BAPSY Social and Behavioral Psychology 3

Question 1

Which classical conditioning phenomenon occurs when a conditioned response is elicited by stimuli similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus?

Accepted Answer

Stimulus generalization

Answer

Stimulus generalization allows organisms to respond to novel but similar stimuli, which has adaptive survival value.

Question 2

Bandura's Bobo doll experiments primarily demonstrated which behavioral principle?

Accepted Answer

Observational learning can occur without direct reinforcement

Answer

Children who watched adults aggress toward the Bobo doll later imitated those behaviors, showing that reinforcement is not required for learning.

Question 3

The 'foot-in-the-door' compliance technique works primarily through which psychological mechanism?

Accepted Answer

Commitment and consistency

Answer

Once people agree to a small request, they feel motivated to remain consistent with their self-image as helpful, making larger requests more likely to succeed.

Question 4

In operant conditioning, a negative reinforcer is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

A stimulus whose removal increases the likelihood of a behavior

Answer

Negative reinforcement strengthens behavior by removing an aversive stimulus, such as taking aspirin to relieve a headache.

Question 5

Which attribution error involves overestimating the role of external situational factors when explaining one's own failures?

Accepted Answer

Self-serving bias

Answer

Self-serving bias leads people to attribute successes to internal factors and failures to external circumstances to protect self-esteem.

BAPSY - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Practice Test

BAPSY - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Practice Test

BAPSY Social and Behavioral Psychology 3