Question 1

Which of the following is true regarding violent entertainment and aggressive behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  The rate of homicides increased after TV was introduced,even in countries where TV was banned.
B)  Level of arousal does not seem to play a role in the likelihood of a person behaving aggressively.
C)  Children who play violent video games behave more aggressively than children who play nonviolent video games.
D)  Children who watch the same violent TV show multiple times are more likely to behave aggressively than children who watch that same show only once.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Studies of copying in humans and chimpanzees have shown that _____ are more likely to emulate a model's behavior than are _____ .

Accepted Answer

A)  human adults;chimpanzees
B)  human children;human adults
C)  human children;chimpanzees
D)  chimpanzees;human childrenE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

In observational learning,it is difficult to predict what an organism will learn because:

Accepted Answer

A)  learning occurs during copying but not during observation.
B)  it is not always possible to determine what the organism perceives from the model.
C)  the behavior can often be explained by instrumental conditioning rather than by observational learning.
D)  it is hard to determine whether feedback is being provided to the observer.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

In a dog kennel,if one dog starts barking,there is a tendency for the rest of the dogs to also start barking.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  observational conditioning.
B)  stimulus enhancement.
C)  vocal learning.
D)  contagion.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

The third phase of song learning in songbirds involves:

Accepted Answer

A)  memorizing songs.
B)  practicing songs.
C)  comparing their own songs to memories of songs they have heard in the past.
D)  learning when it is appropriate to sing.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 6

In Bandura's Bobo doll study,Bandura believed that the children were learning the aggressive acts:

Accepted Answer

A)  after being rewarded for their behavior.
B)  when they were imitating the model.
C)  while they were observing the model.
D)  right before they observed the model.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 7

What needs to happen in the brain for imitation to occur? How do mirror neurons achieve this?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

____ neurons respond during both performance of an action and during visual observations of that same action.

Accepted Answer

A)  Template
B)  Mirror
C)  Echolalic
D)  ModelingE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Imagine you are attending a very fancy dinner for the first time.You learn which utensils to use for each course of the meal by watching which utensils the other guests use.This demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  observational conditioning.
B)  stimulus enhancement.
C)  social transmission of information.
D)  contagion.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 10

When copying involves generating stimuli that can be directly compared with the originally observed stimuli,it is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  true imitation.
B)  stimulus matching.
C)  emulation.
D)  perspective taking.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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