State Correct Terms for These Tatum Psychology Flashcards

Part 1

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Connie’s children earn gold stars during the week for good behavior and completing their chores. If they earn enough gold stars, they are allowed on Sunday to choose one item out of a “grab bag” of small prizes. Connie is using _____ with her children.
Token reinforcers.
When you were in high school, you used to sleep 14 hours per night on the weekends. If you did this every night, you would be appropriately called a(n)
Long sleeper.
Secondary reinforcers are originally neutral, but gain their reinforcing properties by being associated with
Primary reinforcers.
Regarding mnemonic devices, this is FALSE?
Using bizarre images to try to remember information causes a great deal of interference.
Rare disease that prevents sleep
Always ends with stupor, coma, and death.
Regarding sleep among various animal species, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
All of these statements are true.
The disorder that is characterized by a failure of normal muscle paralysis, leading to violent actions during REM sleep, is called
REM behavior disorder.
Your friend Anna is suffering from insomnia. Which of the following would help Anna get a good night's sleep?
None of these
Reguarding REM and NREM sleep, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
NREM sleep occurs during stages 1, 2, 3, and 4.
If the teacher never calls on you when you raise your hand, you will probably stop raising your hand. This decrease in your hand raising due to the teacher ignoring you is an example of
Extinction.
A driver consistently drives well beyond the interstate speed limit until a highway patrolman stops her and gives her a speeding ticket. From that time on, this driver never exceeds the speed limit on the interstate. In this example, the highway patrolman has successfully used _____ to stop her from speeding.
Punishment
Differences between nightmares and night terrors include that
Nightmares involve slight or no movement; night terrors involve violent body movement, crying, sitting up, or running.
Two schedules of reinforcement that produce the highest rates of response are
Fixed ratio and variable ratio.
While dreaming, your partner acts out his dream and physically attacks you. Your partner is suffering from
REM behavior disorder.
Differences Differences between nightmares and night terrors include
That nightmares occur during REM sleep; night terrors occur during NREM sleep.