CHST 75 Lesson Plan Quiz

The type of learning in which a stimulus gains the power to cause a response because it reliably predicts another stimulus is called:

• Operant Conditioning

• Classical Conditioning

• Observational Learning

• Cognitive Learning

Anything in the environment that one can respond to is a:

• Reinforcer

• Response

• Discriminator

• Stimulus

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

• clapping after a thrilling concert performance

• jumping rope

• running through a maze to get a food reward

• sweating in hot weather

Brad proposed to Angelina at an Italian restaurant and to his great delight, she said "Yes." Now every time Brad goes to that restaurant he gets a happy feeling. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• the restaurant

• feeling happy in the restaurant

• the acceptance of the proposal

• feeling happy when the proposal was accepted

The psychologist most closely associated with the study of operant conditioning was:

• Bandura

• Pavlov

• Skinner

• Freud

In Ivan Pavlov's demonstration of classical conditioning, what was the UR?

• Meat Powder

• Bell

• Salivation to the meat powder

• Salivation to the sound of the bell

Masako was hit with a baseball last week during practice and now refuses to play. This behavior best illustrates the effects of:

• delayed reinforcers

• negative reinforcers

• primary reinforcers

• punishments

Seals in an aquarium will repeat behaviors, such as slapping and barking, that prompt people to toss them a herring. This example best illustrates:

• discrimination

• observational learning

• positive reinforcement

• spontaneous recovery

Sandra and Neil are new parents. When they put the baby to bed each night the baby cries and cries. Finally the parents can't stand it any more so they pick her up and walk her. The baby is quiet while being held. Are the parents likely to continue to pick up the baby when she cries?

• No, they will get tired of it eventually.

• Yes, they have been negatively reinforced for that behavior.

• No, they have been punished by the crying.

• Yes, they have been positively reinforced for that behavior.

Maggie cries and throws a temper tantrum at the store and her mother ignores her and does not give her any attention. Maggie is less likely to have a tantrum the next time she is at the store because that behavior was:

• punished

• reinforced

• discrminated

• shaped