stimulus. The professor measured the ability to condition using:

• Skin conductance

• Verbal report

• Explicit recall

• Brain activation in the frontal lobe

• Rorschach test