Psychology 387 - Learning (Athabasca) – Finals
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1. What is biophilia? - ANSWER The innately emotional affiliation of
human's to other living beings.
2. General behavior traits - ANSWER Any general behavioral tendency that
is influenced by genes.
3. What are examples of behavior traits? - ANSWER Hoarding, anxiety,
aggression, sex
4. Aversives - ANSWER things an organism strives to avoid
5. What problem is there with aggression as a fixed action pattern with
aversives as releasers? - ANSWER It increases aggressive behavior
6. Does heredity play a role in the appearance of general behavior traits? -
ANSWER Yes
7. What is the chief limitation of natural selection - ANSWER It is slow
,8. Learning gives a species - ANSWER the tendency to modify behavior to
suit a situation
9. The trouble with the nature-nurture debate is - ANSWER it creates
divisions between heredity and experience
10.Deviant behaviors are - ANSWER products of heredity and learning
11.The ability to learn is the product of - ANSWER heredity and experience
12.Explaining a phenomenon means - ANSWER identifying the physical
events producing it
13.The word change is preferred over acquisition because - ANSWER
learning does not always involve acquiring something
14.Behavior is - ANSWER anything an organism does that can be measured
15.Operational definition - ANSWER a definition that specifies the
procedure by which a term will be measured
16.If something can be operationally defined - ANSWER it can be studied
, 17.Stimulus - ANSWER an event that elicits behavior
18.Ways to measure learning - ANSWER reduction of errors, topography,
intensity, change in latency, rate or frequency
19.cumulative recorder - ANSWER An apparatus that records each
occurrence of behavior
cumulative record - ANSWER a record of behavior, each point reflecting the
total number of times a behavior was performed
circular explanation - ANSWER the explanation is the very thing being
explained
constructivism - ANSWER the debate that science is a debate about an
unknowable reality
Experience - ANSWER an event capable of affecting behavior
Fluency - ANSWER is a combination of errors and rate; the number correct
per minute
anecdotal evidence - ANSWER first or secondhand reports of personal
experiences
, Case Study - ANSWER studying a particular individual in considerable detail
Descriptive study - ANSWER describing a group by obtaining data from it's
members through interviews or questionnaires
What are limitations to a case study? - ANSWER they take time and don't
answer a lot of questions
What are limitations to a descriptive study? - ANSWER they cannot test
hypotheses
Experiment - ANSWER A study in which a researcher manipulates one or
more variables and measures the effects
independent variables - ANSWER the variable the researcher controls
dependent variables - ANSWER variables that vary freely
between-subject experiment - ANSWER the researcher identifies two or more
groups of participants and the independent variable differs across these groups
experimental group - ANSWER participants in the exposed group
control group - ANSWER participants not in the exposed group
Verified Multiple Choice and Conceptual Actual
Frequently Tested Exam Questions With Reviewed
100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update!!
1. What is biophilia? - ANSWER The innately emotional affiliation of
human's to other living beings.
2. General behavior traits - ANSWER Any general behavioral tendency that
is influenced by genes.
3. What are examples of behavior traits? - ANSWER Hoarding, anxiety,
aggression, sex
4. Aversives - ANSWER things an organism strives to avoid
5. What problem is there with aggression as a fixed action pattern with
aversives as releasers? - ANSWER It increases aggressive behavior
6. Does heredity play a role in the appearance of general behavior traits? -
ANSWER Yes
7. What is the chief limitation of natural selection - ANSWER It is slow
,8. Learning gives a species - ANSWER the tendency to modify behavior to
suit a situation
9. The trouble with the nature-nurture debate is - ANSWER it creates
divisions between heredity and experience
10.Deviant behaviors are - ANSWER products of heredity and learning
11.The ability to learn is the product of - ANSWER heredity and experience
12.Explaining a phenomenon means - ANSWER identifying the physical
events producing it
13.The word change is preferred over acquisition because - ANSWER
learning does not always involve acquiring something
14.Behavior is - ANSWER anything an organism does that can be measured
15.Operational definition - ANSWER a definition that specifies the
procedure by which a term will be measured
16.If something can be operationally defined - ANSWER it can be studied
, 17.Stimulus - ANSWER an event that elicits behavior
18.Ways to measure learning - ANSWER reduction of errors, topography,
intensity, change in latency, rate or frequency
19.cumulative recorder - ANSWER An apparatus that records each
occurrence of behavior
cumulative record - ANSWER a record of behavior, each point reflecting the
total number of times a behavior was performed
circular explanation - ANSWER the explanation is the very thing being
explained
constructivism - ANSWER the debate that science is a debate about an
unknowable reality
Experience - ANSWER an event capable of affecting behavior
Fluency - ANSWER is a combination of errors and rate; the number correct
per minute
anecdotal evidence - ANSWER first or secondhand reports of personal
experiences
, Case Study - ANSWER studying a particular individual in considerable detail
Descriptive study - ANSWER describing a group by obtaining data from it's
members through interviews or questionnaires
What are limitations to a case study? - ANSWER they take time and don't
answer a lot of questions
What are limitations to a descriptive study? - ANSWER they cannot test
hypotheses
Experiment - ANSWER A study in which a researcher manipulates one or
more variables and measures the effects
independent variables - ANSWER the variable the researcher controls
dependent variables - ANSWER variables that vary freely
between-subject experiment - ANSWER the researcher identifies two or more
groups of participants and the independent variable differs across these groups
experimental group - ANSWER participants in the exposed group
control group - ANSWER participants not in the exposed group
