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The Science of Psychology
Neuroscience
Sensation and Perception
Consciousness
Motivation and Emotion
Learning
Memory
Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
Human Development
Social Psychology
Personality
Health, Stress, and Coping
Mental Health Disorders
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Question 1

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Learning is ____ .

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the ability to orient a sense toward a stimulus

the uniquely human ability to accumulate knowledge and information

a relatively permanent change in behavior, or the potential for behavior, that results from experience

an internalization of facts, information, skills, or behaviors that adds to the knowledge base of the individual

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Question 2

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The orienting reflex describes ____ .

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the tendency to turn toward the source of some novel stimuli

the logical thinking processes we go through to figure something out

our sense of direction

our tendency to scan the entire visual field in order to sense the important information

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Question 3

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When a parent suddenly turns toward the baby crying in the other room while talking through the telephone, ____ has occurred.

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sensory reduction

habituation

the orienting reflex

classical conditioning

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Question 4

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Which of the following is an example of an orienting reflex?

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A cat sniffing the air when it detects the odor of a strange animal

Looking at the page of your text as you read it

Watching television

Looking at a person that you are having a conversation with on the bus

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Question 5

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What is an example of an orienting reflex?

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While standing in line at the cafeteria, you turn around to see who poked you in the back.

While watching a movie at the local theater, you reach for another handful of popcorn from your date's bucket of popcorn.

While watching a horror movie on TV, you yell at some of the characters, telling them not to open the door.

While looking for a book in the library, you get lost and have to refer to a map.

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Question 6

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The orienting reflex is to , as habituation is to .

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learning; forgetting

novel experience; repeated experience

simple information; complex information

adaptive; maladaptive

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Question 7

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When we are presented with a new stimulus that repeats itself, at first we would exhibit , and then after a while we would exhibit .

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assimilation; accommodation

accommodation; assimilation

the orienting reflex; habituation

habituation; the orienting response

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Question 8

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When your dog continually barks, you eventually pay less attention to the noise. This illustrates ____ .

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sensory reduction

habituation

orienting

classical conditioning

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Question 9

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Habituation describes the ____ .

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increase in attention we give to repeated stimulation

decrease in attention we give to repeated stimulation

process of learning behaviors that will be repeated without thinking in the future

learning process that transforms one habit into another one

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Question 10

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Terry is trying to study in the student center. At first, he finds it hard to concentrate because of all the noise and conversation going on around him. However, after a few minutes, Terry is able to tune out the noise and concentrate on his studies. Terry's experience is an example of what type of learning?

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Habituation

Sensitization

Restructuring

Social learning

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Question 11

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Which of the following is an example of habituation?

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Learning to smoke cigarettes

Learning to ride a bike

Learning to ignore a barking dog

Learning to associate the smell of rose perfume with your grandmother

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Question 12

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The orienting reflex in combination with habituation suggests that we ____ .

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begin to learn only after we have developed the capacity to think

are different from animals in the way that we learn

are capable of learning even without the benefit of sensation

are more sensitive to new stimuli than repeated stimuli

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Question 13

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Recent research on the brain and habituation suggests habituation is somewhat primitive in nature. This research has found that which part of the brain is involved in certain instances of habituation?

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Medulla

Corpus callosum

Cerebellum

Prefrontal cortex

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Question 14

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Which statement is true about habituation?

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Habituation is an ability that almost all creatures possess.

Habituation illustrates the importance of reinforcement.

Habituation is a more complex type of learning than classical conditioning.

Habituation is the most complex form of associative learning.

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Question 15

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The orienting reflex is useful because it ____ .

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has a self-protective function

helps us ignore stimuli that are not important

helps us focus for a sustained period of time on one task

promotes risk-taking behavior

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Question 16

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The simplest type of learning seen in living things is ____ .

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the orienting reflex

operant conditioning

classical conditioning

habituation

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Question 17

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A physical therapist who attempts to treat a person with chronic motion sickness by repeatedly exposing the person to the stimulation that causes the motion sickness is using ____ .

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dishabituation

the orienting response

spontaneous recovery

habituation

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Question 18

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Recent research suggests that migraines may be correlated with ____ .

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too much habituation

not enough habituation

an inability to dishabituate

a lack of neural activity in the brain

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Question 19

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When an organism begins to respond more intensely to a stimulus to which it has previously habituated, then ____ has occurred.

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dishabituation

social learning

insight

modeling

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Question 20

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Ivan Pavlov discovered classical conditioning through his research on ____ .

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digestion

dishabituation

audition

mental illness

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Learning

Learning is ____ .

The orienting reflex describes ____ .

When a parent suddenly turns toward the baby crying in the other room while talking through the telephone, ____ has occurred.

Which of the following is an example of an orienting reflex?

What is an example of an orienting reflex?

The orienting reflex is to ____ , as habituation is to ____ .

When we are presented with a new stimulus that repeats itself, at first we would exhibit ____ , and then after a while we would exhibit ____ .

When your dog continually barks, you eventually pay less attention to the noise. This illustrates ____ .

Habituation describes the ____ .

Which of the following is an example of habituation?

The orienting reflex in combination with habituation suggests that we ____ .

Recent research on the brain and habituation suggests habituation is somewhat primitive in nature. This research has found that which part of the brain is involved in certain instances of habituation?

Which statement is true about habituation?

The orienting reflex is useful because it ____ .

The simplest type of learning seen in living things is ____ .

A physical therapist who attempts to treat a person with chronic motion sickness by repeatedly exposing the person to the stimulation that causes the motion sickness is using ____ .

Recent research suggests that migraines may be correlated with ____ .

When an organism begins to respond more intensely to a stimulus to which it has previously habituated, then ____ has occurred.

Ivan Pavlov discovered classical conditioning through his research on ____ .

The orienting reflex is to , as habituation is to .

When we are presented with a new stimulus that repeats itself, at first we would exhibit , and then after a while we would exhibit .