Psych II FINAL Review

In classical conditioning, the best results occur when the conditioned stimulus is presented before the unconditioned response.

A subject responding to a second stimulus similar to the original CS is an example of generalization.

A child saying “Daddy” only to his father is an example of discrimination.

In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus elicits an automatic response.

Individuals who believe that no matter what they do their actions make no difference are exhibiting learned helplessness.

A test designed to measure management ability is found to be a very bad predictor of how well an individual will function as a manager. This test is said to be valid.

When an algebra teacher gives a test to her class to measure how much algebra her students have learned, she is giving an achievement test.

A test has 20 questions. The first 10 are scored separately from the second 10. The two scores are approximately equal. This is one indication that the test is reliable. This is called split-half reliability.

A test that is administered twice to the same person with very different results can be called reliable.

If two teachers grade the same test and assign the same score, the test is said to have inter-scorer reliability.