PSY 201G

PSY 201G

PSY 201G                     Due on 10/10
Answer all the questions in your own words. If you copy word for word from the book or other sources, you will not get the credits.

1. What is subliminal perception? Useevidence fromat least one psychological study to explain how subliminal cues affect people’s thought or behavior.
2. Explain the sociocognitive theory of hypnosis and the dissociation theory of hypnosis.Which theory is more supported by studies? Give one example of a study that favors this theory.
3. A child got a painful shot from a nurse wearing a white gown.From then on, the child started to fear anyone wearing a white gown like the nurse’s. Identify the unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, and conditioned response in this classical conditioning scenario.
4. 
a) Tom’s parents wanthim to clean his bedroom more often. Suggest apositive reinforcement and anegative reinforcementTom’s parents can use to achieve this goal.
b) Ann’s parents want her to stop taking her little brother’s toys away. Suggest a positive punishment and a negative punishment that Ann’s parents can use to achieve this goal.
5. It takes most people a significantly longer time to find the red square in the right panel than in the left panel below. Use what you have learned about attention to explain why this is the case.
 


6. 
a) What are the two major differences between working memory and long-term memory?
b) What evidence provides support for the distinction between working memory and long-term memory?
7.Alice and Bob are both trying to memorize the same list of words.Alice does it by repeating the words over and over again, and Bobdoes it by making a story with all the words. 
a) What rehearsal methods are Alice and Bob using respectively?
b) Based on therehearsal methods they use, who is likely to memorize the words better? Why?