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Community Education

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A 2nd grade teacher implements a rule for some troublemakers in the class: students will lose 1 minute of recess every time he or she breaks a classroom rule. Eventually, the students stop breaking the classroom rules. This is an example of

a)

negative punishment.

b)

positive punishment.

c)

positive reinforcement.

d)

negative reinforcement.

2.
Who taught dogs to salivate when they heard a bell?
a)
John B. Watson
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Edward L. Thorndike
3.

What does it mean by positive reinforcement ?

a)

Reward

b)

Punishment

c)

Dessert

d)

Reward and punishment

4.

Teacher Nurin praises her students with encouraging words such as "Good job!" and gives her students stickers as rewards. What kind of reinforcement has been applied in her classroom?

a)

Positive reinforcement

b)

Negative reinforcement

5.

Who is the behaviorist that introduce classical conditioning?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

F. Skinner

c)

Ivan Pavlov

d)

Erik Erikson

6.

IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, A STIMULUS THAT ELICITS NO RESPONSE BEFORE CONDITIONING

a)

ACQUISITION

b)

EXTINCTION

c)

NEUTRAL STIMULS

d)

SHAPING

7.

Positive reinforcement...

a)

makes someone more likely to repeat an action in the future

b)

hinders someone from repeating an action in the future

c)

strenghtens a behaviour

d)

eliminates a response

8.

In operant conditioning, behaviors are shaped by

a)

triggers

b)

signals

c)

consequences

d)

sounds

9.
What is classical conditioning?
a)
Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli
b)
Learning by responding to environmental stimuli
c)
Learning explained by its consequences
d)
Learning explained by modelling 
10.
Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus?
a)
The cat food
b)
The sound of the electric can opener
c)
The cat coming to the kitchen
d)
Tamara
11.
When a child hears a loud noise, he cries. The family's dog often barks loudly. Each time the child sees the dog, he cries. What is the conditioned response?
a)
the dog
b)
The loud noise
c)
The crying
d)
The Barking
12.
Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a bell, the bell was a(n)
a)
unconditioned stimulus
b)
neutral stimulus 
c)
conditioned stimulus
d)
unconditioned response
13.

IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, A STIMULUS THAT ELICITS NO RESPONSE BEFORE CONDITIONING

a)

ACQUISITION

b)

EXTINCTION

c)

NEUTRAL STIMULS

d)

SHAPING

14.

It emphasizes the importance of observing, modeling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others.

a)

Classical Conditioning

b)

Observational learning

c)

Behaviorism

d)

Social Learning Theory.

15.

It is often described as the 'bridge' between traditional learning theory and the cognitive approach

a)

Observational Learning

b)

Social Learning Theory

c)

Conditioning Theory

d)

Behaviorist Theory

16.

child hears a loud thunderclap every time they see lightning. Eventually, the child starts feeling scared just from seeing lightning, even without hearing thunder.

What is the neutral stimulus in this situation?

a)

The loud thunderclap

b)

The feeling of fear

c)

The lightning

d)

The child crying

17.

A dog hears a bell ring just before being fed. After several repetitions, the dog starts drooling at the sound of the bell, even when no food is present.

Which is the neutral stimulus in this scenario?

a)

The food

b)

The bell

c)

The dog's drooling

d)

The owner bringing the food

18.

A person gets nauseous every time they eat a certain brand of seafood because they once got food poisoning from it. Later, they feel nauseous just from seeing the packaging of that brand in the store.

Which was the neutral stimulus before the association was formed?

a)

The seafood packaging

b)

The nausea

c)

The food poisoning

d)

The taste of seafood

19.

A cat runs to the kitchen every time it hears the sound of the can opener because it has learned that this sound means food is coming.

What was the neutral stimulus before conditioning?

a)

The cat's hunger

b)

The can opener sound

c)

The food itself

d)

The cat running

20.

A man always wears a specific cologne when visiting his girlfriend. Over time, his girlfriend starts feeling happy and excited whenever she smells that cologne, even when he’s not around. What is the conditioned response in this situation?

a)

The girlfriend seeing her boyfriend

b)

The smell of the cologne

c)

The girlfriend feeling happy and excited

d)

The boyfriend wearing cologne