Psychology MCQs

Option A: 2

Option B: 5

Option C: 7

Option D: 10

Correct Answer: 7 ✔

Option A: context effects

Option B: iconic traces

Option C: retrieval cues

Option D: schemas

Correct Answer: retrieval cues ✔

Option A: active rehearsal

Option B: distributive study

Option C: speed reading

Option D: encoding meaningful associations

Correct Answer: speed reading ✔

Option A: episodic

Option B: procedural

Option C: semantic

Option D: pre-attentive

Correct Answer: semantic ✔

Option A: automatically

Option B: visually

Option C: proactively

Option D: implicitly

Correct Answer: visually ✔

Option A: recall

Option B: recognition

Option C: relearning

Option D: retrieval

Correct Answer: retrieval ✔

Option A: recognition

Option B: recall

Option C: relearning

Option D: rehearsal

Correct Answer: recall ✔

Option A: short-term memory

Option B: iconic memory

Option C: explicit memory

Option D: implicit memory

Correct Answer: explicit memory ✔

Option A: 1 hour

Option B: 1 minute

Option C: 30 seconds

Option D: 1 second

Correct Answer: 1 second ✔

Option A: learned through disturbed practice

Option B: each learned on separate days

Option C: automatically processed

Option D: similar to each other

Correct Answer: similar to each other ✔

Option A: recall

Option B: recognition

Option C: rehearsal

Option D: reconstruction

Correct Answer: recall ✔

Option A: encoding

Option B: storage

Option C: retrieval

Option D: any of the above

Correct Answer: any of the above ✔

Option A: encoding failure

Option B: memory decay

Option C: motivated forgetting

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: motivated forgetting ✔

Option A: next-in-line

Option B: misinformation

Option C: serial position

Option D: spacing

Correct Answer: serial position ✔

Option A: episodic

Option B: implicit

Option C: procedural

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: episodic ✔

Option A: encoding

Option B: storage

Option C: retrieval

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: storage ✔

Option A: a proposition

Option B: a control process in long-term memory

Option C: the mental representation of a concept

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: the mental representation of a concept ✔

Option A: encoding failure

Option B: the misinformation effect

Option C: retroactive interference

Option D: motivated forgetting

Correct Answer: encoding failure ✔

Option A: input, processing, output

Option B: input, storage, output

Option C: input, storage, retrieval

Option D: encoding, storage, retrieval

Correct Answer: encoding, storage, retrieval ✔

Option A: encoded

Option B: repressed

Option C: rehearsed

Option D: retrieved

Correct Answer: repressed ✔

Option A: explicit

Option B: flashbulb

Option C: sensory

Option D: implicit

Correct Answer: implicit ✔

Option A: the method of loci

Option B: automatic processing

Option C: chunking

Option D: rehearsal

Correct Answer: rehearsal ✔

Option A: echoic memory

Option B: short-term memory

Option C: state-dependent memory

Option D: long-term memory

Correct Answer: long-term memory ✔

Option A: chunking

Option B: rehearsal

Option C: encoding

Option D: retrieval

Correct Answer: chunking ✔

Option A: encoding failure

Option B: repression

Option C: implicit memory loss

Option D: interference

Correct Answer: interference ✔

Option A: maintenance

Option B: repetition

Option C: elaboration

Option D: chunking

Correct Answer: elaboration ✔

Option A: automatic processing

Option B: rehearsal

Option C: priming

Option D: chunking

Correct Answer: rehearsal ✔

Option A: encoding

Option B: storage

Option C: retrieval

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: retrieval ✔

Option A: proactive facilitation

Option B: proactive inhibition

Option C: retroactive facilitation

Option D: retroactive inhibition

Correct Answer: retroactive inhibition ✔

Option A: Loci

Option B: visual imagery

Option C: flashbulb

Option D: peg-word

Correct Answer: peg-word ✔

Option A: encoding

Option B: storage

Option C: retrieval

Option D: working memory

Correct Answer: retrieval ✔

Option A: tactile memory

Option B: echoic memory

Option C: iconic memory

Option D: short-term memory

Correct Answer: echoic memory ✔

Option A: encoding

Option B: relearning

Option C: retrieval

Option D: rehearsal

Correct Answer: retrieval ✔

Option A: the primary effect

Option B: the recency effect

Option C: a mnemonic

Option D: a heuristic

Correct Answer: a mnemonic ✔

Option A: more difficult to learn

Option B: easier to learn

Option C: learned with equivalent ease

Option D: more susceptible to the serial position effect

Correct Answer: more difficult to learn ✔

Option A: the persistence of learning over time

Option B: the recall of information previously learned

Option C: getting information into memory

Option D: a clear memory of an emotionally significant event

Correct Answer: getting information into memory ✔

Option A: with the least digits/letters

Option B: at the beginning of a long list

Option C: in the middle of a long list

Option D: at the end of a long list

Correct Answer: in the middle of a long list ✔

Option A: storage

Option B: reasoning

Option C: encoding

Option D: retrieval

Correct Answer: encoding ✔

Option A: amnesia

Option B: decay

Option C: adaptation

Option D: interference

Correct Answer: decay ✔

Option A: sensory memory

Option B: long term memory

Option C: short term memory

Option D: implicit memory

Correct Answer: sensory memory ✔

Option A: short-term memory

Option B: echoic memory

Option C: tactile memory

Option D: iconic memory

Correct Answer: iconic memory ✔

Option A: Thorndike

Option B: Pavlov

Option C: Miller

Option D: Ebbinghaus

Correct Answer: Ebbinghaus ✔

Option A: short-term store

Option B: hippocampus

Option C: long-term store

Option D: sensory register

Correct Answer: sensory register ✔

Option A: retroactive amnesia

Option B: proactive amnesia

Option C: anterograde amnesia

Option D: implicit amnesia

Correct Answer: implicit amnesia ✔

Option A: decay

Option B: interference

Option C: consolidation

Option D: psychodynamic

Correct Answer: interference ✔

Option A: visual and auditory

Option B: semantic and syntactic

Option C: implicit and explicit

Option D: verbal and visual

Correct Answer: verbal and visual ✔

Option A: serial learning

Option B: repetition

Option C: pairing

Option D: rehearsal

Correct Answer: serial learning ✔

Option A: visual working memory

Option B: auditory working memory

Option C: visual short-term memory

Option D: visual sensory memory

Correct Answer: visual sensory memory ✔

Option A: declarative rehearsal

Option B: elaborative rehearsal

Option C: maintenance rehearsal

Option D: distributed practice

Correct Answer: maintenance rehearsal ✔

Option A: Phonological

Option B: Syntactic

Option C: Semantic

Option D: Acoustic

Correct Answer: Semantic ✔

Option A: anterograde amnesia

Option B: retrograde amnesia

Option C: anterograde interference

Option D: retrograde interference

Correct Answer: retrograde amnesia ✔

Option A: retroactive inhibition

Option B: anterograde amnesia

Option C: proactive inhibition

Option D: retrograde amnesia

Correct Answer: anterograde amnesia ✔

Option A: visual perception

Option B: eidetic perception

Option C: verbal codes

Option D: auditory perception

Correct Answer: auditory perception ✔

Option A: Bartlett

Option B: Chomsky

Option C: Craik

Option D: Ebbinghaus

Correct Answer: Ebbinghaus ✔

Option A: encoding

Option B: storage

Option C: retrieval

Option D: working memory

Correct Answer: retrieval ✔

Option A: medulla

Option B: hippocampus

Option C: pons

Option D: hypothalamus

Correct Answer: hippocampus ✔

Option A: adults

Option B: depressed adults

Option C: children

Option D: mentally-retarded children

Correct Answer: children ✔

Option A: encoding specificity

Option B: semantic memory

Option C: implicit memory

Option D: deductive reasoning

Correct Answer: implicit memory ✔

Option A: a characteristic of sound

Option B: techniques used to improve memory

Option C: the scientific term for a memory location in the brain

Option D: the sound produces when two notes an octave apart are played simultaneously

Correct Answer: techniques used to improve memory ✔

Option A: chunking

Option B: over learning

Option C: meaningfulness

Option D: knowledge of results

Correct Answer: knowledge of results ✔

Option A: encoding specificity

Option B: chunking

Option C: the method of Loci

Option D: cognitive mapping

Correct Answer: the method of Loci ✔

Option A: method of Loci

Option B: Recognition

Option C: savings method

Option D: free recall

Correct Answer: Recognition ✔

Option A: condition failure

Option B: recovery

Option C: extinction

Option D: habituation

Correct Answer: extinction ✔

Option A: learned

Option B: reflexive

Option C: hereditary

Option D: conditioned

Correct Answer: learned ✔

Option A: classical conditioning

Option B: operant conditioning

Option C: observational learning

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: fixed-ratio

Option B: variable-ratio

Option C: fixed-interval

Option D: variable-interval

Correct Answer: variable-ratio ✔

Option A: presenting a positive stimulus after a response

Option B: removing an unpleasant stimulus after a response

Option C: being told that you have done a good job

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: a positive reinforce

Option B: a discriminative stimulus

Option C: punishment

Option D: shaping

Correct Answer: a discriminative stimulus ✔

Option A: extinction

Option B: generalization

Option C: spontaneous recovery

Option D: discrimination

Correct Answer: discrimination ✔

Option A: positively reinforced

Option B: negatively reinforced

Option C: punished

Option D: extinguished

Correct Answer: negatively reinforced ✔

Option A: negative reinforces

Option B: positive reinforces

Option C: either a or b depending on the discriminative stimulus

Option D: punisher but not reinforces

Correct Answer: negative reinforces ✔

Option A: conditioned response

Option B: unconditioned response

Option C: unconditioned stimulus

Option D: conditioned stimulus

Correct Answer: conditioned response ✔

Option A: an avoidance response

Option B: generalization

Option C: extinction

Option D: negative reinforcement

Correct Answer: extinction ✔

Option A: classical conditioning

Option B: operant conditioning

Option C: observational learning

Option D: insight learning

Correct Answer: operant conditioning ✔

Option A: classical conditioning

Option B: habituation

Option C: positive reinforcement

Option D: b and c

Correct Answer: positive reinforcement ✔

Option A: reinforcement

Option B: punishment

Option C: discrimination

Option D: chaining

Correct Answer: reinforcement ✔

Option A: mating behavior in dogs

Option B: operant behaviors in dogs

Option C: digestive reflexes in dogs

Option D: neurological damage in dogs

Correct Answer: digestive reflexes in dogs ✔

Option A: shaping

Option B: partial reinforcement

Option C: secondary reinforcement

Option D: modeling

Correct Answer: shaping ✔

Option A: conditioned response

Option B: unconditioned stimulus

Option C: unconditioned response

Option D: conditioned stimulus

Correct Answer: conditioned response ✔

Option A: fixed ratio

Option B: fixed interval

Option C: variable ratio

Option D: variable interval

Correct Answer: variable interval ✔

Option A: operant conditioning

Option B: observational learning

Option C: place learning

Option D: habituation

Correct Answer: operant conditioning ✔

Option A: its consequences

Option B: free will

Option C: knowledge

Option D: instinct

Correct Answer: its consequences ✔

Option A: shaping

Option B: acquisition

Option C: discrimination

Option D: generalization

Correct Answer: discrimination ✔

Option A: maturation

Option B: animal cognition

Option C: operant conditioning

Option D: classical conditioning

Correct Answer: classical conditioning ✔

Option A: Watson

Option B: Bandura

Option C: Skinner

Option D: Pavlov

Correct Answer: Bandura ✔

Option A: continuous

Option B: fixed ratio

Option C: variable ratio

Option D: fixed interval

Correct Answer: variable ratio ✔

Option A: biological predispositions

Option B: external influences

Option C: emotions

Option D: unconscious motives

Correct Answer: external influences ✔

Option A: partial reinforcement

Option B: observational learning

Option C: extinction

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: partial reinforcement ✔

Option A: attention process

Option B: motivation process

Option C: reproduction process

Option D: chaining process

Correct Answer: chaining process ✔

Option A: Hull

Option B: Thorndike

Option C: Skinner

Option D: Watson

Correct Answer: Thorndike ✔

Option A: fixed-ration schedule

Option B: variable-interval schedule

Option C: fixed-interval schedule

Option D: verbal-interval-schedule

Correct Answer: fixed-interval schedule ✔

Option A: E. L. Thorndike

Option B: B. F. Skinner

Option C: A. Bandura

Option D: I. Pavlov

Correct Answer: B. B. F. Skinner ✔

Option A: fixed ratio

Option B: variable interval

Option C: variable ratio

Option D: fixed interval

Correct Answer: fixed interval ✔

Option A: shaping

Option B: modeling

Option C: observing

Option D: praising

Correct Answer: modeling ✔

Option A: operant conditioning

Option B: response learning

Option C: verbal learning

Option D: perceptual learning

Correct Answer: perceptual learning ✔

Option A: hormones in behavior

Option B: activity states on behavior

Option C: internal drive states on behavior

Option D: rewards and punishment on behavior

Correct Answer: rewards and punishment on behavior ✔

Option A: positive reinforcement

Option B: negative reinforcement

Option C: punishment

Option D: escape

Correct Answer: negative reinforcement ✔

Option A: spontaneous recovery

Option B: inhibition

Option C: extinction

Option D: higher-order conditioning

Correct Answer: extinction ✔

Option A: choices

Option B: discrimination

Option C: detectability

Option D: distinction

Correct Answer: discrimination ✔

Option A: the subject be informed of desired outcome in advance

Option B: the UCS be inherently rewarding

Option C: the UCS be originally neutral

Option D: the CS be originally neutral

Correct Answer: the CS be originally neutral ✔