If an infant is startled by a loud sound, it makes movement similar to an embrace. This is called a______reflex.

Related Mcqs:

1. Watson trained Little Albert to fear a white rat. In his experiment the loud noise was a (n):

   A. Unconditioned response
   B. Conditioned stimulus
   C. Conditioned response
   D. Unconditioned stimulus

2. Phobias can be very debilitating and distressing phenomena. Which, if any, of the following statements are correct in relation to Watson and Rayner’s (1920) research into them?
   1:Watson and Rayner speculated that the complexity of emotional responsiveness in adults might be explained by the conditioning of children’s simple emotional reactions when they are exposed to new stimuli
   2:Watson and Rayner found evidence for emotional from a test trial in which the rat was accompanied by the noise
   3:The fear reaction in Albert could be produced by a loud noise
   4:None of the above

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

3. If you have a snake phobia because you once heard a loud noise while looking at a snake, for you a snake is a (n):

   A. US
   B. CS
   C. UR
   D. CR

4. While reading a novel, Rizvi isn’t easily distracted by the sounds of the TV or even by his brothers’ loud arguments. This best illustrates:

   A. The phi phenomenon
   B. Perceptual constancy
   C. Interposition
   D. Selective attention

5. The Law “similar things give rise to similar things” is called law of:

   A. Similarity
   B. Dissimilarity
   C. Recurrence
   D. None of these

6. An 80-decibel sound is______times louder than a 60-decibel sound.

   A. 20
   B. 2
   C. 10
   D. 100

7. The quality of infant-caregiver attachment depends:

   A. on the quality of bonding in the first few hours of life
   B. exclusively on the infant’s temperament
   C. on this interaction between the infant’s temperament and the caregiver’s responsiveness
   D. on how stranger anxiety is handled

8. Those who believe emotions are inherited or inborn say that the infant begins with the emotion of:

   A. movement
   B. delight
   C. affection
   D. excitement

9. When something touches the newborn’s cheek the infant will turn toward it. This is known as the_______reflex.

   A. Babinski
   B. Startle
   C. Rooting
   D. Moro

10. When placed in strange situations without their artificial mothers, Harlow’s infant monkeys demonstrated signs of:

    A. insecure attachment
    B. object permanence
    C. curiosity
    D. basic trust