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2301 Exam 2 PT 2 Fall 2024

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main idea of social learning theory?

a)

Behavior is motivated by the consequences we receive for the behavior: reinforcements and punishments.

b)

Fear is a conditioned response.

c)

Learning can occur when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

d)

One can learn new behaviors by observing others.

2.

A relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience is called:

a)

conditioning

b)

instincts

c)

learning

d)

reflexes

3.

Learning by association is known as:

a)

classical conditioning

b)

operant conditioning

4.

In classical conditioning, the term conditioned is approximately synonymous with the word ________.

a)

learned

b)

instinctive

c)

reflexive

d)

reactive

5.

In classical conditioning, the unconditioned response (UR) is:

a)

a response that is learned

b)

a neutral response

c)

a different response

d)

a reflex or unlearned response

6.

Ms. Liendo had an appendicitis that made her really sick. One of the last things she ate and also threw up was flan. Ms. Liendo came to associate flan with feeling nauseous. Even now, just the thought of flan makes Ms. Liendo nauseas. Ms. Liendo's nausea's reaction to flan is the _________.

a)

unconditioned stimulus

b)

unconditioned response

c)

conditioned stimulus

d)

conditioned response

7.

This dude accidently discovered classical conditioning while doing research on the role of salivation in digestion and eating.

a)

John B. Watson

b)

B. F. Skinner

c)

Ivan Pavlov

d)

Edward Thorndike

8.

What did John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner demonstrate with their studies of Little Albert?

a)

boys display fear differently from girls

b)

boys display more fear than girls

c)

emotion can be a conditioned response

d)

fear cannot be a conditioned response

9.

Which of the following best demonstrates classical conditioning?

a)

blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long he takes to find a button hidden in a room

b)

determining how long it takes a person to learn how to knit if he is only allowed to watch YouTube videos of people knitting

c)

knowing that a student fears exams, the instructor wears a bright red shirt only on exam day, every exam day, to see how long it is before the red shirt becomes an object of fear to the student

d)

rewarding a boy for finishing his vegetables with ice cream and counting how many nights of reinforcement are required before he voluntarily eats his vegetables

10.

When you eat something for the first time and it makes you sick, and then you never want to eat it again because it makes you feel nauseous:

a)

social learning

b)

taste aversion

c)

operant conditioning

d)

behavior modification

11.

An english professor tells her students that they will be exempt (don't have to take it) from the final exam if they have perfect attendance all semester. The professor is using:

a)

negative reinforcement

b)

negative punishment

c)

positive punishment

d)

positive reinforcement

12.

________ reinforcers have innate reinforcing qualities (things you physically need).

a)

primary

b)

secondary

13.

Ms. Liendo wants to encourage her high school students to particpate more in classroom discussions. Everytime a student raises their hand to answer a question, Ms. Liendo gives them verbal praise. Which reinforcement schedule is she using?

a)

secondary

b)

primary

c)

partial

d)

continuous

14.

Let's say you are a parent who wants to teach your child manners. So, you praise your child every time they say "please" or "thank you". What type of reinforcement schedule are you using here?

a)

continuous

b)

partial

15.

Which term best describes rewarding successive approximations of a target behavior?

a)

shaping

b)

acquisition

c)

learning

d)

reinforcement

16.

The only time Ms. Liendo's weiner dog goes on car rides is when he goes to the vet. At the vet, her weiner dog gets anxious because he knows he's going to get painful shots. Her weiner dog now gets anxious everytime he gets inside Ms. Liendo's car. This is an example of:

a)

Operant conditioning

b)

Higher order conditioning

c)

Reflexes

d)

None of the above

17.

Ms. Liendo gets paid every month. Which type of reinforcement schedule is this?

a)

fixed ratio

b)

variable interval

c)

fixed interval

d)

variable ratio

18.

In the little Albert experiment, the rat became the:

a)

conditioned stimulus

b)

unconditioned response

c)

unconditioned stimulus

d)

conditioned response

19.

Giving a child a sticker for behaving in school that day is an example of:

a)

negative reinforcement

b)

positive reinforcement

c)

negative punishment

d)

positive punishment

20.

Which of the following is an example of a positive reinforcement?

a)

torturing someone until they tell me what I want to know

b)

telling your child he cannot watch TV until he finishes his homework

c)

giving a child a sticker for behaving in school that day

d)

None of the above

21.

B. F. Skinner believed behavior that is ________________ will be repeated.

a)

punished

b)

reinforced

c)

ignored

d)

imitated

22.

Gambling at a slot machine is an example of which reinforcement schedule?

a)

fixed interval

b)

fixed ratio

c)

variable interval

d)

variable ratio

23.

Javi tells a lie and is grounded. He does this several times, finally learning that his behavior (lying) is associated with a consequence (being grounded). Which kind of learning is this?

a)

classical conditioning

b)

imitation

c)

operant conditioning

d)

modeling

24.

Little Elian becomes very afraid of his teacher because she always screams at students when they misbehave and humiliates them in front of the whole class.  Now Elian doesn't want to go to school and gets anxiety attacks when he is at school.  This is an example of__________.

a)

extinction

b)

generalization

c)

discrimination

d)

None of the above

25.

Any stimulus that decreases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.

a)

reinforcement

b)

punishment

26.

Denise eats Burger King and gets violently ill.  Now, the sight and smell of all burgers makes her nauseous.  This is an example of ________.

a)

operant conditioning

b)

discrimination

c)

generalization

d)

higher-order conditioning

27.

If the principles of social learning theory are true, then children may model aggressive behavior ________.

a)

after dreaming about having a fight with their parents

b)

after seeing a television character receive a reward for taking violent action against another character

c)

after dreaming they were on television

d)

after seeing a television character being punished for taking violent action against another character

28.

What is the main idea of operant conditioning?

a)

Behavior is motivated by the consequences we receive for the behavior: reinforcements and punishments.

b)

Fear is a conditioned response.

c)

Learning can occur when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

d)

One can learn new behaviors by observing others.

29.

In ________ reinforcement, the person or animal is not reinforced every time a desired behavior is performed.

a)

continuous

b)

partial

c)

primary

d)

secondary

30.

Learning to do or not do something based on the consequences of the behavior.

a)

operant conditioning

b)

classical conditioning

31.

Which of the following experiments involves the use of operant conditioning?

a)

blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long it takes him to estimate the size of a room

b)

pairing a puff of air to the eye with seeing the color red in order to find out how many repetitions it will take for someone to blink when he sees the color red

c)

determining how long it takes someone to learn how to fish if he is only allowed to watch other people fishing

d)

rewarding a child for finishing his oatmeal mush and counting how many times the child needs to be rewarded before he finishes his oatmeal voluntarily

32.

Learning how to drive by watching your mom doing it is which type of learning?

a)

operant

b)

classical

c)

observational

d)

conditioning

33.

Albert Bandura is associated with which learning perspective?

a)

classical conditioning

b)

operant conditioning

c)

biopsychology

d)

social cognitive

34.

BF Skinner is associated with which learning approach?

a)

classical conditioning

b)

operant conditioning

35.

John B Watson is associated with which approach?

a)

classical conditioning

b)

operant conditioning