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Week 6 Quiz 5

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Who conducted an experiment on the effects of punishment on learning that was, in reality, a classic experiment on obedience?

A . Solomon Asch

B . Stanley Milgram

C . Phillip Zimbardo

D . Muzafer Sherif

Question 2 of 10

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What are two types of causal attributions that people make?

A . Dispositional and situational

B . Environmental and situational

C . Personal and dispositional

D . Implicit and explicit

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What is the most effective strategy to reduce prejudice and us-them thinking?

A . Encouraging social contact between groups

B . Having groups work together on a task requiring cooperation to reach a common goal

C . Establishing legal equality of all groups

D . Education about social issues and diversity

Question 4 of 10

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Is the Stanford prison study, what was it that caused the guards to treat the prisoners harshly?

A . The instructions given to the guards

B . The actions of the prisoners

C . The social context

D . Peer pressure from other guards

Question 5 of 10

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Which of the following is a sign of groupthink

A . An illusion of vulnerability

B . An illusion of anonymity

C . Unbiased information seeking

D . Self-censorship

Question 6 of 10

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In Pavlov’s studies of classical conditioning in dogs, the food dish was the _______________ .

A . Conditioned stimulus

B . Unconditioned stimulus

C . Conditioned response

D . Unconditioned response

Question 7 of 10

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What is the difference between punishment and negative reinforcement?

A . There is no difference-the terms are synonymous

B . Punishment involves the presentation of an aversive consequence, but negative reinforcement involves the removal of a positive consequence

C . Negative reinforcement is part of operant conditioning, but punishment is used in classical conditioning

D . Negative reinforcement strengthens behavior but punishment weakens it

Question 8 of 10

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Albert Bandura is well known for his study of __________________ .

A . Observational learning

B . Latent learning

C . Conditioned taste aversion

D . Punishment

Question 9 of 10

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In the “Little Albert” study, what was the unconditioned stimulus?

A . A white rat

B . A loud noise

C . A Santa Claus mask

D . A neutral stimulus

Question 10 of 10

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What procedure would be used to teach pigeons to play Ping Pong?

A . Classical conditioning

B . Observational learning

C . Shaping

D . Systematic desensitization