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Dollard & Miller- Quiz questions
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
11/13/2011

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Hull had a _____ theory of learning
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drive reduction
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according to Dollard & Miller, if parents totally inhibit a child's aggressiveness, the child:
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will be abnormally meek
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if a response to an original stimulus is prevented by a mild conflict displacement will occur to
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a stimulus somewhat different from the original
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generalization is the opposite of what?
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discrimination
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which is true about a conditioned fear response?
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it is typically much more difficult to extinguish than other types of responses
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according to Dollard & Miller, which of the following is true concerning the original frustration-aggression hypothesis?
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frustration leads to aggression
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when cue-producing responses are directed at the solution of a future problem the process is called what?
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planning
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Dollard & Miller believe that studying neurotics is useful because they:
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can be observed under controlled conditions, can be studied over a fairly long period of time, are more willing to talk about personal aspects of their lives
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which of the following is secondary drive?
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anxiety
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Dollard & Miller attempted to synthesize the theories of?
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Hull and Freud
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according to Dollard & Miller, depending on how the feeding situation is handled, a child may
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become passive or apathetic, come to believe the world, is an unpredictable place, grow up disliking other people
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the rearrangement of response probabilities as new conditions emerge or as old conditions change is called
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learning
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according to Dollard & Miller, the neurotic who has a strong sex dive yet is repelled by sex is having an ______ conflict
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approach-avoidance
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the statement, all learning depends on failure, describes the
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learning dilemma
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according to Dollard & Miller, which of the following is true concerning the original frustration-aggression hypothesis?
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frustration leads to aggression
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when cue-producing responses are directed at the solution of a future problem the process is called?
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planning
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Miller called fear an acquired drive because?
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its reduction is reinforcing, all organisms naturally fear certain things, once fear is acquired it does not extinguish
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which of the following is considered a contribution made by Dollard & Miller's theory?
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it is successfully synthesized Hullian learning theory and psychoanalysis
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which of the following is a secondary drive?
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the need to be successful
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According to Dollard & Miller, there are probably more taboos in our culture related to ______ than there are for any other type of activity
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sex
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a ______ is a stimulus that indicates the appropriate direction that an activity should take
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cue
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what is the opposite of generalization?
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discrimination
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a group of responses elicited by a single cue is what Hull called?
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the habit family hierarchy
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rats aggressing towards a doll when no other rat is present exemplifies
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displaced aggression
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Dollard & Miller call images perceptions and words:
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cue producing responses
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suppression allows ______ of/from anxiety-provoking thoughts, whereas repression allows ______ of/from them:
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escape...avoidance
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which of the following is considered a contribution made by Dollard & Miller's theory?
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it successfully synthesized Hullian learning theory and psychoanalysis
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a parent usually becomes a powerful ______ reinforcer to her or his child:
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secondary
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According to Hull, a newborn child possesses a genetically determined set of responses which is triggered if a need arises. This is called the ______ hierarchy of responses
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innate
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the rearrangement of response probabilities as new conditions emerge or as old conditions change is called
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learning
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a group of responses elicited by a single cue is what Hull called:
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the habit family hierarchy
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Pavlov referred to the physical stimuli that precede biologically significant events as
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the first signal system
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Dollard & Miller have been criticized for
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being simplistic in their analysis of human behavior, generalizing from the nonhuman to the human level, failing to adequately synthesize Freudian and Hullian theory
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According to Dollard & Miller, if parents totally inhibit a child's aggressiveness, the child?
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will not be able to compete successfully in modern society
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the ________ of a stimulus determinse its drive properties, whereas ______ its determines its cue properties:
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strength...distinctiveness
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which of the following is true about approach-avoidance conflict?
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the strength of the approach tendency increases as the goal is approached, the strength of the avoidance tendency increases as the goal is approached, the avoidance tendency is stronger nearer the goal than the approach tendency
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a group of responses elicited by a single cue is what Hull called:
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the habit family hierarchy
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according to Dollard & Miller, ______ drives are the building blocks of personality:
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primary
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