Multiple choice
1. When Kevin started his car in the parking lot, he also turned on the radio to his favorite station. As he entered the street next to the campus, he turned the radio up due to the increased background noise in the car. Entering the highway, he again increased the volume until he could hear the music clearly. Driving into the driveway at home, he saw his mother watering her roses in the front yard. “Kevin! Turn down that radio. We are going to be deaf before you are twenty five!” she instructed as he open the car door. He had not noticed how very loud the radio was until she mentioned it. Kevin had experienced:
A. absolute threshold constancy.
B. Weber’s Law.
C. sensory adaptation.
D. sensory deprivation.
2. Classical and operant conditioning both result in learning, but are quite different in that:
A. classical conditioning is an artificial process, while operant conditioning is only found outside of the laboratory.
B. classical conditioning tends to increase behavior, while operant conditioning decreases behavior.
C. classical conditioning broadens the types of responses, while operant conditioning may increase or decrease responses.
D. classical conditioning is an involuntary process, while operant conditioning is voluntary.
3. “Tell me how to put it together!” Kent demanded. “I can’t.” Alvin complained. “I know how to do it, but I can’t just tell you or write it down. It just all comes together one step after another.” Alvin is attempting to explain:
A. the importance of timing in semantic memory.
B. the difference between declarative and procedural memory.
C. the primacy and recency effect.
D. the effect of aging on memory.
4. The disadvantages of group intelligence tests include that:
A. all test takers must wait until all registered individuals arrive.
B. proctors are often inconsistent and allow some test takers a longer time to respond or to take testing breaks.
C. some test takers talk to themselves and disturbs others.
D. some test takers are more motivated to perform at their highest level in a one-one testing situation.