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Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
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1.
Pavlov became interested in conditioning when he observed laboratory dogs:
a)
Salivating right before food was placed in their mouths
b)
Failing to salivate when food was placed in their mouths
c)
Salivating only when food was placed in their mouths
d)
Salivating right after they had swallowed food
2.
In Pavlov’s original experiment on classical conditioning, the unconditioned response (UCR) was:
a)
The sound of a tone
b)
Salivation elicited by a tone
c)
The presentation of meat powder following a
tone
d)
Salivation elicited by food
3.
A conditioned stimulus is:
a)
A stimulus that elicits an unconditioned
response without previous conditioning
b)
An unlearned reaction that occurs without
previous conditioning
c)
A previously neutral stimulus that,
through conditioning, acquires the capacity to elicit a conditioned response
d)
A learned reaction that occurs because of
previous conditioning
4.
Carson used to enjoy lime sherbet, and when he was in Mexico he tried frozen lime margaritas. After his fourth margarita Carson became extremely ill. Now he finds that even the sight of lime sherbet can make him feel queasy. In this example, the conditioned response is:
a)
The lime margaritas that Carson consumed
b)
The illness that followed the fourth
margarita
c)
The sight of lime sherbet
d)
The queasiness that Carson feels
when he sees lime sherbet
5.
Classical conditioning could account for how a child learns to:
a)
Talk
b)
Walk
c)
Love the smell of her father’s
cologne
d)
Become potty trained
6.
The continued presentation of the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus will result in the gradual disappearance of the conditioned response. This phenomenon is known as:
a)
Repression
b)
Inhibition
c)
Suppression
d)
Extinction
7.
When Lindsay was nine years old, the neighbor’s Chihuahua bit her ankle. Today, Lindsay is still terrified of Chihuahuas, but she likes all other types of dogs. Lindsay’s fear illustrates the process of:
a)
Instinctive drift
b)
Stimulus discrimination
c)
Stimulus generalization
d)
Negative avoidance
8.
Learning to tie one’s shoes is most likely acquired via the process of:
a)
Operant conditioning
b)
Spontaneous recovery
c)
Classical conditioning
d)
Learned helplessness
9.
The Law of Effect states that _____ lead to the _____ of the association between the stimulus and a response.
a)
Reinforcers; weakening
b)
Punishers; strengthening
c)
Satisfying events; strengthening
d)
Unsatisfying events; strengthening
10.
Danny’s skill at hitting a baseball gradually improves as his attempts produce more frequent & longer-distance hits. This is an example of:
a)
Shaping
b)
Stimulus generalization
c)
Extinction
d)
Stimulus discrimination
11.
Micah really enjoyed his mom’s homemade apple pie, and he would have a huge slice every time she baked it. When he went to visit a friend, he tried a piece of apple pie that his friend’s mom had made. Unfortunately, it was terrible. Now Micah will only eat his mom’s apple pie; if anyone else offers him a piece of pie he politely turns them down. Micah’s behavior toward apple pie illustrates the concept of:
a)
Stimulus discrimination
b)
Stimulus generalization
c)
Noncontingent reinforcement
d)
Observational learning
12.
Assuming that the reinforcer is the sound of a rattle, Johnny’s shaking of the rattle is reinforced according to which of the following schedules?
a)
Continuous reinforcement
b)
Fixed-interval
c)
Variable-interval
d)
Variable-ratio
13.
Negative reinforcement _______ the rate of a response; punishment ______ the rate of a response.
a)
Increases; decreases
b)
Decreases; increases
c)
Decreases; decreases
d)
Increases; does not affect
14.
The behavior that would be most difficult to extinguish would be the one that was:
a)
Reinforced every time it occurred
b)
Shaped
c)
Reinforced intermittently
d)
Reinforced by your parents
15.
The newest winning numbers in the state lottery are announced on the local television station every Saturday night, at the end of the news hour. People who are watching for the lottery numbers will have their “watching” reinforced on:
a)
A fixed-ratio schedule
b)
A fixed-interval schedule
c)
A variable-ratio schedule
d)
A variable-interval schedule
16.
When Skyler was first training his dog, Smooches, to heel he would give Smooches a treat when she stayed close during walks. Now Smooches stays right by Skyler’s side, even when she is not on her leash. In this case:
a)
The dog treats were negative reinforcers for
staying close
b)
Staying close was a positive reinforcer for
receiving dog treats
c)
Staying close was a negative reinforcer for
receiving dog treats
d)
The dog treats were positive
reinforcers for staying close
17.
Any event that follows a behavior and results in the behavior having a lower probability of happening in the future is known as a:
a)
Negative reinforcer
b)
Positive reinforcer
c)
Punisher
d)
Negative conditioner
18.
Learning that takes place by watching another person is referred to as:
a)
Operant conditioning
b)
Noncontingent learning
c)
Observational learning
d)
Classical conditioning
19.
______ is to operant conditioning as ______ is to classical conditioning.
a)
Skinner; Pavlov
b)
Bandura; Pavlov
c)
Pavlov; Skinner
d)
Pavlov; Thorndike
20.
Jessica’s mother was upset to find that Jessica had used her crayons to draw flowers on her bedroom wall. Her mother took the crayons away and made Jessica wash the drawings off of the wall. Which of the following best describes Jessica’s punishment?
a)
Punishment by application
b)
Punishment by removal
c)
Punishment by both application and
removal
d)
Punishment by negative reinforcement
21.
Wolfgang Kohler determined that his chimpanzee’s two-stick solution to the banana problem was an example of insight learning because it was:
a)
Intelligent
b)
Sudden and rapid
c)
The result of trial-and-error
d)
Arrived at after a long period of time
22.
Which of the following scenarios illustrates a variable interval schedule of reinforcement?
a)
Receiving a paycheck every two weeks
b)
Holding regular, but unpredictable,
fire drills
c)
Earning a prize for every five books read in
the library’s summer reading program
d)
Receiving five additional vacation days for
each year of employment at a company
23.
In Edward Tolman’s maze study, the fact that the group of rats receiving reinforcement only after the tenth day of the study solved the maze far more quickly that did the rats who had been reinforced from the first day can be interpreted to mean that these particular rats:
a)
Were much smarter than the other rats
b)
Had already learned the maze in the
first nine days
c)
Had the opportunity to cheat by watching the
other rats
d)
Were very hungry, and therefore, learned much
more quickly
24.
Attention, memory, imitation and motivation are the four elements required for the process of:
a)
Attention, memory, imitation and motivation
are the four elements required for the process of:
Insight
Insight
b)
Latent learning
c)
Observational learning
d)
Spontaneous recovery
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