A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. state-dependent learning
D. encoding specificity
Related Mcqs:
- A student who is quite honest turns in the paper of another student as his own. When accused of dishonesty, he says, “nowadays everybody cheats in school, but, I’m always honest.” The student is using which type of defense mechanism?
A. compensation
B. projection
C. identification
D. repression - A student who has never studied decides to try it and is delighted to receive a B on the exam rather than the usual D. The student starts studying more regularly as a result of __________________?
A. classical conditioning
B. habituation
C. positive reinforcement
D. b and c - A high school junior admires a movie star and follows the star’s life on the screen and in the newspapers, experiencing the same emotions as the star would. The student is using what type of defense mechanism?
A. repression
B. displacement
C. projection
D. identification - Students who do better in high school tend to do better in college. This is an example of:
A. a negative correlation
B. a zero correlation
C. a positive correlation
D. a perfect correlation - The determinant of achievement behavior that increase when a college student enrolls in a class that is required for graduation is:
A. the probability of success
B. the need to avoid failure
C. the incentive value of success
D. the fear of success - Natasha claimed that her failure to get “A’s” in all her college courses meant she was incompetent. Her therapist calmly challenged this assertion, commenting, “By your strange calculations, well over 90 percent of all college students are incompetent!” The therapist’s response was most typical of a(n)______therapist.
A. eclectic
B. psychoanalytic
C. cognitive
D. behavior - Rowena expects to be rewarded by her parents with a major present, such as a new car, if she graduates from college with honors. Her resulting hard work in college best illustrates the_________theory of motivation.
A. instinct
B. drive reduction
C. incentive
D. evolutionary - To investigate the effects of a particular study of method on student performance two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. I fondly the experimenter know which method is under investigation, the procedure being used in described as:
A. double-blind
B. single-blind
C. self-fulfilling prophesy
D. representative sampling - Tanvir is a graduate student who is studying identity formation. He selects a group of 5-year-olds, a group of 10-years-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and interviews each group asking them what they plan to be when they finish school. In this example, Tanvir is using:
A. a multi-factorial research design
B. a longitudinal research design
C. a cross-sectional research design
D. a nested condition research design - Remembering how to solve a jigsaw puzzle without any conscious recollection that one can do so best illustrates ________________ memory?
A. explicit
B. flashbulb
C. sensory
D. implicit
