Trial & Error Theory

According to the law of exercise when a connection between stimulus and response is accompanied by a satisfying state, its strength is .......

• Increased

   

• Decreased

• Remain Same

• Negative

1. Thorndike’s research led him to believe that the learning process is

• Operant

• 1. Insightful.
     

• 1. Sudden.
     

• 1. Gradual.

1. Sometimes a solution to a problem suddenly comes to us. This event is called

• 1. Trial-and-error.
     

• 1. Latent learning.
     

• 1. Insight.
     

• 1. Observational learning

EL Thorndike's Law of Exercise means:

• 1. Learning takes place when the student is punished

• 1. Learning takes place when the student is ready to learn

• 1. Learning takes place when the student is rewarded

• 1. Repetition of the activity for more retention

Which of the following subordinate laws in Thorndike's Theory of learning is equivalent to Watson or Pavlov's Classical Conditioning Theory?

• 1. Multiple response

• 1. Prepotency of elements

• 1. Associative shifting

• 1. Set or attitude

Which of the following is the first stage in the learning process?

 

• Drive

• Goal

• Hurdle

• Random Movement

Law of use and law of disuse come under the primary law of ....

 

• Law readiness

• Law of effect

• Law of practice

• None of them

According to Thorndike, the term association was modified later as...

 

• Bond

• Connection

• Both of them

• None of them

 In-class teaching, the step of introducing a lesson is based on which law of learning?

 

• Law of effect

• Law of readiness

• Law of analogy

• Law of association

Which one of the following is a subordinate law regarding the learning process as proposed by Thorndike?

 

• Law of exercise

• Law of effect

• Law of readiness

• Law of associative shifting