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WorksheetsAP Psychology Unit 6 Learning (2)
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to the text, learning involves
a)
the ability to think abstractly
b)
a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience
c)
the development of prosocial behavior
d)
a reduction in extrinsic motiviation
2.
Type of learning where one acquires new information by connecting events that happen in an order
a)
Associative learning
b)
Classical conditioning
c)
Operant Conditioning
d)
Positive reinforcement
3.
The reappearance of an extinguished response
a)
Extinction
b)
Acquisition
c)
Higher order conditioning
d)
Spontaneous recovery
4.
Learning to respond to only one stimulus and to inhibit the response to all other stimuli
a)
Extinction
b)
Stimulus generalization
c)
Stimulus Discrimination
d)
Higher order conditioning
5.
Type of learning in which behaviors are emitted to earn rewards or avoid punishment
a)
Operant conditioning
b)
Classical conditioning
c)
Social cognitive learning theory
d)
Acquisition
6.
Decreasing response to a stimuli with repeated exposure
a)
Cognitive learning
b)
Observational learning
c)
Habituation
d)
Classical conditioning
7.
What person is associated with classical conditioning?
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Edward Thorndike
8.
The stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning is the
a)
unconditoned stimulus
b)
neutral stimulus
c)
unconditioned response
d)
conditioned stimulus
9.
When our minds naturally connect events that occur in sequence is know as
a)
learning
b)
habituation
c)
association
d)
behavorism
10.
Who was the psychologist that created the operant chamber?
a)
Edward Thorndike
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
Sigmund Freud
11.
Who created the law of effect?
a)
Edward Thorndike
b)
Pavlov
c)
Watson
d)
Jonh Garcia
12.
The sudden relization of a problem's solution is know as
a)
coping
b)
self-control
c)
latent learning
d)
insight
13.
The process of observing and imiating a specific behavior is know as
a)
modeling
b)
prosocial behavior
c)
mirror neurons
d)
association
14.
What type of operant conditioning is where one withdraws a rewarding stimulus?
a)
Positive punishment
b)
Negative punishment
c)
Positive reinforcement
d)
Negative reinforcement
15.
Which schedule of reinforcement is a pop quiz?
a)
Fixed ratio
b)
Variable interval
c)
Variable ratio
d)
Fixed interval
16.
When you have learned something after the fact it is called?
a)
Insight
b)
High order conditioning
c)
Reinforcement
d)
Latent learning
17.
Classical conditioning is
a)
learning by having rewards and punishments
b)
learning by having a role model
c)
learning to link two or more stimuli
d)
learning by doing lots of homework
18.
Learning to respond to only one stimulus and to not responsed at all to other stimuli is...
a)
Extinction
b)
Discrimination
c)
Generalization
d)
Aquisition
19.
Which of these is a type of reinforcer?
a)
Negative
b)
Delayed
c)
Primary
d)
All of the above
20.
Which pychologist is most famous for the Little Albert expirement?
a)
John B. Watson
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
Albert Bandura
d)
John Locke
21.
When there is no longer a pairing of the US and CS it is called...
a)
Spontaneous Recovery
b)
Extinction
c)
Higher order conditioning
d)
Pairing
22.
What is Ivan Pavlov famous for?
a)
Bobo doll experiment
b)
Operant conditioning
c)
Taste aversion
d)
Classical conditioning
23.
What is B.F. Skinner famous for?
a)
Bobo doll experiment
b)
Operant conditioning
c)
Taste aversion
d)
Classical conditioning
24.
An organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it is known as...
a)
Habituation
b)
Associative learning
c)
Cognitive learning
d)
Acquisition
25.
In Pavlov's dog experiment, salivation was the...
a)
Unconditioned response
b)
Conditioned response
c)
Both
d)
Neither
26.
You aren't doing very well in your classes, so your parents take away your cell phone. This is an example of...
a)
Positive reinforcement
b)
Negative reinforcement
c)
Positive punishment
d)
Negative punishment
27.
Who was associated with classical conditioning?
a)
John B. Watson
b)
John Garcia
c)
Wagner
d)
Ivan Pavlov
28.
What is the diminishing of a conditioned response
a)
Discrimination
b)
Spontaneous recovery
c)
Extinction
d)
Generalization
29.
Which type of ratio describes when playing slot machines?
a)
Variable-Ratio
b)
Fixed Ratio
c)
Fixed interval
d)
Variable-interval
30.
Which stimulus is a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus?
a)
Unconditioned response
b)
conditioned stimulus
c)
Neutral Stimulus
d)
conditioned response
31.
What is the sudden realization of a problem's solution?
a)
Learned helplessness
b)
Self-control
c)
latent learning
d)
insight
32.
Neutral stimulus is?
a)
a stimulus that does not naturally cause a response in the organism
b)
a response that takes place in an organism whenever an unconditioned stimulus occurs
c)
an originally neutral stimulus that begins to cause the same kind of involuntary response when paired with the unconditioned stimulus
d)
response that is given to the unconditioned stimulus
33.
When learning to respond to only one stimulus and to inhibit the response all other stimuli is called?
a)
stimulus generalization
b)
extinction
c)
stimulus discrimination
d)
spontaneous recovery
34.
Which one down below shows variable interval?
a)
report cards
b)
pop quizzes
c)
soccer
d)
getting a free donut after 25 purchases
35.
For people who believe that others or outside forces control their destiny is called?
a)
internal locus of control
b)
coping
c)
external locus of control
d)
self-control
36.
Who did the rat and maze study?
a)
Edward Tolman
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
John B. Watson
d)
Ivan Pavlov
37.
To add a stimulus to decrease an undesired behavior is called __.
a)
Positive reinforcement
b)
Negative reinforcement
c)
Positive punishment
d)
Negative punishment
38.
Jimmy continues to go and play the slot machine at the casino, even though he never knows how many times he has to play to win. This is an example of a(n) __ schedule.
a)
Fixed-ratio
b)
Variable-ratio
c)
Fixed-interval
d)
Variable-interval
39.
Getting paid every 2 weeks is an example of a __ reinforcer.
a)
Immediate
b)
Secondary
c)
Delayed
d)
Pimary
40.
Texting or checking you social media is a __ schedule.
a)
Fixed-interval
b)
Fixed-ratio
c)
Variable-ratio
d)
Variable-interval
41.
Which of the following is the best shows discrimination?
a)
Being afraid of all dogs because one bit you when you were young
b)
Disliking only the dog that bit you
c)
Running at the sight of any dog
d)
Getting over your fear of dogs
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