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MOCK Midterm Psych*1000
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This is a mock practice midterm for the course PSYC*1000 from University of Guelph.
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PSYC*1000 MOCK MIDTERM W22 - GUELPH UNIVERSITYLearning (6.1 & 6.2)
1. You are driving down the highway and a police officer pulls you over. He gives you
a speeding ticket because you were going 30 KM over the speed limit. In operant
conditioning, this is an example of _____________.
a) positive reinforcement
b) negative reinforcement
c) positive punishment
d) negative punishment
Positive punishment because you are being punished and you are receiving something
(speeding ticket) unpleasant, to reduce the behavior (to speed again)
2. As a child, you are walking in the park with your babysitter. A dog passes by you both and
barks, then bites you on the leg. You become very scared and begin to cry. The next day,
you are playing outside and hear a dog barking down the street. You then begin the cry.
Which of the following is the unconditioned stimulus?
a) dog barking
b) crying
c) walking in the park
d) dog biting your leg
The dog biting your leg is what leads you to cry
3. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with another neutral stimulus, which leads to another
conditioned stimulus, one which is sometimes unexpected. What is this an example
of? a) higher-order conditioning
b) conditioned emotional response
c) spontaneous recovery
d) acquisition
You’re adding another conditioning stimulus
4. While operant conditioning is learning through _____________, classical conditioning
is learning through _____________.
a) punishment; reinforcement
b) consequences; association
c) reinforcement; punishment
d) association; consequences
, 5. Escape and avoidance learning are both types of _____________.
a) negative punishment
b) higher-order conditioning
c) negative reinforcement
d) classical conditioning
6. The first step of classical conditioning, when a NS becomes a CS, is called _____________.
When a US no longer follows the CS, and the CR becomes weakened, this is
_____________. Competence vs. inferiority
a) Extinction; Generalization
b) Generalization; Extinction
c) Acquisition; Extinction
d) Extinction; Acquisition
7. You recently bought a kitten for your grandmother and although she is having a lot of fun,
she complains that the kitten is scratching her leather sofa. With your knowledge of
operant conditioning, you decide to spray water on the kitten every time it scratches the
sofa. What term would you use to describe your action?
a) positive reinforcement
b) negative reinforcement
c) positive punishment
d) negative punishment
You’re adding (spraying water) something unpleasant to reduce the behaviour
Memory (7.1-7.3)
8. Which of the following correctly reflects the order of memory storing, from least amount
of time stored to most amount of time stored?
a) short-term; sensory; long-term
b) long-term; short-term; sensory
c) echoic; sensory; short-term
d) sensory; short-term; long-term
9. The capacity of short-term memory is best reflected by which
statement?
a) the magic number 7, plus or minus 2
b) cells that wire together, fire together
c) the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
d) when you say one thing, but mean a mother
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