Pyschology Chapter 9, Quiz 1

Programmed instruction is based on the principles of _____ conditioning. The technique was developed and expanded by _______.

• classical; Skinner

• classical; Watson

• operant; Watson

• operant; Skinner

• insight; Tolman

Which of the following psychologists is associated with the study of classical conditioning?

• Thorndike

• Skinner

• Pavlov

• Watson

• James

Lucy gives in to her son's temper tantrums when they are out shopping. She has probably responded to which of the following?

• Negative reinforcement

• Extinction

• Fixed ratio reinforcement

• Punishment

• Positive reinforcement

Paige's dad creates a plan for his daughter that involves rewarding each small step she makes toward the ultimate goal of toilet training. This method of rewarding successive approximations toward a goal refers to which learning concept?

• Blocking effect

• Discrimination

• Shaping

• Social learning

• Spontaneous recovery

Whenever Bella consistently introduces a strong lemon scent while stroking her infant's left cheek, the infant reflexively turns his head. In classical conditioning, what is the lemon scent called once it causes the infant to turn his head without his cheek being stroked?

• Conditioned response (CR)

• Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

• Neutral stimulus (NS)

• Unconditioned response ((UR)

• Unconditioned stimulus (US)

Kennedy is shopping with her mom. Her mom refuses to buy a toy she wants. Kennedy has learned that she can get the toy by lying on the floor, kicking her feet, and screaming. Mom wants to extinguish this unwanted behavior in her daughter using classical conditioning. Which of the following statements regarding extinction is true?

• Extinction will cause her daughter to completely forget the response

• Extinction will occur if the unwanted response is not reinforces

• Extinction will completely erase the unwanted conditioned response

• Extinction with strengthen the response, not get rid of it

• Extinction will suppress the conditioned response, but not completely remove it

On the playground, jazmin watches as Morgan climbs up a ladder and goes down a slide. Jazmin then climbs the ladder and goes down the slide. She smiles and says, "Monkey see, monkey do." What type of learning did Jazmin demonstrate?

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Rote learning

• Social constructivism

• Social learning

When baby Willow cries in the middle of the night, Dad responds by coming to her mom and removing her wet diaper. She immediately feels better and stops crying. This is an example of which of the following?

• Modeling

• Negative punishment

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive punishment

• Positive reinforcement

Blythe likes to go to the casino and gamble. She wins every now and then. Not being able to predict when she will win strengthens her desire to continue gambling. What type of reinforcement is used with gambling?

• Continuous

• Fixed interval

• Fixed ratio

• Variable interval

• Variable ratio

Which of the following American psychologists is correctly matched with his contribution to psychology?

• Freud - opened one of the first psychology laboratories

• Skinner - contributed to structuralism

• Watson - contributed to structuralism

• James - contributed to behaviorism

• Tolam - contributed to psychodynamic psychology