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WorksheetsDenmark 2019 Unit 6 Learning
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat.
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
observational learning
2.
Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of
a)
operant conditioning.
b)
reinforcement
c)
classical conditioning.
d)
vicarious conditioning.
3.
In John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment, what was the UCS?
a)
The white rat
b)
Anything white and furry
c)
The loud noise
d)
Fear
4.
John Watson and his colleague, Rosalie Rayner, offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the _____________ in their study.
a)
discriminative stimulus
b)
conditioned stimulus
c)
unconditioned stimulus
d)
extinguished stimulus
5.
In Pavlov's experiment, the salivating to the sound of a bell is a(n)
a)
Unconditioned Stimulus
b)
Unconditioned Response
c)
Conditioned Stimulus
d)
Conditioned Response
6.
When learning first takes place, we would say that __ has occurred.
a)
Acquisition
b)
Extinction
c)
Spontaneous Recovery
d)
Discrimination
7.
Learning that occurs due to reward and punishment
a)
Classical Conditioning
b)
Operant Conditioning
c)
Learning
d)
Taste Aversion
8.
The reinforcer, such as food, that gets the organism to continue a behavior is called __.
a)
Positive Reinforcement
b)
Primary Reinforcer
c)
Secondary Reinforcer
d)
Classical Conditioning
9.
A little girl gets to eat dessert because she finished all the food on her plate. This is an example of:
a)
Positive punishment
b)
Negative punishment
c)
Positive Reinforcement
d)
Negative Reinforcement
10.
When shaping a behavior, you would couple a treat with, "good dog" to get your pet to sit. The "good dog" is considered __.
a)
Negative Reinforcement
b)
Primary Reinforcer
c)
Secondary Reinforcer
11.
Anything that seeks to continue a desired behavior by the removal, escape from, or avoidance of undesired stimulus is called __.
a)
Negative Reinforcement
b)
Punishment
c)
Positive Reinforcement
d)
Partial Reinforcement
12.
Small successive step taken in which to get an organism to learn a behavior is called __.
a)
Shaping
b)
Continuous Reinforcement
c)
Positive Reinforcement
d)
Partial Reinforcement
13.
Mirror neurons are believed by some scientists to provide a biological basis for
a)
the law of effect.
b)
spontaneous recovery.
c)
observational learning.
d)
extrinsic motivation.
14.
Carly used to feel nausea when going to McDonalds because she associated the food with illness. After a few good meals there, she no longer feels the nausea. Which prinicple?
a)
spontaneous recovery
b)
extinction
c)
second-order conditioning
d)
generalization
15.
Mariah developed a fear of the water when she fell off a river raft last summer. This year she took swimming lessons and thought she had finally overcome her fear of water. She was eagerly looking forward to an upcoming rafting trip, however, as soon as she stepped onto the raft she was instantly terrified again.
a)
extinction
b)
generalization
c)
spontaneous recovery
d)
observational learning
16.
Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.” Parents are using
a)
positive punishment
b)
negative punishment
c)
positive reinforcement
d)
classical conditioning
17.
Marie works in a dress factory where she earns $10 for each three dresses she hems. Marie is paid on a
a)
variable ratio
b)
fixed interval
c)
fixed ratio
d)
variable interval
18.
Charlie gets paid on the 15th of every month. He is reinforced on a ___ schedule
a)
fixed ratio
b)
fixed interval
c)
variable interval
d)
variable ratio
19.
Slot machines work on a _____ reinforcement schedule
a)
fixed ratio
b)
variable ratio
c)
variable interval
d)
fixed interval
20.
You could receive a text message at any random time. You are reinforced on a ______schedule of reinforcement
a)
fixed ratio
b)
variable ratio
c)
variable interval
d)
fixed interval
21.
Chris has failed English class repeatedly and has now stopped trying because he believes the situation is uncontrollable. This is an example of:
a)
learned helplessness.
b)
observational learning.
c)
learned laziness.
d)
behavior modification.
22.
When you are asked to provide directions to your home, you are most likely using:
a)
operant conditioning
b)
observational learning
c)
a cognitive map
d)
learned helplessness
23.
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
24.
Watching & seeing shooting stars on a dark night.
a)
Fixed ratio
b)
Variable ratio
c)
Fixed interval
d)
Variable interval
25.
Jimmy believes that his life is controlled by bad luck and fate. Jimmy has an ______________ locus of control.
a)
External
b)
Internal
26.
Jenny thinks that getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time.
a)
Internal Locus of Control
b)
External Locus of Control
27.
The first experimental studies of associative learning were conducted by
a)
John B. Watson.
b)
B. F. Skinner.
c)
Albert Bandura.
d)
Ivan Pavlov.
e)
Edward Deci.
28.
If a ringing bell causes a dog to salivate because the bell has been regularly associated with food in the mouth, the UR is the
a)
ringing bell.
b)
salivation to the ringing bell.
c)
food in the mouth.
d)
salivation to the food in the mouth.
e)
dog's hunger.
29.
The law of effect refers to the tendency to
a)
learn associations between consecutive stimuli.
b)
learn in the absence of reinforcement.
c)
repeat behaviors that are rewarded.
d)
lose intrinsic interest in an over-rewarded activity.
e)
enhance conditioning using strict responses.
30.
Escape from an aversive stimulus is a ________ reinforcer.
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
secondary
d)
partial
e)
delayed
31.
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
32.
The reappearance of an extinguished response
a)
Extinction
b)
Acquisition
c)
Higher order conditioning
d)
Spontaneous recovery
33.
What person is associated with classical conditioning?
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Edward Thorndike
34.
Who was the psychologist that created the operant chamber?
a)
Edward Thorndike
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
Sigmund Freud
35.
Who created the law of effect?
a)
Edward Thorndike
b)
Pavlov
c)
Watson
d)
Jonh Garcia
36.
The sudden relization of a problem's solution is know as
a)
coping
b)
self-control
c)
latent learning
d)
insight
37.
The process of observing and imiating a specific behavior is know as
a)
modeling
b)
prosocial behavior
c)
mirror neurons
d)
association
38.
Which schedule of reinforcement is a pop quiz?
a)
Fixed ratio
b)
Variable interval
c)
Variable ratio
d)
Fixed interval
39.
When you have learned something after the fact it is called?
a)
Insight
b)
High order conditioning
c)
Reinforcement
d)
Latent learning
40.
Which pychologist is most famous for the Little Albert expirement?
a)
John B. Watson
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
Albert Bandura
d)
John Locke
41.
Which stimulus is a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus?
a)
Unconditioned response
b)
conditioned stimulus
c)
Neutral Stimulus
d)
conditioned response
42.
What is the sudden realization of a problem's solution?
a)
Learned helplessness
b)
Self-control
c)
latent learning
d)
insight
43.
Who did the rat and maze study?
a)
Edward Tolman
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
John B. Watson
d)
Ivan Pavlov
44.
Texting or checking you social media is a __ schedule.
a)
Fixed-interval
b)
Fixed-ratio
c)
Variable-ratio
d)
Variable-interval
45.
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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