AP Psych Unit 6 Learning (1)

According to the text, learning involves

• the ability to think abstractly
• a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience
• the development of prosocial behavior
• a reduction in extrinsic motiviation

What are two types of learning?

• Operant and classical
• Operant and cognitive
• Classical and social cognitive
• Classical and social

How many days does it take a human to learn associative learning?

• 66 days
• 60 days
• 10 days
• 25 days

Who put Cats in a box with a lever that allowed it to get out with a bowl of food as bait?

• Edward L. Thorndike
• Francis Bacon
• John Locke
• William Wundt

Who of the following was not a Gestalt Psychologist?

• Edward Tolman
• Wolfgang Kohler
• Sigmund Freund
• Martin Seligman

Who did the Bobo doll experiment?

• Albert Bandura
• Edward Tolman
• B.F. Skinner
• John B. Watson

If a child is offered a reward after they earn five A’s on her homework assignments. After her fifth A on a homework assignment, she gets to pick out a new toy, what type of intermittent reinforcement does this display?

• Variable Ratio Schedule - VR
• Fixed Interval Schedule - FI
• Variable Interval Schedule - VI
• Fixed Ratio Schedule - FR

Who taught dogs to salivate when they heard a bell?

• John B. Watson
• B.F. Skinner
• Ivan Pavlov
• Edward L. Thorndike

Which type of operant conditioning adds a stimulus following a behavior in order to strengthen a response?

• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment
• Positive Reinforcer
• Negatice Reinforcer

What is the acquisition of mental information by observing people or events or through language?

• Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
• Latent Learning
• Cognitive Learning