Who is called the father of Modern Psychology?

A. Sigmund Freud
B. Ibn-e-Khaldoom
C. Adams Smith
D. Charless Darwin

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In teaching your cat to jump through a hoop, which reinforcement schedule would facilitate the most rapid learning?

A. continuous
B. fixed ratio
C. variable ratio
D. fixed interval
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The classical conditioning training procedure in which the US is presented before the CS is known as

A. backward conditioning.
B. aversive conditioning.
C. simultaneous conditioning.
D. delayed conditioning.
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Tina likes to play with slugs, but she can find them by the shed only after it rains. On what kind of reinforcement schedule is Tina’s slug hunting?

A. continuous
B. fixed-interval
C. fixed-ratio
D. variable-interval
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Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement?

A. buying a child a video game after she throws a tantrum
B. going inside to escape a thunderstorm
C. assigning a student detention for fighting
D. getting a cavity filled at the dentist to halt a toothache
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Phonemes and morphemes refer to

A. elements of telegraphic speech toddlers use.
B. elements of language.
C. building blocks of concepts.
D. basic elements of memories stored in long-term memory
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According to the three-box/information-processing model, stimuli from our outside environment is first stored in

A. working memory.
B. the hippocampus.
C. the thalamus.
D. sensory memory
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The Yerkes-Dodson law predicts that most people would perform an easy task best if they are at a

A.high level of arousal.
B. low level of arousal.
C. baseline state.
D. level of self-actualization
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The balanced physiological state we are driven to attain by satisfying our needs is called

A. Equilibrium
B. homeostasis.
C. self-actualization.
D. primary satisfaction.
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Parental involvement can have dramatic effects on all the following human traits except

A. intelligence.
B. reading ability.
C. self-esteem.
D. motor development
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