Ebbinghuas, had done the pioneering experiments on __________?

Related Mcqs:

1. In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a “masking” stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effect of:

   A. Tinnitus
   B. Accommodation
   C. Blindsight
   D. Priming

2. Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?

   A. Behavioural compliance never leads to attitude change
   B. The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change
   C. The greater the inducement for compliance the more the attitude change
   D. Behavioural compliance always leads to attitude change

3. Durkheim used the multivariate approach to write a pioneering and influential analysis of_________?

   A. racial discrimination
   B. European countries
   C. Poverty
   D. suicide

4. Experiments demonstrate that infants register strongest preference for which of the following visual stimuli?

   A. plain, solid colors
   B. bright colors
   C. likenesses of human faces
   D. likenesses of animals and pets

5. In Wolfgang Kohler’s experiments, a chimp is put in a cage containing three boxes and a banana suspended high above the animal’s head. After first trying to jump up to reach the banana, the chimp looks around them then stacks the three boxes so it can climb up to the banana. This is an example of _____________?

   A. trial and error
   B. latent learning
   C. insight learning
   D. shaping

6. In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, food was the:

   A. conditioned response
   B. unconditioned stimulus
   C. conditioned stimulus
   D. unconditioned response

7. In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs the bell (during and after conditioning) was the:

   A. conditioned response
   B. unconditioned stimulus
   C. conditioned stimulus
   D. unconditioned response

8. We wish to test the hypothesis that music improves learning. We compare test scores of students who study to music with those who study in silence, Which of the following is an extraneous variable in this experiments?

   A. the presence or absence of music
   B. the students test scores
   C. the amount of time allowed the studying
   D. silence

9. An experimenter conducts an experiments on the effects of a drug to control hallucinations. He declares the results to be “statistically significant,’ which usually means that:

   A. even though appropriate statistics were used, no differences could be detected between experimental and control groups
   B. the results have important implications for theory or practice
   C. differences between experimental and control group of this size occur by chance only 5 times out of 100 (or less)
   D. differences between experimental and control groups were so large they could never occur by chance alone

10. Laboratory experiments have supplied significant data concerning behavior reactions in relations to:

    A. Data
    B. Practice
    C. Skill
    D. Learning