PSY101 Midterm MCQs Set 3 by VU Topper RM

People may experience all the following physiological changes during meditation Except: A. Lowered blood pressure B. Decreased heart rate

C. No changes in brain waves

D. Lessened oxygen usage

Which of the following is a mental representation of space, locations, and directions; a mental representation of learned relationships among stimuli?

1. Figure and ground relationship
2. Spatial memory
3. Shaping
4. Cognitive maps

Correct answer: Cognitive maps

Which of the following learning involves the practical application of the learned phenomena?

1. Verbal
2. Visual
3. Motor
4. Problem solving

Correct answer: Problem solving

When pigeons carry messages from one place to another, which of the following strategy is being used by pigeons?

1. Shaping
2. Reinforcement
3. Cognitive Maps
4. Extinction

Correct answer: Cognitive Maps

Which of the following type of memory can be used as a synonym to procedural memory?

1. Explicit memory
2. Semantic memory
3. Declarative memory
4. Implicit memory

Correct answer: Implicit memory

Which of the following sleep stage is the deepest stage of sleep?

1. Stage-4
2. Stage-3
3. Stage-2
4. Stage-1

Correct answer: Stage-3

Which of the following term initially used by psychologists, which refers to the ability to hold information in mind over a brief period of time?

1. Explicit memory
2. Sensory memory
3. Short-term memory
4. Long-term memory

Correct answer: Short-term memory

According to Kohler, animal exhibited a sudden change in behavior based upon which of the following?

1. Operant conditioning
2. Trail and error
3. Perception
4. Insight

Correct answer: Insight

All of the following can be considered the causes of the tip-of-thetongue phenomenon EXCEPT: A. Preoccupation

B. Amnesia

C. Information overload D. Accumulation of pieces of similar and confusing information

All of the followings are the stimulants EXCEPT: A. Amphetamines B. Cocaine C. Benzedrine

D. Barbiturates

Law of effect was proposed by: A. B.F. Skinner B. Albert bandura C. Sigmund Freud

D. Edward Thorndike

Which of the following refers to a stimulus whose removal reinforces and leads to a higher likelihood that the response bringing about this removal will be repeated?

1. Punishment
2. No reinforcer
3. Positive reinforcer
4. Negative reinforcer

Correct answer: Negative reinforcer

Short-term memory can carry how many chunks at a time on average?

1. 7
2. 8
3. 9
4. 10

Correct answer: 7

In which of the following stage of sleep; person is almost cut off from the external world and is least responsive to stimulation from outside?

1. Stage 1
2. Stage 2
3. Stage 3
4. Stage 4

Correct answer: Stage 3

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of stages of memory?

1. Encoding - decoding - storage
2. Recall - encoding - decoding