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):

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. Arturo believes that most young women from California are extremely good looking and that extremely good- looking women are usually selfish and egotistical. His beliefs are example of __________?

   A. ingroup bias
   B. stereotypes
   C. sexual discrimination
   D. mirror- image perceptions

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

   A. grasping
   B. rooting
   C. Babinski
   D. Moro

6. A person thinks that he sees a snake moving stealthily through the weeds on a distant field. As he gets closer, he discovers that it was only a dark piece of rope. This perceptual phenomenon is known as ________________?

   A. telekinesis
   B. delusion
   C. hallucinations
   D. illusion

7. When Armen first head the hit song “Gotta Love It” he wasn’t at all sure he liked it. The more often he heard it played, however, the more he enjoyed it. Armen’s reaction illustrates:

   A. social facilitation
   B. the bystander effect
   C. the foot- in- the- door phenomenon
   D. the mere exposure effect

8. Dan was able to tell that the voice he heard calling his name was coming from the building on his left because of:

   A. Auditory localization
   B. Auditory convergence
   C. Perceptual set
   D. Perceptual constancy

9. Jamil is looking at two objects he knows are the same size. However, it appears that one of the objects looks smaller than the other. Therefore, Jamil concludes the smaller objects is father away from him than the one that appears larger. Jamil is using what method to determine depth?

   A. Linear perspective
   B. Relative size
   C. Interposition
   D. Accommodation

10. Jackson had a huge breakfast this morning and is still feeling stuffed when he arrives at work. However, one of his colleagues has brought some delicious-looking donuts to the morning staff meeting and Jackson just can’t resist. Although he feels full, he eats donuts. His behavior is inconsistent with:

    A. incentive theories of motivation
    B. drive theories of motivation
    C. evolutionary theories of motivation
    D. the Cannon-Bard theory of motivation