A. Innate releasing mechanism
B. Taxis
C. Sign stimulus
D. Kinesis
Related Mcqs:
- A relatively simple part of stimulus configuration is termed:
A. Innate releasing mechanism
B. Taxis
C. Sign stimulus
D. Kinesis - Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single eventA. 1,2 & 3
B. 2,3 & 4
C. 1,2 & 4
D. 4 - In which form of conditioning is the conditioned stimulus (CS) presented after the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) _______________?
A. higher order conditioning
B. forward conditioning
C. backward conditioning
D. second order conditioning - The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus is called __________________?
A. shaping
B. acquisition
C. discrimination
D. generalization - When Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response failed to occur. This is known as __________________?
A. condition failure
B. recovery
C. extinction
D. habituation - Rahila found that a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus only if it is contingent and:
A. Inclusive
B. Dominant
C. Informative
D. Appropriate - The presentation of an aversive stimulus of the removal of a positive stimulus are both examples of:
A. negative reinforcement
B. punishment
C. positive reinforcement
D. secondary reinforcement - The idea that the amount of change in a stimulus necessary to produce a JND is a constant proportion of the stimulus intensity is called:
A. James law
B. The all-or-none principle
C. The law of diminishing returns
D. Weber’s law - The bundles of axons or dendrites bounded by connective tissue are termed:The bundles of axons or dendrites bounded by connective tissue are termed:
A. Brain
B. Nerves
C. Ganglia
D. Spinal cord - At present, introspection or______is considered relatively unreliable:
A. Measurement
B. Self-observation
C. Observation
D. Self-questioning
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