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Psychology - Learning

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

Ivan Pavlov’s experiments with dogs yielded information about which of the following?

a)

Operant Conditioing

b)

Countercondtioning

c)

classical conditioning

d)

latent learning

2.

Which of the following best describes a neutral stimulus?

a)

Stimulus that causes an automatic response

b)

stimulus that does not cause a response

c)

stimulus that has been learned

d)

stimulus that is conditioned

3.

In what way does classical conditioning help animals and people?

a)

It helps them adapt to their environment

b)

It helps them learn complex or difficult tasks

c)

It helps them learn by watching others

d)

It helps them modify their behavior

4.

Which of the following describes the process by which a conditioned response is extinguished?

a)

Similar stimuli cause the same response

b)

Stimuli that are not similar to each other cause a different response

c)

A conditioned stimulus is no longer followed by an unconditioned stimulus

d)

the conditioned response is no longer paired with an unconditioned response.

5.

What is the term for the process that helps people and animals adapt to their environment by responding similarly to different stimuli?

a)

extinction

b)

flooding

c)

discrimination

d)

generalization

6.

Under what conditions can spontaneous recovery occur?

a)

When the unconditioned stimulus is extinguished

b)

When the conditioned stimulus starts again

c)

after the systematic desenitization

d)

as a result of latent learning

7.

What is the term for the process that helps people and animals adapt to their environment by responding differently to stimuli that are not similar to each other?

a)

Extinction

b)

Flooding

c)

Discrimination

d)

Generalization

8.

Which of the following refers to a classical conditioning method that exposes an individual to a harmless stimulus until fear responses to that stimulus are extinguished?

a)

Flooding

b)

Systematic desensitization

c)

Counterconditioning

d)

Spontaneous recovery

9.

Which method of overcoming fear features makes use of relaxation techniques?

a)

Extinction

b)

Systematic desenitiztion

c)

counterconditioning

d)

flooding

10.

What type of conditioning pairs a pleasant stimulus with a fearful one in order to counteract the fear?

a)

Operant Conditioning

b)

Systematic desensitization

c)

Flooding

d)

Counterconditioning

11.

Through operant conditioning, people learn to control which of the following?

a)

Voluntary responses

b)

involuntary biological behaviors

c)

Unconditioned responses

d)

Unconditioned Stimuli

12.

What is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again?

a)

extinction

b)

flooding

c)

reinforcement

d)

systematic desensitization

13.

Primary and secondary reinforcers are important in which of the following?

a)

Operant Conditioning

b)

Classical Conditioning

c)

Taste Aversion

d)

Discrimination

14.

Which of the following would be considered a secondary reinforcer?

a)

Money

b)

Food

c)

Water

d)

All of the above

15.

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

a)

A person who is hungry will work for food

b)

Someone who becomes too warm in the sun moves into the shade

c)

Children Receive points for earning good grades that can be exchanged for snacks

d)

Star athletes who do not achieve that required grades are removed from the team.

16.

Which of the following best describes when a variable-interval schedule provides reinforcement?

a)

Every time an action occurs

b)

After a set amount of time

c)

at an unpredictable time

d)

after an action has occurred five times

17.

Which of the following reinforcement schedules would be the most effective?

a)

Continuous Reinforcement

b)

Fixed-interval

c)

fixed-ratio

d)

variable-ratio

18.

What process is used in learning to ride a bicycle?

a)

Classical Conditioning

b)

Shape and chaining

c)

FLooding

d)

Latent learning

19.

B. F. Skinner’s “teaching machine” was devised for which educational method?

a)

counterconditioning

b)

Classical Conditioning

c)

Systematic desenitization

d)

programmed learning

20.

Which of the following adjectives best describes the way that cognitive psychologists view learning?

a)

mechanical

b)

purposeful

c)

involuntary

d)

automatic

21.

Which of the following is a term for learning that remains hidden until needed?

a)

modeling

b)

latent learning

c)

cognitive learning

d)

observational learning

22.

What did E. C. Tolman’s experiments on rats show?

a)

that the Skinner box worked

b)

how classical conditioning works

c)

the effectiveness of negative reinforcement

d)

that reinforcement is not always necessary for learning

23.

Which of the following is an example of observational learning?

a)

Shaping and chaining

b)

programmed learning

c)

modeling

d)

previewing

24.

Which of the following is an example of vicarious reinforcement?

a)

rewarding yourself when you succeed in changing your behavior

b)

learning that a behavior is encouraged by watching others

c)

shielding children from media violence

d)

using time-out to discourage misbehavior

25.

People who watch a lot of violence on television are more likely to be violent in part because of

a)

observational learning.

b)

classical conditioning.

c)

negative reinforcement.

d)

systematic desensitization.

26.

What is meant by a token economy?

a)

economic system in which tokens are used in place of money

b)

barter system used in public housing complexes

c)

form of behavior modification set up by an individual to reward or punish himself or herself for a particular behavior

d)

form of behavior modification that uses rewards to reinforce desired behavior

27.

Why is the PQ4R method an effective study method?

a)

because it takes an active approach to learning

b)

because it is an example of classical conditioning

c)

because it works through flooding

d)

because it uses latent learning techniques

28.

In which step of the PQ4R method do students create a cognitive map of a chapter?

a)

Previewing

b)

questioning

c)

reflecting

d)

reviewing

29.

Which step in the PQ4R method involves relating new information to what you already know?

a)

previewing

b)

questioning

c)

reflecting

d)

reviewing

30.

Distributed learning is part of which step in the PQ4R method?

a)

Previewing

b)

Reading

c)

Reciting

d)

Reviewing