Psychology MCQs

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Tolman’s experiment with rats in the maze was aimed to study: __________?
A. Operant conditioning learning
B. Trial-and-error learning
C. Latent learning
D. Classical conditioning learning
Recency effect in free recall decreases with increase in:____________?
A. Length of the the list
B. Exposure time
C. Number of previously learned lists
D. Delay prior to recall
Recoding, chunking, and rehearsal are especially important for the improvement of:___________?
A. Short-term memory effciency
B. Eidetic imagery
C. Sensory memory
D. Long-term memory traces
The improvement of memory to truly exceptional levels involves:
A. Learning techniques for organizing or “chunking” information
B. Replacing memory based on meaning with memory that utilizes images
C. Improvements in short-term memory
D. Improvements in the neural substrates of memory through drugs and nutrition
The major problem with using hypnosis in police work is: _____________?
A. Vicarious inhibition
B. That there is little evidence that information gathered by hypnosis has ever helped solve a police case
C. The occurrence of false memories
D. A person’s ability to be hypnotized