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WorksheetsDanger Psych revision
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food. What used to be a neutral stimulus for the fish?
The water
The light
Swimming
John
Which of the following is an unconditioned response?
Shivering in the cold
Coming third place in running challenge
jumping rope
sweating in hot weather
Define conditioned response
A neutral stimulus
A response that does not have to be learned
A form of learning
A response that has been learned
Rose has been unable to drive a motorcycle since being involved in a serious motorcycle accident. Every time she sees a motorcycle, her heart races and she begins to sweat. A person with knowledge of classical conditioning would be correct in saying that the motorcycle is now a(n) ______, and the heart racing and body sweating is the ______.
conditioned stimulus; conditioned response
unconditioned stimulus; conditioned response
conditioned stimulus; unconditioned response
conditioned stimulus; unconditioned response
The result of reinforcement is to
cause a behavior to continue.
cause a behavior to stop
cause a behavior to occur for only a limited amount of time.
cause a behavior to diminish.
Behavior: Jack mows the lawn
Consequence: He receives an allowance
+ punishment
-- punishment
+ reinforcement
-- reinforcement
Behavior: Joy smiles at everyone
Consequence: She makes a lot of friends
-- punishment
-- reinforcement
+ reinforcement
+ punishment
In_____________ _______________you recruit participants that are more easily available.
Random sampling
Stratified sampling
Self-selected sampling
Opportunity sampling
Counterbalancing is a procedure that is intended to reduce ______________ in a/n ______________ design.
the influence of participant variables | matched-participants
The influence of participant variables | independent-groups
order effects | independent-groups
order effects | repeated-measures
Which answer lists two measures of the spread of data around the mean?
scattergrams and boxplots
inferential statistics and descriptive statistics
mode and median
standard deviation and range
A cross-sectional study is not a true experiment because:
there is no true control group
participants cannot be randomly allocated to groups
participants cannot be randomly sampled
there is no true control group
Miss Burns is researching whether gender affects memory recall. A possible operationalised IV for this study is:
mean number of words correctly recalled off a list
gender (male or female)
words recalled off a list
memory recall (good or bad)
Which group in an experiment is exposed to the independent variable?
Control Group
All groups
Participant Group
Experimental Group
Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in psychological research?
formulate the research hypothesis
design the research
observe ethical procedures
report the research findings
A year 12 psych student is driving home from school for the first time after getting their P's. They notice Ms Meallin in the car in front of them. She is an experienced driver and she knows where the speed cameras are on high st and tooronga rd. Because of this, she is able to travel at up to 110 km/h in some areas. The student continues to driving home from school and begins to increase their speed. After a few weeks he is able to keep up with Ms Meallin. Describe what type of learning this is and explain the processes regarding this scenario.
in operant conditioning, explain the difference between negative and positive reinforcement, providing an example.
Harley the dog enjoys going for walks. Everytime he starts to go for a walk he starts pacing and crying as he enjoys them so much. Before his owners take him for a walk, they always go into the wardrobe and put on a jacket. Over time, Harley started pacing and crying each time the wardrobe opened. In terms of classical conditioning identify the Neutral Stimulus, UnConditioned Stimulus, UnConditioned Response, condition Stimulus, Conditioned Response of the scenario.
Julie is once fined for driving her car too fast. She now always drives 5km below the speed limit. In this scenario, the behaviour is
Her driving below the speed limit
The fine
The car
Her driving over the speed limit
this psychologist ran a study with children and modeled behavior using a bobo-doll.
John Watson
Albert Schlansky
Albert Bandura
Edward Toleman
Below are 4 steps in observational learning. Choose the correct order for the steps involved.
i. attention
ii. reproduction
iii. retention
iv. motivation
i, iii, ii and iv
iv, i, iii and ii
i, ii, iii and iv
ii, iii, iv and i
