Quiz on Learning Theories

Who pioneered the work on Classical Conditioning?

• Albert Bandura

• B.F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

• Alan Baddeley

Who pioneered the work on Operant Conditioning?

• Albert Bandura

• B.F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

• Alan Baddeley

Who pioneered the work on Observational Learning?

• Albert Bandura

• B.F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

• Alan Baddeley

In Classical conditioning, the food naturally triggers salivation in the dog. The food is the __________ and salivation is the __________.

• Unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response

• Conditioned stimulus; conditioned response

• Neutral stimulus, unconditioned response

• Neutral stimulus, conditioned response

In Classical conditioning, the bell does not trigger salivation in the dog. However, because of constant pairing with food it becomes _____ and triggers the salivation.

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Neutral stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• None of the above

For classical conditioning to occur, the following two conditions must be met (1) the CS must come shortly before the UCS, and (2) the CS may randomly precede the UCS.

• True

• False

Acquiring a conditioned response to a familiar stimulus would be harder because of latent inhibition.

• True

• False

Your dog has learned to associate your BF's voice with a kick (abusive BF) so that when it hears your BF's voice, it runs and hides in the corner shaking in fear. What kind of learning is this?

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Observational learning

• Not applicable

Your cat has learned to associate crowds with fireworks so that it hides in the box when many people visit your home. However, after several time when there were many people but no fireworks, the association gradually disappeared and your cat learned to come out again. This is an example of ______

• Extinction

• Spontaneous recovery

• Positive punishment

• Negative reinforcement

The pigeons in the park learned to associate the sound of plastic cellophane opening with food so that when a person opens a plastic cellophane, the pigeons would flock to the person. What kind of learning is this?

• Observational learning

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• None of the above