Your friend uncovers a set of hidden connections that relates the scores of the

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Your friend uncovers a set of hidden connections that relates the scores of the gator football team to the phases of the moon. This is likely a product of _____________ on behalf of your friend.

confirmation bias

ad hoc immunizing hypothesis

critical thinking

patternicity

Albert tells his mom about a dream of going to a gator farm to get new shoes. The content of his dream, as related by Albert to his mother, is what Freud called its __________.

primary content

manifest content

secondary content

latent content

Dr. Abner, a psychology professor, wants to teach her class about observational studies. So, she distributes the following materials to each student: a pair of sunglasses, a funny hat, a robe, and a pair of mis-matched socks. Each student is instructed to independently design an observational study with these materials, but no other instructions are given. This is an example of which of the following models of learning?

Observational learning

accelarated learning

Latent learning

Discovery learning

Anne wants her daughter to put her toys away in the toy box. At first, Anne praises her daughter for putting all the toys together in a pile. Then, when Anne's daughter moves the pile of toys next to the toy box, Anne praises her again. Anne's daughter gets more praise when she places the pile of toys on top of the toy box. Finally, Anne praises her daughter when she puts the toys in the toy box. This is an example of

negative reinforcement

a fixed interal schedule of reinforcement

extinction

shaping by successive approximation

-Your friend mentions that they have a terrible short-term memory because they can't even remember what they had for breakfast that morning. Your friend's statement is:

true, that is poor short term memory

true, failing to remember breakfast is a sign of improper short-term memory

false, this is perfectly normal

false, what you ate for breakfast is long-term memory

Sam is going to sky dive in a few hours. He has been very nervous about the sky dive for days, and has eaten very little during that time. His decreased appetite may be due to the inhibition of gastrointestinal secretions caused by

adrenaline.

cortisol.

testosterone.

estrogen.

Amani attended a party with friends. She decided to venture away from her group of friends and talk to a really cute guy. Half way through her conversation with the “cute guy” Amani heard her name in the midst of a distant conversation. When she looked up she realized her friends were all looking in her direction and quickly looked away when they locked eyes. What role of attention is explained by this example?

Sensory Adaptation

Inattentional Blindness

Bottleneck attention effect

Cocktail party

Explanation / Answer

1. Patterncity

It is an example of patterncity because my friend found a pattern in something that is totally unrelated to the other event.

2. Manifest content

It is an example of manifest content because the person is just explaining his dream and not explaining the hidden meaning in it.

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