Psychology MCQs

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The brainstem consists mainly of the ______________?
A. Cerebellum and the cerebral cortex
B. Cerebrum and the medulla
C. Medulla and the cerebellum
D. Cerebral cortex and the medulla
Becoming addicted to gambling is related to the effects of ____________?
A. Shaping
B. Vicarious classical conditioning.
C. Unconditioned emotional reflexes.
D. Partial reinforcement
The tendency for prior learning to inhibit recall later learning is called: ____________?
A. Encoding failure
B. Repression
C. Retroactive interference.
D. Proactive interference
the most powerful research tool is a (an): _____________?
A. Clinical study
B. Experiment
C. Survey
D. Correlational study
Distributed practice refers to learning: ____________?
A. All at once
B. Over several sessions
C. From several different sources
D. Through several different senses
Reliability refers to the __________ of a measuring device such as a test.
A. Representativeness
B. Predictability
C. Accuracy of inference
D. Consistency