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What do commercials promote by portraying attractive people having fun drinking a particular brand?


A) observational learning
B) behavior processes
C) social conformity
D) social learning

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Which characteristic is a symptom of autism?


A) reduced intellectual abilities
B) normal social skills
C) normal behavior patterns
D) the need for highly consistent routines

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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


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 D)
F) A) and D)

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What is the MOST extensively studied form of vocal learning?


A) speech learning in human infants
B) vocalizations in dolphins
C) song learning in birds
D) speech learning in chimpanzees

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Give an example of a behavior that appears to be imitation but can also be explained by observational conditioning. Explain how observational conditioning would give rise to this behavior.

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Stimulus matching refers to:


A) copying the exact actions that are observed.
B) directly comparing a generated stimulus with an observed stimulus.
C) copying the end result of a behavior that is observed.
D) being able to imagine oneself in the place of another person.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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According to the _____ hypothesis memories for perceived actions are stored in the cortical regions that map observed actions onto the motor representations of those actions.


A) template
B) visual
C) direct-matching
D) stimulus-matching

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Repetition of words or phrases immediately after hearing them spoken is known as:


A) echolalia.
B) emotional contagion.
C) emulation.
D) observational conditioning.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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According to the template model of song learning, the first phase of song learning in songbirds involves:


A) memorizing songs.
B) practicing songs.
C) comparing a bird's own songs with memories of songs it has heard in the past.
D) learning when it is appropriate to sing.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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The areas of the brain that become active during both the observation and performance of actions are located in what region of the brain in both humans and monkeys?


A) the lower regions
B) the lateral region
C) the occipital lobe
D) the cortical regions

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Children with autism:


A) have reduced intellectual abilities.
B) have more trouble imitating individual actions than sequences of actions.
C) cannot recognize when they are being imitated.
D) show more impairment of meaningless gestures than meaningful ones.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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An individual learns an emotional response after observing it in others. This is known as:


A) observational conditioning.
B) stimulus enhancement.
C) imitation.
D) emotional contagion.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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The emotional excitement associated with annual events such as the Super Bowl can amplify memories during exposure to advertisements. This suggests that alcoholic preferences of football fans are likely to be a result of:


A) conditioning disguised as entertainment.
B) social understanding of the product.
C) visual expectations.
D) emulation.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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What is the two-action test? How can it be used to demonstrate whether true imitation is occurring?

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Ella observed her father cleaning up toys by putting them all in a large bin and then carrying the bin over to the corner. The next time Ella had to clean up her toys, she left the bin in the corner and carried the toys to it one by one. This is an example of:


A) perspective taking.
B) stimulus matching.
C) emulation.
D) true imitation.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Studies of social transmission of food preferences in rats have shown that hippocampal lesions result in:


A) anterograde amnesia but not retrograde amnesia.
B) anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia.
C) retrograde amnesia that is worse for older memories than for newly acquired memories.
D) retrograde amnesia that is worse for newly acquired memories than for older memories.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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The disrupting activity in the lateral magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum (LMAN) region when a bird hears another bird's song for the first time _____ song learning.


A) enhances
B) impairs
C) prevents
D) has no effect on

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Describe Bandura's studies of modeling. What were the main findings of his research?

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Describe the Bobo doll study. Primary re...

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John's friends don't smoke, but many of John's favorite movie stars do smoke. John has decided to take up smoking. His behavior demonstrates that people are more likely to copy models:


A) who are similar to themselves.
B) whom they admire.
C) when the outcome is desirable.
D) when they have stored a memory of the model performing the behavior.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Children with autism:


A) have reduced intellectual abilities.
B) have more trouble imitating individual actions than sequences of actions.
C) cannot recognize when they are being imitated.
D) show more impairment of meaningless gestures than meaningful ones.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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