Week 6 Quiz 5
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Question 1 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Who conducted an experiment on the effects of punishment on
learning that was, in reality, a classic experiment on obedience?
A.Solomon Asch
B.Stanley Milgram
C.Phillip Zimbardo
D.Muzafer Sherif
Question 2 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
What are two types of causal attributions that people make?
A.Dispositional and situational
B.Environmental and
situational
C.Personal and
dispositional
D.Implicit and explicit
Question 3 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
What is the most effective strategy to reduce prejudice and
us-them thinking?
A.Encouraging social
contact between groups
B.Having groups work
together on a task requiring cooperation to reach a common goal
C.Establishing legal
equality of all groups
D.Education about
social issues and diversity
Question 4 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Is the Stanford prison study, what was it that caused the
guards to treat the prisoners harshly?
A.The instructions
given to the guards
B.The actions of the
prisoners
C.The social context
D.Peer pressure from
other guards
Question 5 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Which of the following is a sign of groupthink
A.An illusion of
vulnerability
B.An illusion of
anonymity
C.Unbiased
information seeking
D.Self-censorship
Question 6 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
In Pavlov’s studies of classical conditioning in dogs, the
food dish was the _______________.
A.Conditioned stimulus
B.Unconditioned
stimulus
C.Conditioned
response
D.Unconditioned
response
Question 7 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
What is the difference between punishment and negative
reinforcement?
A.There is no
difference-the terms are synonymous
B.Punishment involves
the presentation of an aversive consequence, but negative reinforcement
involves the removal of a positive consequence
C.Negative
reinforcement is part of operant conditioning, but punishment is used in
classical conditioning
D.Negative reinforcement strengthens behavior
but punishment weakens it
Question 8 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Albert Bandura is well known for his study of
__________________.
A.Observational learning
B.Latent learning
C.Conditioned taste
aversion
D.Punishment
Question 9 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
In the “Little Albert” study, what was the unconditioned
stimulus?
A.A white rat
B.A loud noise
C.A Santa Claus mask
D.A neutral stimulus
Question 10 of 10
2.0/ 2.0 Points
What procedure would be used to teach pigeons to play Ping
Pong?
A.Classical
conditioning
B.Observational
learning
C.Shaping
D.Systematic
desensitization
