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WorksheetsLearning Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which behavioral psychologist was known for his work in operant conditioning?
a)
John Watson
b)
Jean Piaget
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
Ivan Pavlov
2.
What is the addition of something unpleasant in order to decrease a behavior?
a)
Positive Punishment
b)
Negative Punishment
c)
Negative Reinforcement
d)
Positive Reinforcement
3.
What strengthens a behavior by adding a pleasurable stimulus after a desired response?
a)
Positive Punishment
b)
Negative Punishment
c)
Negative Reinforcement
d)
Positive Reinforcement
4.
What is designed to make the response less likely to occur again?
a)
Punishment
b)
Ratio Reinforcement
c)
Reinforcement
d)
Classical Conditioning
5.
After Tim refused to clean his room, his mother took away his PS4 gaming system, Tim's mom is making use of
a)
positive reinforcement
b)
negative reinforcement
c)
positive punishment
d)
negative punishment
6.
Janey had a severe headache. She took an aspirin, and her headache went away. This is an example of
a)
Positive Reinforcement
b)
Negative Reinforcement
c)
Positive Punishment
d)
Negative Punishment
7.
Which of the following will increase the likelihood that a behavior will reoccur?
a)
Punishment
b)
Positive Punishment
c)
Negative Reinforcment
d)
Negative Punishment
8.
Which physician developed the theory of classical conditioning while experimenting on digestions in canines?
a)
B. F. Skinner
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
John Watson
d)
E. L. Thorndike
9.
Bindi once walked under a ladder then experienced his worst day ever. Now whenever he sees a ladder, he walks around it. Bindi's behavior is best described as
a)
Social Learning
b)
Latent Learning
c)
Insight Learning
d)
Classical Conditioning
10.
Despite studing for a test, Karmen still failed it. Now she believes that nothing she does will make a difference in her Psychology class. Karmen is experiencing
a)
Taste aversion
b)
Social learning
c)
Learned helplessness
d)
Aversive condtioning
11.
Shelley had food poisoning after eating a Wendy's cheeseburger. Now she doesn't like Wendy's cheeseburgers. This is an example of
a)
Taste aversion
b)
Learned helplessness
c)
Negative Reinforcement
d)
Latent Learning
12.
Shelley had food poisoning after eating a Wendy's cheeseburger. Now she doesn't like any cheeseburgers. This is an example of
a)
Localization
b)
Discrimination
c)
Generalization
d)
Extinction
13.
Jordan wore his St. Patrick's Day socks to his first PHS football game. Dragons won! Now he thinks he must wear them to every game. He is experiencing
a)
Classical Conditioning
b)
Latent Learning
c)
Social Learning
d)
Operant Conditioning
14.
The infant, Albert, developed a fear of rats after a white rat was associated with a loud noise. The white rat was the
a)
Unconditioned Stimulus
b)
Unconditioned Response
c)
Conditioned Stimulus
d)
Conditioned Response
15.
Which of the following would be the BEST example of an unconditioned response?
a)
salivating at the sight of a juicy steak
b)
raising your hand to ask a question
c)
jerking your hand off a hot pan
d)
getting up to leave when the bell rings
16.
After a toddler sees another child open a box that contains a toy, he opens a similar box without any problems. This is an example of
a)
shaping
b)
spontaneous recovery
c)
latent learning
d)
observational learning
17.
As you enter your Grandma's house on Thanksgiving, the smell of roasting turkey and baking pies makes you salivate. Your salivation is an example of
a)
Operant Conditioning
b)
Social Learning
c)
Classical Conditioning
d)
Observational Learning
18.
If the sound of a can opener causes a cat to go to its food dish because the sound has been associated with the presentation of food, the cat's going to the food dish is an example of
a)
conditioned response
b)
unconditioned response
c)
conditioned stimilus
d)
unconditioned stimulus
19.
After conditioning dogs to salivate to a bell, if Pavlov no longer presented the food with the bell, __________ would result.
a)
generalization
b)
spontaneous recovery
c)
extinction
d)
discrimination
20.
After being in a motorcycle accident, Matt became afraid of riding a motorcycle, but he was not afraid to ride his bicycle. This means he did NOT ___________ his fear to all 2 wheeled vehicles.
a)
Discriminate
b)
Generalize
c)
Shape
d)
Recover
21.
Jackson's mom started giving him rewards for not bed-wetting. Now he is rarely wetting the bed. This is an example of
a)
Latent Learning
b)
Social Learning
c)
Operant Conditioning
d)
Classical Conditioning
22.
Any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response is called a
a)
Positive Punisher
b)
Positive Reinforcer
c)
Negative Punisher
d)
Negative Reinforcer
23.
The process of reinforcing behaviors that come incrementaly closer to a desired behavior is called
a)
generalization
b)
latent learning
c)
law of effect
d)
shaping
24.
Who developed the Law of Effect which will lay the foundation for operant conditioning?
a)
B. F. Skinner
b)
E. L. Thorndike
c)
John Watson
d)
Ivan Pavlov
25.
Rufus, a dog, recieved an electrical shock after chewing on several electrical cords. He no longer chews on electrical cords. This is an example of
a)
Positive Reinforcement
b)
Negative Reinforcement
c)
Positive Punishement
d)
Negative Punishment
26.
Any undesirable stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the likelihood a response will be repeated is an example of
a)
positive reinforcement
b)
negative reinforcement
c)
postive punishment
d)
negative punishment
27.
A variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement is one in which a response is reinforce only after
a)
a specified time period has passed
b)
an unpredictible time period has elapsed
c)
a speficied number of responses have been made
d)
an unpredictable number of responses have been given
28.
On the first day of class, Ms. Buck says that pop quizzes will be given randomly throughout the semester. Studying for quizzes will be reinforced on what schedule?
a)
fixed interval
b)
variable interval
c)
fixed ratio
d)
continous ratio
29.
At Mikey's new job, he is payed every other Friday. His schedule of reinforcement is
a)
fixed ratio
b)
fixed interval
c)
variable ratio
d)
variable interval
30.
Cheeseburger Bobby's gives customers a free hamburger after every ten burgers purchased. This is a _________ reinforcement schedule.
a)
Variable Ratio
b)
Fixed Ratio
c)
Fixed Interval
d)
Variable Interval
31.
An event that increases the frequency of a behavior that follows it is a(n)
a)
conditioned stimulus
b)
unconditioned stimulus
c)
reinforcer
d)
operant behavior
32.
When Kailey threw a temper tantrum in the story, Kailey's mom gave her candy to be quiet. Now Kailey nearly always throws a fit. Kailey has experienced
a)
positive reinforcement
b)
negative reinforcement
c)
postive punishment
d)
negative punishment
33.
Clarissa started cursing in front of her three year old brother, Josh. The next day, when Josh dropped his cookie, he said a bad word. This illustrates
a)
Shaping Learning
b)
Obervational Learning
c)
Classical Conditioning
d)
Operant Conditioning
34.
What is a relatively permanent change of behavior that results from experience?
a)
Shaping
b)
Learning
c)
Conditioning
d)
Reinforcing
35.
In Bandura's study, Bandura found that children exposed to an adult model who behaved agressively by beating up a Bobo doll
a)
imitated the adult's action.
b)
acted agressively in the presence of other children
c)
behaved aggressively in the presence of their parents
d)
expanded upon the agression displayed by the adult model.
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