Psychology Quiz

Type of learning where you learn to associate behavior with a consequence.

• Operant Conditioning

• Shaping

• Classical Conditioning

• Positive Punishment

After a trauma, a boy cannot remember his family and friends. What is this called?

• Anterograde Amnesia

• Operant Conditioning

• Retrograde Amnesia

• Proactive Interference

Picking up your paycheck every two weeks is called what?

• Variable Ratio

• Proactive Interference

• Fixed Interval

• Visual Encoding

You are trying to remember your new address, but you keep recalling your old address. What is this called?

• Proactive Interference

• Positive reinforcement

• Fixed Interval

• Shaping

You are aware of a ticking clock, but over time do not notice it.

• Operant Conditioning

• Acquisition

• Sensory Adaptation

• Visual Encoding

Stickers or tokens are an example of this type of reinforcement.

• Secondary Reinforcement

• Positive Reinforcement

• Recognition

• Variable Ratio

When a behavior is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, this is known as what type of schedule?

• Fixed Ratio

• Variable Ratio

• Fixed Interval

• Variable Interval

What phenomenon describes the improved ability to recall information if the context at the time of encoding matches the context at the time of retrieval?

• State-Dependent Memory

• Serial Position Effect

• Flashbulb Memory

• Context-Dependent Memory

An example of an explicit memory would be __________, while an example of an implicit memory would be __________.

• remembering your favorite color, riding a bike for the first time
• forgetting your phone number, learning to read
• recalling a dream, recognizing a familiar face
• recalling your first day of school, knowing how to tie your shoes

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of damage to the "where" pathway?

• Inability to recognize objects
• Inability to hear
• Inability to smell
• Inability to taste