Learning quiz

What is the definition of learning?

• A relatively permanent change in behavior caused by experience

• Memorizing and recalling information

• When you remember how to perform a certain skill

• When you understand something

Which of the following is characteristic of an unconditioned stimulus?

• Becomes a response to the conditioned stimulus

• Causes conditioning to happen

• Is a previously neutral response that becomes paired with a reflexive response

• Triggers an unconditioned response reflexively or automatically

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

• Clapping after a thrilling performance

• Playing jump rope

• Sweating in hot weather

• Running through a maze to get a food reward

Spontaneous recovery refers to which of the following?

• Suddenly displaying a learned behavior that had gone extinct

• Responding in the same way to two similar stimuli

• The return of a behavior because punishment has stopped

• The disappearance of a behavior because it is no longer reinforced

In Pavlov's experiments, what was the dog's salivation triggered by the taste of food called?

• Conditioned response

• Conditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• Unconditioned stimulus

When does generalization occur?

• When a person learns to like similar stimuli

• When an organism produces the same response to similar stimuli

• When a similar response is caused by the same stimuli

• When the same UCS causes two similar UCRs

What is operant conditioning?

• A type of learning that is dependent on the consequences of behavior.

• A way to describe the thought process involved in certain operations like problem solving.

• A type of learning in which you pair unconditioned and conditioned stimuli.

• Learning by observation.

In what way is positive reinforcement different from negative reinforcement?

• Both are rewards but negative reinforcement is a reward that the subject doesn’t like.

• Positive reinforcement refers to adding something and negative reinforcement refers to taking something unpleasant away.

• Negative reinforcement is a punishment while positive reinforcement is a reward.

• Positive reinforcement is used with humans while negative reinforcement is used with animals.

What is the definition of punishment?

• Any consequence that decreases the likelihood a behavior will be repeated.

• Any consequence that increases the likelihood a behavior will be repeated.

• Any stimuli an organism finds unpleasant.

• Verbal reprimands after an action.

Because Carol would always pick up her newborn daughter when she began to cry, her daughter is now a real crybaby. In this case, what is picking up the infant?

• Conditioned stimuli

• Negative reinforcer

• Positive reinforcer

• Unconditioned stimuli