Psychology Quiz on operant conditioning

In operant conditioning, responses are ____________, whereas in classical conditioning, responses are ________________.

A stimulus that has no effect on the desired response is a(n)-

• ineffective stimulus.

• unconditioned stimulus.

• neutral stimulus.

• conditioned stimulus.

Operant conditioning can be used to teach complex tasks through a process called

• shaping.

• approximating.

• latent learning.

• imitating.

_____________________ is concerned with how individuals obtain, process, and organize information.

• Modeling

• Mimicry

• A token economy

• Cognitive learning

An unlearned, involuntary response, such as salivating when presented with food, is an example of

• a conditioned response.

• a reflex.

• stimulus generalization.

• biological preparedness.

David Wechsler was the first to design an IQ test specifically for

• males.

• adults.

• females.

• various cultures.

Which of Gardner’s types of intelligence would a star athlete demonstrate?

• bodily-kinesthetic

• interpersonal

• intra-personal

• spatial

A student in a fourth-grade class keeps talking out of turn, no matter how many times the teacher tells her to stop. Finally, in desperation, the teacher sends the student to the principal's office. This final action is a form of

• negative reinforcement.

• positive reinforcement.

• punishment.

• antecedent.

At the end of each day during the first week of kindergarten, Jeremiah’s teacher exclaimed, “You may all leave” just after a loud bell rang. On the first day of the second week of school, Jeremiah immediately left the room just as the bell rang, without any notice from his teacher. In this example, what is the conditioned response?

• Jeremiah left the room after his teacher told him to do so.

• Jeremiah left the room after the bell rang.

• Jeremiah’s teacher told the class to leave.

• The bell rang loudly.

If heredity alone were responsible for intelligence, which of the following would be TRUE?

• Identical twins would have the same IQs.

• Siblings would have the same IQs.

• Both identical and fraternal twins would have the same IQs.

• Children would have the same IQs as their parents.