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Learning AP Psychology

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Negative reinforcement _______ the rate of a response; punishment ______ the rate of a response.
a)
Increases; decreases
b)
Decreases; increases
c)
Decreases; decreases
d)
Increases; does not affect
2.

Attention, memory, imitation and motivation are the four elements required for the process of:

a)

Insight learning

b)

Latent learning

c)

Observational (social) learning

d)

Spontaneous recovery

3.
John Watson and his colleague, Rosalie Rayner, offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the _____________ in their study.
a)
discriminative stimulus
b)
conditioned stimulus
c)
unconditioned stimulus
d)
extinguished stimulus
4.

According to _________ theory, you are not consciously aware of how external stimuli have shaped your behavioral responses.

a)

Constructive memory

b)

repressive memory

c)

episodic memory

d)

priming

5.
With regards to ground beef, consumers respond more positively to an ad describing it as “75 percent lean” than to one referring to its “25 percent fat” content. This is an example of:
a)
The framing effect
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Mental set
d)
Overconfidence
6.
Brian ate a tuna salad sandwich that had become tainted from being in the sun too long.  Not long after eating, Brian became extremely nauseated and felt awful.  After that, even the sight of a tuna sandwich caused Brian to feel nauseated.  In this scenario, what is the conditioned response (CR)?
a)
tuna
b)
nausea
c)
mayo
d)
sight of any sandwich
7.

If you get violently ill a couple of hours after eating contaminated food, you will probably develop an aversion to the taste of that food but not to the sight of the restaurant where you ate it. This best illustrates that associative learning is constrained by

a)

intrinsic motivation

b)

spontaneous recovery

c)

biological predispositions

d)

conditioned reinforcers

8.

Maddie gets a speeding ticket, and her parents take her car away for 2 weeks. What type of Operational Conditioning is taking place?

a)

positive punishment

b)

negative punishment

c)

positive reinforcement

d)

negative reinforcement

9.
 Leah is interested in helping her daughter learn manners. Each time her daughter says something that is close to appropriate, she rewards her. Eventually, her daughter should learn good manners. What term is explained by this process?
a)
shaping
b)
habituation 
10.
 When an animal receives a punishment but learns that pressing a button will eliminate the punishment, escape learning takes place. However, if there is no response that will turn off the shock, the situation is best described as what?
a)
avoidance learning
b)
learned helplessness
11.

The sudden realization of a problem's solution is known as

a)

coping

b)

self-control

c)

latent learning

d)

insight

12.

For people who believe that others or outside forces (like luck or horoscopes) control their destiny is called?

a)

internal locus of control

b)

coping

c)

external locus of control

d)

self-control

13.

A particular group of brain cells seems to provide a basis for observational learning. Researchers call these specialized cells...

a)

Efferent neurons

b)

Afferent neurons

c)

Mirror neurons

d)

Motor neurons

e)

Schwann cells

14.
Marie works in a dress factory where she earns $10 for each three dresses she hems. Marie is paid on a
a)
variable ratio
b)
fixed interval
c)
fixed ratio
d)
variable interval
15.
Which of the following scenarios illustrates a variable interval schedule of reinforcement?
a)
Receiving a paycheck every two weeks
b)
Holding regular, but unpredictable, fire drills
c)
Earning a prize for every five books read in the library’s summer reading program
d)
Receiving five additional vacation days for each year of employment at a company
16.

If a child is offered a reward after they earn five A’s on her homework assignments. After her fifth A on a homework assignment, she gets to pick out a new toy, what type of intermittent reinforcement does this display?

a)

Variable Ratio Schedule - VR

b)

Fixed Interval Schedule - FI

c)

Variable Interval Schedule - VI

d)

Fixed Ratio Schedule - FR

17.
Which type of operant conditioning adds a stimulus following a behavior in order to strengthen a response?
a)
Positive Punishment
b)
Negative Punishment
c)
Positive Reinforcer
d)
Negatice Reinforcer
18.

Which is the defintion of extinction?

a)

No longer an organism species exists

b)

Getting rid of an unconditioned response

c)

Diminishing a conditioned response

d)

Only answering to the stimulus

19.

In classical conditioning, the unlearned naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus such as salivation when food is put into the mouth.

a)

unconditioned response (UR)

b)

Conditioned response (CR)

c)

Unconditioned stimulus (US)

d)

Conditioned stimulus (CS)

20.

In classical conditioning, the learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus.

a)

conditioned response (CR)

b)

unconditioned response (UR)

c)

unconditioned Stimulus (US)

d)

conditioned stimulus (CS)

21.

In classical stimulus, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

a)

conditioned stimulus (CS)

b)

conditioned response (CR)

c)

unconditioned stimulus (US)

d)

unconditioned response (UR)

22.

In classical conditioning , the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus.

a)

discrimination

b)

extinction

c)

acquisition

d)

spontaneous recovery

23.

Ray came home past his curfew, so he wasn't allowed to drive for the following week. He hasn't missed a curfew since. This is an example of

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

negative reinforcement

c)

positive punishment

d)

negative punishment

24.

Chandler's girlfriend, Monica, keeps bugging him to take her dancing. He finally agrees, and she quits bugging him. The next time she starts bugging him, he quickly agrees to do whatever she wants. This is an example of_______ for the nagging behavior.

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

negative reinforcement

c)

positive punishment

d)

negative punishment

25.

When Olivia makes rude noises at the dinner table, she gets her mouth washed out with soap. She doesn't make rude noises that often anymore. This is an example of

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

negative reinforcement

c)

positive punishment

d)

negative punishment

26.

Checking the front porch for a newspaper when the delivery is extremely unpredictable is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?

a)

fixed ratio

b)

variable ratio

c)

fixed interval

d)

variable interval

27.

A professional baseball player getting a hit approximately every third time at bat is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?

a)

fixed ratio

b)

variable ratio

c)

fixed interval

d)

variable interval

28.

A student's final grade improves one level for every three book reviews submitted. This is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?

a)

fixed ratio

b)

variable ratio

c)

fixed interval

d)

variable interval

29.

Repeatedly calling a garage mechanic to see if your car is fixed yet is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?

a)

fixed ratio

b)

variable ratio

c)

fixed interval

d)

variable interval