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Behaviour

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are two main components of operant conditioning?

a)

Reinforcement

b)

Habituation

c)

Punishment

d)

Sensitization

2.

In Pavlov's experiment what was the bell initially?

a)

conditioned stimulus

b)

normal stimulus

c)

stimulus

d)

neutral stimulus

3.

Geese follow their mother due to...

(a)  

4.

Is habituation a form of learning?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

How long will it take the hatchlings to fly?

a)

A year

b)

A couple of weeks

c)

Months

d)

An hour after hatching

6.

What is learning in psychology?

a)

Long-term change in behaviour, that based on experience.

b)

Learning is what we do in class.

c)

Learning is picking up traits from others, that has no lasting effect.

7.

What are the components of classical conditioning?

a)

Unconditioned stimulus

b)

Conditioned response

c)

Punishment

d)

Conditioned stimulus

8.

How long will the chicks think of the man as a mother?

(a)  

9.

Does punishment increase the probability of behaviour recurring?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

Annoyance can be connected to...

a)

Habituation

b)

Sensitization

11.

Who suggested imprinting

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Konrad Lorenz

c)

Pavlov

d)

Carl Jung

12.

What is the combination of imprinting?

(a)  

13.

What was the point of Pavlov's experiment?

a)

To prove classical conditioning

b)

To prove operant conditioning

c)

To form a neutral stimulus into a conditioned stimulus

d)

To prove imprinting

14.

Who described operant conditioning for the first time?

a)

Pavlov

b)

Konrad Lorenz

c)

B.F. Skinner

d)

Carl Jung

15.

Imprinting is a way for animals to learn to behave?

a)

False

b)

True

16.

What is imprinting?

a)

A process that starts when a chick is born.

b)

When a chick follows and trusts the caretaker.

c)

When the chick is born and can fly.

d)

Way for animals to learn to behave.

17.

Does operant conditioning happen a lot in real life?

(a)  

18.

Does habituation and sensitization happen over a long period of time?

a)

No

b)

Yes

c)

It can, but it can also happen in a short amount of time.

19.

Do all animals imprint?

(a)  

20.

Due to Pavlov: dogs expected food from hearing the bell.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What is habituation in simple words?

a)

Learning to ignore.

b)

To squat.

c)

A combination for imprinting and sensitization

d)

What you feel when you are annoyed.

22.

What is sensitization?

a)

The opposite of habituation.

b)

Learning to ignore what's annoying.

c)

Responding more strongly to repeated stimuli.

d)

Responding less strongly to a repeated stimuli.

23.

Example of escape learning is...

a)

associating the bell with food.

b)

learning to ignore irritating stimuli

c)

a rat learns to press a lever when mild shocks go into the box.

d)

rat gets food for postive reinforcement.