SDC Psychology: Topic 14: Learning

What type of learning occurs because of our observations of others' behaviors and the consequences associated with them?

• classical conditioning

• immediate learning

• operant conditioning

• social learning

Shaping behavior is most closely associated with which form of associative learning?

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• social learning

• none of the above

Donnie suffers for social anxiety. In group therapy, he watches as his therapist and other clients give rehearsed speeches to the group. His therapist believes that this modeling will help Donnie and others who suffer from social anxiety to overcome this issue. The therapist's ideas are most closely associated with the tenets of ____.

• classical conditioning

• immediate conditioning

• operant conditioning

• social learning

Which form of learning focuses the most on involuntary responses?

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• secondary learning

• social learning

Which of the following terms refers to the association an organism makes between the neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?

• acquisition

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• stimulus generalization

When a conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with an unconditioned stimulus, what is said to occur?

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• stimulus discrimination

• stimulus generalization

What learning concept best explains what occurs when a conditioned stimulus no longer signals an impending unconditioned stimulus?

• acquisition

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• stimulus generalization

Ivan Pavlov noticed that a dog learned to associate the sight of his assistant with a bowl of dog food as a signal that the dog was about to get the food. As a result, the dog began salivating. Pavlow then had his assistant walk into the room with an empty bowl. Eventually, the dog stopped salivating at the sight of his assistant. What explains why the dog would once again begin salivating after the assistant. What explains why the dog would once again begin salivating after the assistant walked into the room with a bowl of dog food?

• acquisition

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• stimulus generalization

Maya was bitten by a large dog when she was young. As a result, she came to fear all large dogs but not dogs of intermediate size or small dogs. What best describes this?

• acquisition

• spontaneous recovery

• stimulus discrimination

• stiumulus generalization

A teacher who ignores student answers from those who don't raise their hands but calls on students who do raise their hands is following the precepts of ____.

• classical conditioning

• delayed learning

• operant conditioning

• social learning