EDUCATION MCQS Archives - Page 13 of 91

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

A. Aptitude tests

B. Intelligence tests

C. Personality tests

D. Achievement tests

Correct answer is: B. Intelligence tests

Breland and Breland described how animals’ innate responses can distort conditioning processes, a phenomenon they called:

A. Avoidance learning

B. Bioprocessing

C. Counterconditioning

D. Instinctive drift

Correct answer is: D. Instinctive drift

According to Rescorla, the strength of a conditioned response depends on:

A. The number of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

B. The number of trials in which the CS is presented alone

C. The percentage of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

D. The percentage of trials in which the UCS is presented alone

Correct answer is: C. The percentage of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

Skinner maintained that reinforcement determines the of a response; Bandura maintains that reinforcement determines the of a response:

A. Acquisition; performance

B. Acquisition; acquisition

C. Performance; performance

D. Performance; acquisition

Correct answer is: A. Acquisition; performance

Jenny has brown hair and blue eyes and is 5’8” tall. What is being described is Jenny’s:

A. Genotype

B. Phenotype

C. Somatotype

D. Physiognomy

Correct answer is: B. Phenotype

The link between physical punishment and subsequent aggressive behavior is probably best explained by:

A. Observational learning

B. Noncontingent reinforcement

C. Resistance to extinction

D. The matching law

Correct answer is: A. Observational learning

A spontaneous, heritable change or error in DNA replication is called:

A. Genetic drift

B. Gene flow

C. An adaptation

D. A mutation

Correct answer is: D. A mutation

The second step in a self modification program is to:

A. Specify the target behavior

B. Design your program

C. Gather baseline data

D. Set up a behavioral contact

Correct answer is: C. Gather baseline data

For which of the following assertions is the empirical evidence strongest?

A. The two cerebral hemispheres are specialized to handle different types of cognitive tasks

B. People have a separate stream of consciousness in each hemisphere

C. Each hemisphere has its own cognitive style

D. Some people are right brained, while others are left brained

Correct answer is: A. The two cerebral hemispheres are specialized to handle different types of cognitive tasks

Getting information into memory is called ________; getting information out of memory is called:

A. Storage; retrieval

B. Encoding; storage

C. Encoding; retrieval

D. Storage; encoding

Correct answer is: C. Encoding; retrieval