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Psychology - Learning and Cognition

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What memory process are you using when you recalled information about what happened in 1st grade?
a)
primacy effect
b)
retrieval
c)
short term memory
d)
chunking
2.
Combining bits of information into a small number of familiar or manageable groups that can be stored in long-term memory and remembered more easily.
a)
chunking
b)
decay
c)
mnemonics
d)
interference
3.
Connecting new information to old information is known as
a)
retrieval
b)
maintenance rehearsal
c)
elaborative rehearsal
d)
information processing
4.
Working memory is also known as
a)
long term memory
b)
short term memory
c)
sensory memory
d)
forgotten memory
5.
Fading away of memory
a)
Amnesia
b)
Decay
c)
Interference 
d)
Repression
6.
Which memory task involves identifying objects encountered before?
a)
Recognition
b)
Recall
c)
Relearning
d)
Repression
7.
After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his
a)
Short-Term Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Visual Memory
d)
Episodic Memory
8.
The process of translating information into a form it can be stored. 
a)
Chunking
b)
Encoding
c)
Retrieving
d)
Priming
9.
______ involves maintaing encoded information in memory over time.
a)
Recall
b)
Amnesia
c)
Storage
d)
Potential
10.
A mnemonic device is a:
a)
mental picture
b)
test or measure of memory
c)
a jingle, word, or phrase to act as a memory aid
d)
word, event, or place that triggers a memory of the past
11.
Which type of memory has essentially unlimited storage capacity?
a)
episodic memory
b)
short term memory
c)
long term memory
d)
state-dependent memory
12.
In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros," Sheryl writes the word 30 times. She is using a technique known as:
a)
primary rehearsal
b)

active rehearsal

c)
elaborative rehearsal
d)
chunking
13.
Define short-term memory
a)
holds so many chunks of information before it has to be stored more permanently or forgotten
b)
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory 
c)
a vivid clear memory 
d)
organizing infornation into meaningful units 
14.
What is the enhanced ability to retrieve information where you are in the same physical and emotional state?
a)
Sensory Memory
b)
Context
c)
Short-Term Memory
d)
State- Dependent Memory
15.
A lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat.
a)
classical
b)
operant
c)
observational
d)
none of the above
16.
Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.

a)
Classical
b)
Operant
c)
observational
17.

Who defined intelligence as consisting of seven mental abilities?

a)
Louis Thurstone
b)
Howard Gardner
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
John B. Watson
18.
The capacity to learn from experience, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the envirnoment
a)
Creativity
b)
Achievement
c)
Inteligence
d)
Reliability 
19.
After several trials during which a dog is given a certain kind of food at the same time that a specific tone is sounded, there is evidence of conditioning if the dog salivates when
a)
The tone only is presented
b)
The food only is presented
c)
The food and tone is presented
d)
A different tone is presented with the food
20.
Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of
a)
operant conditioning.
b)
reinforcement
c)
classical conditioning.
d)
vicarious conditioning.
21.
A student does a good job on math problems for homework, and the teacher awards a sticker. This demonstrates the use of
a)

Positive Punishment

b)

Positive Reinforcement

c)

Negative Reinforcement

d)

Negative Punishment 

22.
In a classic experiment, "Little Albert," a very young boy, was conditioned to be afraid of a rat. He also became fearful of white furry rabbits and bearded men. This is an example of
a)
classical conditioning.
b)
higher order conditioning.
c)
reinforcement.
d)
operant conditioning.
23.
Which form of learning would most likely be studied in a Skinner box?
a)
classical conditioning
b)
vicarious conditioning
c)
operant conditioning
d)
conditioned emotional responses
24.
In John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment, what was the UCS?
a)
The white rat
b)
Anything white and furry
c)
The loud noise
d)
Fear
25.
When Pavlov placed meat in the mouths of dogs, they began to salivate. The salivation was a(n) ________________________.
a)
unconditioned stimulus
b)
unconditioned response
c)
conditioned response
d)
conditioned stimulus
26.
John Watson and his colleague, Rosalie Rayner, offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the _____________________ in their study.
a)
discriminative stimulus
b)
conditioned stimulus
c)
unconditioned stimulus
d)
extinguished stimulus
27.

Which of the following refers to memory that consists of specific events in great detail?

a)

Episodic

b)

Sensory

c)

Generic

d)

Procedural

28.

The skills needed for riding a bike, skiing, or using a cash register are examples of

a)

Episodic Memory

b)

Generic Memory

c)

Procedural Memory

d)

Sensory Memory

29.

The first state of memory that deasl with sights, sounds, and smells is

a)

Episodic Memory

b)

Generic Memory

c)

Procedural Memory

d)

Sensory Memory

30.

Which of the following refers to the process of memory where the brain translates information to be stored?

a)

chunking

b)

encoding

c)

storage

d)

schema

31.

Mrs. Smith gave Regina a sticker when she spelled all of her words correctly. This is an example of

a)

Positive Punishment

b)

Positive Reinforcement

c)

Negative Punishment

d)

Negative Reinforcement

32.

What is the average IQ?

a)

90

b)

100

c)

110

d)

120

33.

Wechsler Intelligence tests have subtests in what two areas?

a)

Verbal and Performance

b)

Numerical and Verbal

c)

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

d)

Quantitative and Performance

34.

The most current model of intelligence used by psychologists today is the

a)

Two Factor Theory

b)

Cattell-Horn-Carroll Model

c)

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory

d)

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

35.

Tests to show what you have learned are

a)

Achievement Tests

b)

Intelligence Tests

c)

Aptitude Tests

36.

Tests to show what your ability to solve problems are

a)

Achievement Tests

b)

Intelligence Tests

c)

Aptitude Tests

37.

Tests to predict your ability to learn skills and show your strengths are

a)

Achievement Tests

b)

Intelligence Tests

c)

Aptitude Tests

38.

This is when information is unconsciously blocked because it is too traumatic

a)

Amnesia

b)

Interference

c)

Repression

d)

Crystalization

39.

Psychologist that suggested intelligence consists of general and specific abilities

a)

Cattell

b)

Sternberg

c)

Gardner

d)

Spearman

40.

Psychologist that identified 7 types of intelligence

a)

Cattell

b)

Sternberg

c)

Gardner

d)

Spearman

41.

Psychologist that breaks intelligence into the categories of Crystallized and Fluid

a)

Cattell

b)

Sternberg

c)

Gardner

d)

Spearman

42.

Psychologist that follows the Triarchic Theory

a)

Cattell

b)

Sternberg

c)

Gardner

d)

Spearman

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