AP Psych Mod 26/27 Informal Assessment

1. According to the text, learning involves

• A. the ability to think abstractly.

• B. a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.

• C. the development of prosocial behavior.

• D. a reduction in extrinsic motivation.

• E. acquiring knowledge that can be recalled explicitly or implicitly.

2. Learning that certain events occur together is called

• A. shaping.

• B. latent learning.

• C. observational learning.

• D. associative learning.

• E. conditioned reinforcement.

3. A sea slug learns to withdraw its gill after repeatedly being squirted by water. After repeated squirting, the withdrawal response lessens. Which term would learning theorists use to describe this reaction?

• A. operant conditioning

• B. negative reinforcement

• C. conditioned stimulus

• D. habituation

• E. law of effect

4. Pets who learn that the sound of an electric can opener signals the arrival of their food illustrate

• A. shaping.

• B. extrinsic motivation.

• C. classical conditioning.

• D. observational learning.

• E. negative reinforcement.

5. Seals in an aquarium will repeat behaviors, such as slapping and barking, that prompt people to toss them a herring. This best illustrates

• A. respondent behavior.

• B. operant conditioning.

• C. observational learning.

• D. latent learning.

• E. spontaneous recovery.

6. The researcher most closely associated with the study of classical conditioning is

• A. Edward Thorndike.

• B. Edward Deci.

• C. B. F. Skinner.

• D. Albert Bandura.

• E. Ivan Pavlov.

7. In Pavlov's experiments on the salivary conditioning of dogs, the US was

• A. a tone.

• B. salivation to the sound of a tone.

• C. the presentation of food in the dog's mouth.

• D. salivation to the food in the mouth.

• E. not used in the conditioning trials.

8. Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

• A. playing jump rope

• B. running through a maze to get a food reward

• C. sweating in hot weather

• D. clapping after a thrilling concert performance

• E. getting money as a reward

9. For the most rapid acquisition of a CR, the CS should be presented

• A. shortly after the CR.

• B. shortly after the US.

• C. shortly before the US.

• D. at the same time as the US.

• E. shortly before the CR.

10. Researchers condition a flatworm to contract its body to light by repeatedly pairing the light with an electric shock. The stage in which the flatworm's contraction response to light is established and gradually strengthened is called

• A. shaping.

• B. acquisition.

• C. generalization.

• D. spontaneous recovery.

• E. latent learning.