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WorksheetsPsychology - Learning
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Ivan Pavlov’s experiments with dogs yielded information about which of the following?
Operant Conditioing
Countercondtioning
classical conditioning
latent learning
Which of the following best describes a neutral stimulus?
Stimulus that causes an automatic response
stimulus that does not cause a response
stimulus that has been learned
stimulus that is conditioned
In what way does classical conditioning help animals and people?
It helps them adapt to their environment
It helps them learn complex or difficult tasks
It helps them learn by watching others
It helps them modify their behavior
Which of the following describes the process by which a conditioned response is extinguished?
Similar stimuli cause the same response
Stimuli that are not similar to each other cause a different response
A conditioned stimulus is no longer followed by an unconditioned stimulus
the conditioned response is no longer paired with an unconditioned response.
What is the term for the process that helps people and animals adapt to their environment by responding similarly to different stimuli?
extinction
flooding
discrimination
generalization
Under what conditions can spontaneous recovery occur?
When the unconditioned stimulus is extinguished
When the conditioned stimulus starts again
after the systematic desenitization
as a result of latent learning
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?
Extinction
Flooding
Discrimination
Generalization
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?
Flooding
Systematic desensitization
Counterconditioning
Spontaneous recovery
Which method of overcoming fear features makes use of relaxation techniques?
Extinction
Systematic desenitiztion
counterconditioning
flooding
What type of conditioning pairs a pleasant stimulus with a fearful one in order to counteract the fear?
Operant Conditioning
Systematic desensitization
Flooding
Counterconditioning
Through operant conditioning, people learn to control which of the following?
Voluntary responses
involuntary biological behaviors
Unconditioned responses
Unconditioned Stimuli
What is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again?
extinction
flooding
reinforcement
systematic desensitization
Primary and secondary reinforcers are important in which of the following?
Operant Conditioning
Classical Conditioning
Taste Aversion
Discrimination
Which of the following would be considered a secondary reinforcer?
Money
Food
Water
All of the above
Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?
A person who is hungry will work for food
Someone who becomes too warm in the sun moves into the shade
Children Receive points for earning good grades that can be exchanged for snacks
Star athletes who do not achieve that required grades are removed from the team.
Which of the following best describes when a variable-interval schedule provides reinforcement?
Every time an action occurs
After a set amount of time
at an unpredictable time
after an action has occurred five times
Which of the following reinforcement schedules would be the most effective?
Continuous Reinforcement
Fixed-interval
fixed-ratio
variable-ratio
What process is used in learning to ride a bicycle?
Classical Conditioning
Shape and chaining
FLooding
Latent learning
B. F. Skinner’s “teaching machine” was devised for which educational method?
counterconditioning
Classical Conditioning
Systematic desenitization
programmed learning
Which of the following adjectives best describes the way that cognitive psychologists view learning?
mechanical
purposeful
involuntary
automatic
Which of the following is a term for learning that remains hidden until needed?
modeling
latent learning
cognitive learning
observational learning
What did E. C. Tolman’s experiments on rats show?
that the Skinner box worked
how classical conditioning works
the effectiveness of negative reinforcement
that reinforcement is not always necessary for learning
Which of the following is an example of observational learning?
Shaping and chaining
programmed learning
modeling
previewing
Which of the following is an example of vicarious reinforcement?
rewarding yourself when you succeed in changing your behavior
learning that a behavior is encouraged by watching others
shielding children from media violence
using time-out to discourage misbehavior
People who watch a lot of violence on television are more likely to be violent in part because of
observational learning.
classical conditioning.
negative reinforcement.
systematic desensitization.
What is meant by a token economy?
economic system in which tokens are used in place of money
barter system used in public housing complexes
form of behavior modification set up by an individual to reward or punish himself or herself for a particular behavior
form of behavior modification that uses rewards to reinforce desired behavior
Why is the PQ4R method an effective study method?
because it takes an active approach to learning
because it is an example of classical conditioning
because it works through flooding
because it uses latent learning techniques
In which step of the PQ4R method do students create a cognitive map of a chapter?
Previewing
questioning
reflecting
reviewing
Which step in the PQ4R method involves relating new information to what you already know?
previewing
questioning
reflecting
reviewing
Distributed learning is part of which step in the PQ4R method?
Previewing
Reading
Reciting
Reviewing
