A term coach who benches a player for poor performance is using:

Related Mcqs:

1. A term coach who benches a player for poor performance is using:

   A. aversive conditioning
   B. modeling
   C. negative reinforcement
   D. punishment

2. in the traditional learning experiment, the effect of practice on performance is investigate(d) performance is the ______________ variable.

   A. independent
   B. extraneous
   C. dependent
   D. control

3. A coach goes to meet a new child and parent at the side of the soccer field and asks how old the body is. The mother responds by saying that her daughter his five. This is an example of which type of identity trouble?

   A. mistaken identity placement
   B. dissonance between announced identity and placement
   C. insufficient support for identity announcement
   D. mismanagement of superfluous identities

4. If psychologists discovered that wealthy people are less satisfied with their marriages than poor people are, this would indicate that wealth and martial satisfaction are ____________?

   A. casually related
   B. negatively correlated
   C. independent variables
   D. dependent variables
   E. None of these

5. Montel, a white university student, is on academic probation for poor grades. Ever since he received notice of his probation, Montel has become increasingly hostile toward racial minority students and staff on campus. His increasing hostility can best be explained in terms of:

   A. the reciprocity norm
   B. the scapegoat theory
   C. ingroup bias
   D. the just- world phenomenon

6. While considerable research suggests that human’s exhibit relatively poor reasoning ability what reasons have been given to be critical of this research?

   A. Rationality is not absolute
   B. Experiments lack ecological validity
   C. Satisficing responses are rational responses
   D. People have limited time and data available
   E. All of the above

7. If correlational analyses indicate that higher levels of depression are related to poorer psychical health, can we infer that depression causes poor health?

   A. No, because correlated variables do not indicated causal relationships
   B. No, because correlated variables are not based on inferential statistics
   C. Yes, because correlated variables indicated causal relationships
   D. Yes, because correlated variables are based on inferential statistics

8. Which of the following are likely to make us find a situation stressful? 1: Having knowledge are experience of the job. 2: Poor relationships at work. 3: Reduced autonomy over work. 4: Neurotic temperament.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 1,2 & 3
   C. 2,3 & 4
   D. 1 & 4

9. The area of the brain where short-term memories are transferred to long-term memory is the _________________?

   A. medulla
   B. hippocampus
   C. pons
   D. hypothalamus

10. Long-term potentiation and long-term depression are processes demonstrating that:

    A. Experience can modify a neuron’s responses
    B. Experience can modify a person’s potential
    C. Experience can modify a person’s mental health
    D. Experience cannot modify a neuron’s responses