Intro to psych

1. 1What is the method of loci?

   1. AA method that helps students study textbook material efficiently by encouraging them to survey, question, read, recite, review and write.
   2. BA type of mnemonic strategy which uses visual imagery as a memory aid.
   3. CStimuli or thoughts that can be used to facilitate recollection
2. 2What is chunking?

   1. AThe spontaneous retrieval of material from long term memory
   2. BStimuli or thoughts that can be used to facilitate recollection
   3. CA memory technique that uses knowledge stored in long term memory to group information in larger units than single words or digits and hence to expand working memory capacity in specific domains.
3. 3How long does short term memory typically last for?

   1. A1-2 minutes
   2. B20-30 seconds
   3. C20-30 minutes
4. 4Anterograde amnesia involves the inability to retain new memories

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
5. 5What is habituation?

   1. AOccurs when an organism learns to respond to a restricted range of stimuli
   2. BRefers to the decreasing strength of a reflex response after repeated presentations of the stimulus.
   3. COccurs when an organism learns to respond to stimuli that resemble the CS with a similar response
6. 6What is classical conditioning?

   1. AWhen the environmental consequence (a reward or pay-off) makes a behaviour more likely to occur again
   2. BIncorporates concepts of conditioning from behaviourism but adds cognition and social learning
   3. CWhen an environmental stimulus leads to a learned response through pairing of an unconditioned stimulus with a previously neutral conditioned stimulus.

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Psychology Quiz on Intro to psych, created by Laura Bell on 11/04/2018.

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