PSYC Final Quiz 7

Who is credited with laying the foundation for the study of classical conditioning?

• Sigmund Freud
• Ivan Pavlov
• Albert Einstein
• Marie Curie

What is the term for learning behavior where behavior is strengthened or weakened by the addition or reinforcement or punishment?

• Observational learning
• Cognitive dissonance
• Operant conditioning
• Classical conditioning

Which psychologist is best know for the "Law of Effect"?

• Sigmund Freud
• Ivan Pavlov
• Carl Jung
• Edward Thorndike

In operant conditioning, what term describes adding a stimulus to increase a behavior?

• negative reinforcement
• neutral reinforcement
• positive punishment
• positive reinforcement

What term describes the process by which a conditioned response is eliminated?

• extinction
• generalization
• acquisition
• reinforcement

What is the term for a neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, evokes a conditioned response?

• Conditioned stimulus
• Discriminative Stimulus

• Neutral stimulus
• Conditioned response

Which psychologist is famous for the "Little Albert" experiment

• Sigmund Freud
• Ivan Pavlov
• B.F. Skinner
• John Watson

Which term describes learning by watching and imitating others?

• Observational learning
• Auditory learning
• Tactile learning
• Intuitive learning

What term is used for a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without learning?

• Conscious stimulus
• Conditioned stimulus
• Voluntary stimulus
• Unconditioned stimulus

Which psychologist is most associated with the study of operant conditioning?

• Sigmund Freud
• B.F. Skinner
• Ivan Pavlov
• Abraham Maslow