Our levels of fear may be influenced by:

Related Mcqs:

1. Our levels of fear may be influenced by:

   A. personal expense
   B. crime news
   C. aspects of our personality which make us more, or less, afraid of crime
   D. all of the options above

2. Watson and Rayner (1`920) conditioned “Little Albert’ to fear white rats by banging a hammer on a steel bar as the child played with a white rat. Later, it was discovered that Albert feared not only white rats but white stuffed toys and Santa’s beard as well. Albert’s fear of these other objects can be attributed to:

   A. the law effect
   B. stimulus generalization
   C. stimulus discrimination
   D. an overactive imagination

3. Stroebe and Diehl (1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
   1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
   2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
   3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
   4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.

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

4. Stroebe and Diehl(1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
   1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
   2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
   3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
   4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.

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

5. There is evidence that high levels of aluminum may contribute to the followings:

   A. Epilepsy
   B. Alzheimer’s disease
   C. Parkinson’s disease
   D. All of the above

6. What is the fear- victimization paradox?

   A. Those who fear crime the most tend to become the victims of crime
   B. There is little, or no relationship between and individual’s risk of victimization and their level of fear of crime
   C. It simply refers to the fear of being a victim of crime
   D. It refers to the group of people who are least bothered by the risk of being “victimized

7. A child who has been frightened by a dog develops a fear response to all dogs. This is known as:

   A. Stimulus Discrimination
   B. Extinction
   C. Spontaneous recovery
   D. Stimulus Generalization

8. Research on avoidance learning suggests that a fear response is acquired through_________conditioning: the avoidance response is maintained as a result of______conditioning.

   A. classical; operant
   B. operant; classical
   C. classical; classical
   D. operant; operant

9. Which of these is not a common behaviour displayed by individuals when they are in contact with a fear stimulus?

   A. Decreased heart rate
   B. Palpitations
   C. Sweating
   D. Shortness of birth

10. Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of what personality disorder?

    A. histrionic
    B. obsessive – compulsive
    C. schizoid
    D. avoidant