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Worksheets2301 Exam 2 PT 2 Fall 2024
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is the main idea of social learning theory?
Behavior is motivated by the consequences we receive for the behavior: reinforcements and punishments.
Fear is a conditioned response.
Learning can occur when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
One can learn new behaviors by observing others.
A relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience is called:
conditioning
instincts
learning
reflexes
Learning by association is known as:
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
In classical conditioning, the term conditioned is approximately synonymous with the word ________.
learned
instinctive
reflexive
reactive
In classical conditioning, the unconditioned response (UR) is:
a response that is learned
a neutral response
a different response
a reflex or unlearned response
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 _________.
unconditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
conditioned stimulus
conditioned response
This dude accidently discovered classical conditioning while doing research on the role of salivation in digestion and eating.
John B. Watson
B. F. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
Edward Thorndike
What did John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner demonstrate with their studies of Little Albert?
boys display fear differently from girls
boys display more fear than girls
emotion can be a conditioned response
fear cannot be a conditioned response
Which of the following best demonstrates classical conditioning?
blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long he takes to find a button hidden in a room
determining how long it takes a person to learn how to knit if he is only allowed to watch YouTube videos of people knitting
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
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
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:
social learning
taste aversion
operant conditioning
behavior modification
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:
negative reinforcement
negative punishment
positive punishment
positive reinforcement
________ reinforcers have innate reinforcing qualities (things you physically need).
primary
secondary
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?
secondary
primary
partial
continuous
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?
continuous
partial
Which term best describes rewarding successive approximations of a target behavior?
shaping
acquisition
learning
reinforcement
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:
Operant conditioning
Higher order conditioning
Reflexes
None of the above
Ms. Liendo gets paid every month. Which type of reinforcement schedule is this?
fixed ratio
variable interval
fixed interval
variable ratio
In the little Albert experiment, the rat became the:
conditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
unconditioned stimulus
conditioned response
Giving a child a sticker for behaving in school that day is an example of:
negative reinforcement
positive reinforcement
negative punishment
positive punishment
Which of the following is an example of a positive reinforcement?
torturing someone until they tell me what I want to know
telling your child he cannot watch TV until he finishes his homework
giving a child a sticker for behaving in school that day
None of the above
B. F. Skinner believed behavior that is ________________ will be repeated.
punished
reinforced
ignored
imitated
Gambling at a slot machine is an example of which reinforcement schedule?
fixed interval
fixed ratio
variable interval
variable ratio
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?
classical conditioning
imitation
operant conditioning
modeling
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__________.
extinction
generalization
discrimination
None of the above
Any stimulus that decreases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.
reinforcement
punishment
Denise eats Burger King and gets violently ill. Now, the sight and smell of all burgers makes her nauseous. This is an example of ________.
operant conditioning
discrimination
generalization
higher-order conditioning
If the principles of social learning theory are true, then children may model aggressive behavior ________.
after dreaming about having a fight with their parents
after seeing a television character receive a reward for taking violent action against another character
after dreaming they were on television
after seeing a television character being punished for taking violent action against another character
What is the main idea of operant conditioning?
Behavior is motivated by the consequences we receive for the behavior: reinforcements and punishments.
Fear is a conditioned response.
Learning can occur when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
One can learn new behaviors by observing others.
In ________ reinforcement, the person or animal is not reinforced every time a desired behavior is performed.
continuous
partial
primary
secondary
Learning to do or not do something based on the consequences of the behavior.
operant conditioning
classical conditioning
Which of the following experiments involves the use of operant conditioning?
blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long it takes him to estimate the size of a room
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
determining how long it takes someone to learn how to fish if he is only allowed to watch other people fishing
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
Learning how to drive by watching your mom doing it is which type of learning?
operant
classical
observational
conditioning
Albert Bandura is associated with which learning perspective?
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
biopsychology
social cognitive
BF Skinner is associated with which learning approach?
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
John B Watson is associated with which approach?
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
