PSY402 Final Term Past Papers

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Which of the following is NOT a structure in Atkinson and Shiffrin’s model of memory?

•  Conversion store
•  Sensory store
•  Short-term store
•  Long-term store

Which of the following memory reflects information from our visual system?

•  Echoic memory
•  Corresponding memory
•  Iconic memory
•  Sensory memory

Which of the following is the correct sequence through which information passes as it is processed by the human memory system?

•  Sensory memory ? working memory ? long-term memory
•  Working memory ? sensory memory ? long-term memory
•  Sensory memory ? long-term memory ? working memory
•  Working memory ? long-term memory ? sensory memory

People often retain and use prior experiences without realizing it. It is an example of __________memory.

•  Explicit

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•  Implicit
•  Spontaneous recovery
•  All of the given options

What is the main goal/purpose of education according to a Humanist?

•  Produce behavioral change
•  Develop capacity and skills to learn better
•  Become self-actualized
•  Understand unconscious demands

If a student raises hand in a class to answer the questions, but he is not being called on to answer and is no longer positively reinforced for raising hands, he would eventually stop doing so. This is an example of _____________.

•  Punishment
•  Spontaneous recovery
•  Shaping

How a psychologist belongs to humanistic school of thought would view the learning process?

•  Change in behavior
•  Internal mental process
•  A personal act to fulfill potential

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A teacher who gives periodic surprise quizzes to promote more consistent study of his students, the teacher is making use of _____________ schedules.

•  Variable interval
•  Fixed interval
•  Variable ratio
•  Fixed ratio

Instrumental conditioning is also named as _____________.

•  Operant conditioning
•  Classical conditioning
•  Modeling

Ahmed has a fear of cat. He started shivering on watching cat. Later on he started to demonstrate the same symptoms of his fear on watching any furry stimuli. This is an example of which of the following concept?

•  Discrimination
•  Shaping
•  Generalization