Psychology
Creativity among poor children is always:
· (a) Improved
· (b) Cultivated
· (c) Dead
· (d) Unaffected
· Correct Answer: (b) Cultivated
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67. Identifying creative individuals is a scale that measures:
· (a) Personality
· (b) Creativity
· (c) Intelligence
· (d) Interest
· Correct Answer: (b) Creativity
68. Pavlov’s studies on conditioning are called:
· (a) Operant conditioning
· (b) Aversive conditioning
· (c) Classical conditioning
· (d) Instrumental conditioning
· Correct Answer: (c) Classical conditioning
69. Both proactive and retroactive inhibitions are due to:
· (a) Forgetting
· (b) Repression
· (c) Positive transfer
· (d) Negative transfer
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70. Cognition can be stated as:
· (a) Knowing
· (b) Feeling
· (c) Willing
· (d) Doing
· Correct Answer: (a) Knowing
71. “Eidetic” memory means:
· (a) Recall
· (b) Recognition
· (c) Saving
· (d) Photographic
· Correct Answer: (d) Photographic
72. The process in which already memorized materials become difficult to recall because of materials memorized afterward is called:
· (a) Proactive inhibition
· (b) Proactive facilitation
· (c) Retroactive inhibition
· (d) Retroactive facilitation
· Correct Answer: (c) Retroactive inhibition
73. When an organism actively does something and changes the environment situation, it is called:
· (a) Signal learning
· (b) Stimulus response
· (c) Concept learning
· (d) Generalization learning
· Correct Answer: (b) Stimulus response
74. One of the following is a crucial component in studies of conditioned reflex
· (a) Food
· (b) Sound
· (c) Time
· (d) Sleep
75. The most effective stimulus for eliciting fear responses in an infant is:
· (a) Food that is not liked
· (b) Interruption of ongoing activity
· (c) Patting on the back
· (d) Loud noise
· Correct Answer: (d) Loud noise
78. Much learning takes place through:
· (a) Conditioning alone
· (b) Problem-solving alone
· (c) Imitation alone
· (d) All of the three
· Correct Answer: (d) All of the three
79. The stimuli in classical conditioning are presented in the order:
· (a) CS and US at the same time
· (b) CS first, US next
· (c) US first, CS next
· (d) CS first, CS again
· Correct Answer: (b) CS first, US next
80. In instrumental or operant conditioning:
· (a) The organism operates on the environment
· (b) The environment acts on the organism
· (c) The stimulus elicits a behavior
· (d) The response is made to a stimulus
· Correct Answer: (a) The organism operates on the environment
81. Imprinting in birds and animals involves:
· (a) Planned response
· (b) Conditioned response
· (c) Instinctive response
· (d) Random response
· Correct Answer: (c) Instinctive response
82. The number of responses of the same sort made in a unit time is called:
· (a) Frequency of response
· (b) Speed of response
· (c) Tendency of response
· (d) Amplitude of response
· Correct Answer: B
83. For conditioning to take place, the CS-US interval must be around:
· (a) 100 seconds
· (b) 10 seconds
· (c) 1 second
· (d) 0.1 second
· Correct Answer: (c) 1 second
84. Which two things any reinforcer will do at the same time?
· (a) Attract and reward
· (b) Repel and punish
· (c) Inform and affect emotionally
· (d) Attract and inform
· Correct Answer: (a) Attract and reward
85. When previous behavior to stop hinders too much in a new situation, then there is:
· (a) High positive transfer
· (b) Low positive transfer
· (c) High negative transfer
· (d) Low negative transfer
· Correct Answer: (c) High negative transfer
86. The organization and coordination of several sequential habits is called:
· (a) A reflex
· (b) A response
· (c) A skill
· (d) A behavior
· Correct Answer: D
87. Overlearning is indicated at:
· (a) Accuracy of response
· (b) Speed
· (c) Resistance to forgetting
· (d) All of these
· Correct Answer: (d) All of these
88. The law of experience may be taken to mean:
· (a) Reward
· (b) Repetition
· (c) Generalization
· (d) Discriminations
· Correct Answer: C
89. Specialization in any field of study involves:
· (a) Reward
· (b) Punishment
· (c) Generalization
· (d) Discrimination
· Correct Answer: (d) Discrimination
90. Performance least based on learning is due to:
· (a) Growth
· (b) Development
· (c) Maturation
· (d) Reinforcement
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91. Operant conditioning is associated with:
· (a) Thorndike
· (b) Skinner
· (c) Hull
· (d) Bleuler
· Correct Answer: (b) Skinner
92. The perceptual response to a stimulus is essentially:
· (a) Subjective
· (b) Objective
· (c) Intuitive
· (d) Learned
· Correct Answer: B
