WorksheetsBehaviourism Theories of Learning
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following is part of the definition of learning?
Change in behavior
Disrupting others
transformative process of taking in information
Acquiring knowledge and skills
A pupil is late for class four days in a row, the teacher says he will be in detention after school for every day he has been late. Which conditioning is this?
Classical
Operant
The whole class received a chocolate bar for getting over 70% in the exam. Which conditioning is this?
Operant
Classical
According to __________, behaviour is a learned response reinforced by the consequences resulting from that behaviour.
John B. Watson
B. F. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
Lev Vygotsky
A primary school teacher uses snakes and ladder reward chart. Students will go up the ladder if they are well behaved and down the snake if they are badly behaved. Which reinforcement is this?
Negative reinforcement
Positive reinforcement
Both of the above
None of the above
What theorist became famous for his behaviorism on dogs?
B. F. Skinner
John B. Watson
Ivan Pavlov
Albert Bandura
A teacher rings a bell when she wants the class to stop talking. This is operant conditioning.
False
True
What did B. F. Skinner use to condition his subjects to behave in a certain way?
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Behaviorist Conditioner
Behaviorsm Conditioning
A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior.
Operant Conditioning
Classical Conditioning
It occurs when a conditioned stimulus (CS) is paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US).
Operant conditioning
Classical Conditioning
A neutral stimulus (NS) is something that produces a particular response.
True
False
A 9-year-old girl is more likely to pay attention to the behaviour being modelled by their 5 year old brother than their 12-year-old sister.
True
False
Behaviourists focus on stimulus and response.
True
False
Rashi is distinct from her classmates and always differs from them in all behavioral patterns. This phenomenon is known as________
situationism
Individual differences
assessment
creativity
An individual uses past experiences creatively to solve novel problems, thus integrating different experiences in an original way to make new discoveries and inventions. Such an individual is said to be high on _____________ intelligence.
Componential
Contextual
Experiential
Analytical
Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?
drink of water
a zero on late work
a hug
10 minutes more of free time
Unpleasant consequences have what effect on learning?
None, unpleasant consequences are not used in schools
They immediately resolve the negative behavior
They decrease the frequency of the behavior that is targeted
They let the students know the teacher is in charge
