Psychological Principles and Behavioral Patterns Quiz

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#1

According to operant conditioning, what type of consequences increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated?

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
#2

What is the term for the mental process of making inferences and judgments based on information that is not directly observable or known?

Intuition
Insight
Reasoning
Perception
#3

Which concept suggests that the presence of others can enhance performance on simple tasks but impair performance on complex tasks?

Social facilitation
Group polarization
Groupthink
Social loafing
#4

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which needs must be satisfied before an individual is motivated by higher-level needs?

Esteem needs
Safety needs
Physiological needs
Belongingness and love needs
#5

What is the term for a mental shortcut that allows people to make decisions and solve problems quickly and efficiently?

Heuristic
Algorithm
Prototype
Schema
#6

Which concept suggests that people tend to exert less effort when working as a group compared to when working alone?

Social facilitation
Group polarization
Social loafing
Deindividuation
#7

Which psychological principle suggests that individuals tend to favor information that confirms their preconceptions?

Confirmation bias
Observer-expectancy effect
Fundamental attribution error
Hindsight bias
#8

What is the term for the tendency to attribute one's own thoughts and feelings to others?

Projection
Transference
Empathy
Mirroring
#9

What term describes the tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors and underestimate the influence of external factors when making judgments about the behavior of others?

Fundamental attribution error
Actor-observer bias
Self-serving bias
Confirmation bias
#10

Which theory of motivation suggests that behavior is driven by the desire to fulfill physiological needs and maintain homeostasis?

Drive-reduction theory
Hierarchy of needs
Two-factor theory
Self-determination theory
#11

According to the concept of operant conditioning, what term describes the weakening of a behavior when it is no longer reinforced?

Extinction
Punishment
Negative reinforcement
Shaping
#12

Which concept suggests that individuals adjust their behavior or thinking to align with a group standard?

Group polarization
Conformity
Obedience
Groupthink
#13

Which psychological principle suggests that people are motivated to maintain a consistent self-concept?

Self-fulfilling prophecy
Self-determination theory
Self-consistency theory
Self-efficacy theory
#14

Which psychological principle suggests that individuals are more likely to comply with a request if they have first agreed to a smaller request?

Foot-in-the-door technique
Door-in-the-face technique
Low-ball technique
Reciprocity norm
#15

What is the term for the phenomenon where people tend to remember incomplete tasks better than completed tasks?

Zeigarnik effect
Recency effect
Primacy effect
Spacing effect

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