General Psychology Unit 4 Practice Exam Questions

[melaniej]

Mnemonic devices help encode, store and retrieve information. Which of the following is not a mnemonic device?
A acronym
B method of loci
C chunking
D rehearsal

Is it chunking? I wasn't sure between C and D because elaborative rehearsal is said to aid encoding etc, but not maintenance?



And another question from the same exam:

Operant conditioning is the term used to refer to a learning situation in which:

A alternate behaviours are attempted until a desired outcome is achieved
B a neutral stimulus produces a response originally associated with a different stimulus
C the consequences of a response determine the probability of occurring in the future
D a behaviour followed by a pleasant consequence is strengthened.

I think it's C, but D is also true? But it isn't as specific to the question.

[melaniej]

ALSO: from the same exam again! (They didn't give us answers)

Libby's cat always comes and sits at her feet as soon as he sees her take the meat mincer out of the cupboard. Libby then begins cutting up raw beef to put through her mincer to make homemade hamburgers for dinner. She usually throws small off cuts of meat to the cat. The cat's behaviour response to the meat mincer is a result of:

A a reflex response
B a fixed action pattern
C classical conditioning
D operant conditioning

Samantha sometimes achieved an A+ on her psychology SACs when she had taken a small toy into the classroom to comfort her. Now she takes the toy to all her assessment tasks. This behaviour is most likely a result of:

A classical conditioning
B operant conditioning
C observational learning
D a learning set

[sisqo1111]

Mnemonic devices help encode, store and retrieve information. Which of the following is not a mnemonic device?
A acronym
B method of loci
C chunking
D rehearsal

Is it chunking? I wasn't sure between C and D because elaborative rehearsal is said to aid encoding etc, but not maintenance?



And another question from the same exam:

Operant conditioning is the term used to refer to a learning situation in which:

A alternate behaviours are attempted until a desired outcome is achieved
B a neutral stimulus produces a response originally associated with a different stimulus
C the consequences of a response determine the probability of occurring in the future
D a behaviour followed by a pleasant consequence is strengthened.

I think it's C, but D is also true? But it isn't as specific to the question.

The first one is neither C or D. It is in fact B Look it up

and the other question i would go for C. D sounds more like the law of effect to me if my memory serves correct.


EDIT: My mistake to the first question. Im so stupid, misread the question lol. I would say D

[sisqo1111]

ALSO: from the same exam again! (They didn't give us answers)

Libby's cat always comes and sits at her feet as soon as he sees her take the meat mincer out of the cupboard. Libby then begins cutting up raw beef to put through her mincer to make homemade hamburgers for dinner. She usually throws small off cuts of meat to the cat. The cat's behaviour response to the meat mincer is a result of:

A a reflex response
B a fixed action pattern
C classical conditioning
D operant conditioning

Samantha sometimes achieved an A+ on her psychology SACs when she had taken a small toy into the classroom to comfort her. Now she takes the toy to all her assessment tasks. This behaviour is most likely a result of:

A classical conditioning
B operant conditioning
C observational learning
D a learning set

im not too sure about the first one. either C or D i would presume.

with the second one im pretty sure its B

[melaniej]

Mnemonic devices help encode, store and retrieve information. Which of the following is not a mnemonic device?
A acronym
B method of loci
C chunking
D rehearsal

Is it chunking? I wasn't sure between C and D because elaborative rehearsal is said to aid encoding etc, but not maintenance?



And another question from the same exam:
 

The first one is neither C or D. It is in fact B Look it up

It says which is NOT a mnemonic device... Method of loci is DEFINITELY a mnemonic device...

[sisqo1111]

lol i just edited my post i feel so dumb lol sorry

[melaniej]

haha no problem
I'm having a really dumb day today! We just had this practice exam at school, so hard to make sense of any of the questions!
But they didn't have answers? I'll have to go in and get some tomorrow. Stupid school...

[sisqo1111]

what exam was it? which company?

[melaniej]

I don't know, they didn't include they took off the cover sheet, and it doesn't say on any of the pages.

[Eriny]

Mnemonic devices help encode, store and retrieve information. Which of the following is not a mnemonic device?
A acronym
B method of loci
C chunking
D rehearsal

Is it chunking? I wasn't sure between C and D because elaborative rehearsal is said to aid encoding etc, but not maintenance?



And another question from the same exam:
 

The first one is neither C or D. It is in fact B Look it up

It says which is NOT a mnemonic device... Method of loci is DEFINITELY a mnemonic device...

It's a bad question, but I think it is D, with reference to maintenance rehearsal. Don't worry too much about it, nothing that confusing will come up on the real exam.

[Amnesiac]

I don't know, they didn't include they took off the cover sheet, and it doesn't say on any of the pages.

Hmmm, interesting. Sounds intentional to me, as even they knew they produced exams with shitty questions haha. 

[ilovesuck]

what is the generic answer to "why is this study an experiment?" questions?

they seem to appear quite frequently in exams ..

[Eriny]

I think it's easiest to understand when you know that a study does not necessarily have to be an experiment. For instance, you can have a correlational study. The difference between an experiment and any old study is that an experiment is done under controlled conditions where is can be seen whether the independent variable affects the dependent variable, rather than seeing if two variables are related somehow.

Operant conditioning is the term used to refer to a learning situation in which:

A alternate behaviours are attempted until a desired outcome is achieved
B a neutral stimulus produces a response originally associated with a different stimulus
C the consequences of a response determine the probability of occurring in the future
D a behaviour followed by a pleasant consequence is strengthened.

It is C. Although D works, D refers specifically to the process of positive reinforcement.

[ilovesuck]

^thanks eriny.

so the answer would go something like, "it is an experiment because it is testing the affects of the independant variable on the dependant variable under controlled conditions" ?

[Eriny]

Yeah, that's a good answer.