FSU PSYC320 Quiz 8 Latest 2021
Question 1
After the events of Columbine, certain video games came under heavy criticism for their
violent content, especially the use of guns. The perpetrators spent hours playing specific
video games as "practice." If the criticism is true and video games played a role, which
learning ability would explain what the shooters were doing by playing the video game?
identical elements theory
transfer specificity
learning set formation
motor program
Question 2
Research on talent and expertise suggests that:
the total amount of practice is an important variable in determining whether a person will
become an expert.
practice alone determines who will become an expert.
it is easy to determine how much practice an individual will need in order to become an
expert.
people need to be born with talent in order to become experts.
Question 3
The restricted applicability of some learned skills to specific situations is known as:
implicit learning.
a motor program.
transfer specificity.
, skill decay.
Question 4
A participant watching a film on better running form creates memories that he later uses to
improve his own running skills. This is known as:
cognitive skill.
power law of practice.
knowledge of skills.
observational learning.
Question 5
People with Parkinson's disease:
have trouble with mirror-reading tasks.
can be treated with deep brain stimulation.
usually begin experiencing symptoms in their twenties.
have abnormally high levels of dopamine.
Question 6
Brain-imaging research on people learning to use patterns on cards to predict weather
outcomes has shown that activity _____ in the basal ganglia, and people _____ improve on
the task.
increases; do
decreases; do
decreases; do not
increases; do not
Question 7
During the _____ stage of skill learning, learners begin using stereotyped actions when
performing the skill and rely less on actively recalled memories of rules.
Question 1
After the events of Columbine, certain video games came under heavy criticism for their
violent content, especially the use of guns. The perpetrators spent hours playing specific
video games as "practice." If the criticism is true and video games played a role, which
learning ability would explain what the shooters were doing by playing the video game?
identical elements theory
transfer specificity
learning set formation
motor program
Question 2
Research on talent and expertise suggests that:
the total amount of practice is an important variable in determining whether a person will
become an expert.
practice alone determines who will become an expert.
it is easy to determine how much practice an individual will need in order to become an
expert.
people need to be born with talent in order to become experts.
Question 3
The restricted applicability of some learned skills to specific situations is known as:
implicit learning.
a motor program.
transfer specificity.
, skill decay.
Question 4
A participant watching a film on better running form creates memories that he later uses to
improve his own running skills. This is known as:
cognitive skill.
power law of practice.
knowledge of skills.
observational learning.
Question 5
People with Parkinson's disease:
have trouble with mirror-reading tasks.
can be treated with deep brain stimulation.
usually begin experiencing symptoms in their twenties.
have abnormally high levels of dopamine.
Question 6
Brain-imaging research on people learning to use patterns on cards to predict weather
outcomes has shown that activity _____ in the basal ganglia, and people _____ improve on
the task.
increases; do
decreases; do
decreases; do not
increases; do not
Question 7
During the _____ stage of skill learning, learners begin using stereotyped actions when
performing the skill and rely less on actively recalled memories of rules.
