PSY 101

1. According to your textbook authors, students who get good grades and remember more of the material long after the course is over a. studied early in the morning rather than right before they went to sleep. b. worked smarter, not just longer and harder. c. tended to read each chapter at least three times. d. tried not to overlearn the material, since this usually causes confusion. ANSWER: b POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCES: Reflective Learning-Academic All-Stars LEARNING OBJ...

Chapter 6: Conditioning and Learning MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In the introduction to Chapter 6 in your textbook, Larry’s story about how he developed a fear of rats was told. It seems that Larry learned to fear rats when he was a child as he observed his mother’s extreme, irrational fear response upon seeing a rat. Larry developed his fear of rats through a. classical conditioning. b. vicarious classical conditioning. c. operant conditioning. d. insight learning. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Mode...

Chapter 1: Thinking Critically About Psychology and Research Methods MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Regarding the study of psychology, which of the following statements is FALSE? a. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of overt behavior and mental processes. b. The word psychology is thousands of years old and comes from ancient Greek roots for mind and study. c. The field of psychology can help one to better understand him or herself and others. d. Psychology is a static field that is base...