P2 Term Exam

1. B.F.
Skinner favored reinforcement than punishment because ________

a. Reinforcement increases the likelihood that a behavior will occur.
b. Reinforcement discourages the occurrence of the behavior.
c. None of the above.
d. All of the above because Skinner is a behaviorist, and he can maneuver from one to the other.
2. Which of the following correctly talks about classical conditioning?

a. Reinforcement increases the frequency of a behavior.
b. The consequence of the behavior creates the likelihood of its increasing or decreasing the behavior.
c. The behavior is based on an organism’s involuntary behavior such as reflexes.
d. Punishment leads to a decrease in behavior.
3. Which of the following correctly shows the steps in the formation of memory?
a. Consolidation – Storage – Encoding – Retrieving
b. Encoding – Consolidation – Storage – Retrieving
c. Encoding – Storage – Consolidation – Retrieving
d. Consolidation – Encoding – Storage – Retrieving
4. Rona was asked to participate in a Psychology quiz bee. During her review, she memorized the
psychosexual stages by Freud using the mnemonic O-A-Pha-La-Ge which worked well. However, during
the quiz bee, the question about the topic was brought up but she got nervous and suddenly can’t
remember the stages she memorized. Which memory process did Rona’s memory failure occurred?
a. Encoding
b. Consolidation
c. Storage
d. Retrieval
5. Whenever Matt talks to his baby sister, the pitch of his voice becomes higher and the words he speaks
are shallow and short. This is an example of
a. language acquisition device (LAD).
b. baby-talking.
c. modeling.
d. child-directed speech.
6. “Pasma” is a Filipino word with no direct English translation. Therefore, the meaning that this word
represents doesn’t exist in western countries. Which of the following would further explain this situation?
a. Indirect translation
b. Conditional and learning theory
c. Linguistic determinism hypothesis
d. Language iteration
7. “My cat and my friend’s cat have sharp claws; therefore all cats have claws.”
a. deductive reasoning.
b. inductive reasoning.
c. causal inferences.
d. confirmation bias.
8. The ability to solve problems and analyze information using language-based reasoning.
a. Spatial Intelligence
b. Quantitative Intelligence
c. Mechanical Intelligence
d. None of the above
9. It is a very rare condition in which people with serious mental handicaps also show isolated areas of
ability or brilliance. They have low overall intelligence, typically with an IQ below 70, and an incredible
ability for calculating numbers, recalling events, playing music, or drawing. Many of these individuals
cannot speak at all or speak
poorly.
a. Savants
b. Prodigy
c. Mage
10. Which of the following argues that humans are motivated to be in situations that are neither too
stimulating nor not stimulating enough?
a. Optimal Arousal Model
b. Evolutionary Model
c. Hierarchical Model
d. Drive Reduction Model
11. This is the process by which all organisms work to maintain physiological equilibrium, or balance
around an optimal set point.
a. Optimal Arousal Model
b. Drive Reduction Model
c. Homeostasis
12. The __________ appears to play a very important role in noticing fear-relevant information.
a. prefrontal cortex
b. hypothalamus
c. amygdala
d. insula
13. It is the kind of emotion regulation operates when people want to make an unpleasant feeling go away.
It is the deliberate attempt to inhibit the outward display of an emotion
a. Emotion Regulation
b. Expressive Suppression
c. Reappraisal
d. Antecedent Event
14. It involves a number of endocrine and cellular processes that recognize specific antigens and then
reproduce specialized cells or circulating proteins to fight antigens.
a. Phagocytosis
b. B lymphocytes
c. Natural Immunity
d. Acquired Immunity
15. A personality trait which means being more flexible and able to bounce back from difficult situations.
a. Pessimists
b. Optimists
c. Grit
d. Resilience
16. This is a theory of personality that includes the following five dimensions: openness to experience,
conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (OCEAN).
a. Big Five or Five-Factor Model
b. Trait Theories
c. Humanistic-Positive Psychological Theories
d. Social-Cognitive Learning Theories
17. This is an unhealthy need to dominate or upstage others as a way of compensating for feelings of
deficiency.
a. Compensation
b. Striving for Superiority
c. Inferiority complex
d. Mechanisms
18. These present an ambiguous stimulus or situation to participants and ask them to give their
interpretation of or tell a story about what they see.
a. Personality Questionnaires
b. Projective Tests
c. Behavioral Observation
d. Personality Tests
19. It is the biologically based disposition to behave in certain ways, which lays the foundation for later
personality traits.
a. Personality
b. Traits
c. Temperament
d. Shared Environment
20. Marianne is known as a jolly person. She watched “Wednesday” on Netflix one afternoon and was
fascinated by the protagonist’s character. The next week after that, you noticed that her mannerisms, tone
of voice, and overall appearance changed to emulate Wednesday. As a follower of Bandura, what concept
can explain her behavior?
a. observational learning.
b. modeling.
c. fan-girling.
d. mirroring

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Skinner favored reinforcement than punishment because ________

2. Which of the following correctly talks about classical conditioning?

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