Learning Test

Ivan Pavlov’s experiments with dogs yielded information about which of the following.

• Operant conditioning
• Counterconditioning
• Classical conditioning
• Latent learning

In what way does classical conditioning help animals and people?

• It helps them adapt to their environment.
• It helps them learn complex or difficult tasks
• It helps them learn by watching others.
• It helps them modify their behavior

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

• A person who is hungry will work for food.
• Someone who becomes too warm in the sun moves into the shade.
• Children receive points for earning good grades and the points can be exchanged for snacks.
• Star athletes who do not achieve the required grades are removed from the team.

Who pioneered research in classical conditioning?

• Sigmund Freud
• Ivan Pavlov
• Albert Bandura
• B. F. Skinner

A person’s mouthwatering at the thought of a meal is a(n)

• Conditioned response
• Unconditioned stimulus
• Unconditioned response
• Conditioned stimulus

Form of classical conditioning that means the reoccurrence of a previously conditioned response

• An unconditioned stimulus.
• spontaneous recovery
• Flooding.
• Taste aversion.

Things that meet people’s basic needs, such as food, are examples of

• Extinction.
• Secondary reinforcers.
• Primary reinforcers.
• Shaping.

Reinforcement of behavior each time the behavior occurs is called

• Continuous reinforcement.
• Partial reinforcement.
• Flooding.
• Counterconditioning.

Which of the following is not a technique of operant conditioning?

• Flooding
• Counter conditioning
• Shaping
• Subliminal learning

Which of the following is a type of cognitive learning?

• Classical conditioning
• Latent learning
• Operant conditioning
• Reinforcement