WEEK 2 QUIZ

Question 1
2 out of 2 points

"If a response is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated. If a response is followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be repeated." This is a statement of ________________.
Answer

Selected Answer:

Thorndike 's Law of Effect

Question 2
2 out of 2 points

A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on ______.
Answer

Selected Answer:

operant conditioning

Question 3
2 out of 2 points

A child learns that whenever he eats all of his dinner he gets a cookie for dessert. This type of learning is BEST explained by _______________.
Answer

Selected Answer:

operant conditioning

Question 4
2 out of 2 points

A piece of paper looks white in both the noonday sun and under moonlight, even though there is less light being reflected off the paper under moonlight. This form of perceptual constancy is called _________.
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Selected Answer:

color constancy

Question 5
2 out of 2 points

According to the opponent-process theory, if you stare at a red star for awhile (e.g., 60 seconds) and then look at a plain sheet of white paper you will see an afterimage of the star in which hue?
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Selected Answer:

green

Question 6
2 out of 2 points

After Little Albert acquired a conditioned fear of rats, Watson wanted to see how he would react to a white rabbit, cotton wool, and a Santa Claus mask. He was studying whether or not _____________________ had occurred.
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Selected Answer:

stimulus generalization

Question 7
2 out of 2 points

All of the following are Gestalt Laws of Organization except:
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Selected Answer:

good approximity.

Question 8
2 out of 2 points

An animal is conditioned to salivate to a bell using Pavlovian procedures. After the conditioning is established, the animal is then put through an extinction procedure and the conditioned salivation disappears. Then the animal is removed from the