WorksheetsPsychology Unit 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is taste aversion?
A slight dislike for something.
A desire to try new foods.
A strong urge to taste something again.
A strong sense of disgust that is usually accompanied by nausea
In terms of classical conditioning, discrimination means...
reacting differently to similar stimuli
losing our conditioned response to a stimulus
responding differently in different situations
treating certain stimuli poorly becaue of the color of their skin
Social learning means ___________.
altering behavior by imitating the behavior of others
building relationships
learning how to please people
creating a mental picture of a relationship
The best way to change behavior is through ________.
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
self-control
therapy
The process of brining learned information to mind from storage is called __________.
recognition
encoding
retrieval
procedural memory
What does procedural memory allow us to do?
Perform a task after we read through the steps
Remember new information for a very short period of time.
Block old information from our memory.
Performa a task without using conscious thought.
_________ means changing and reorganizing information to create new information.
relearning
learning
recalling
thinking
What do we call thoughts that are free-flowing and not focused on any particular objective?
directed thoughts
reasoning
undirected thoughts
metacognition
What is the difference between divergent and convergent problem solving?
Divergent means focusing on a specific task, convergent means letting our thoughts flow.
Divergent means using past experiences to come up with a solution, convergent means thinking outside the box.
Divergent means narrowing down possible solutions, convergent means coming up with several solutions.
Divergent means coming up with several solutions, convergent means narrowing down the possibilities.
When we hesitate to make a critical decision for fear of choosing poorly, this is called ________.
laziness
fear of failure
procrastination
avoidance
The three uses of language are informative, expressing emotion, and ________.
telling stories
telling lies
making promises
cursing
What does anthropoligical linguistics study?
the relationship between language and culture
the psychology of language
gender differences in language
the relationship between loanguage and socialization
What are motivations?
factors that give us personal fulfillment
factors that cause us to act a certain way
factors needed to maintain a balanced state
factors that influence our likes and dislikes
What is the difference between the drive-reduction and the incentive theories of motivation?
drive-reduction: humans act a certain way to reduce a need; incentive: humans act a certain way to attain a desire
drive-reduction: humans act a certain way to reduce a need; incentive: humans act a certain way because of instinct
drive-reduction: humans act a certain way to attain a desire; incentive: humans act a certain way to reduce a need
drive-reduction: humans act a certain way because of extrinsic and intrinsic forces; incentive: humans act a certain way to attain a desire
What part of the brain regulates the nervous system and biological needs?
engram
thorax
hypothalamus
cerebellum
Expressing emotions is something that is _______.
cognitive
universal
instinctive
learned
According to the Connon-Bard theory, what is the first thing that happenes to produce emotions?
our bodies go through physical changes
our facial expressions change
our brains process information
our brains retrieve stored memories
What is negative reinforcement?
granting rewards for good behavior
giving punishment for bad behavior
taking away something negative to reward good behavior
using insulting language to prevent bad behavior
Which theory of emotion states that two factors are needed to produce emtion?
Cannon-Bard theory
Schachter-Singer theory
James-Lange theory
W.T. Sampson theory
What type of conditioing occurs when our thoughts are associated with a stimulus?
operant conditioningg
classical conditioning
social conditioning
behaviorism
