WorksheetsPsych Unit 5 Pretest, 2025-26
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Classical conditioning is defined as:
a)
Any event or situation that evokes a response.
b)
A type of learning in which we link two or more stimuli
c)
Any event that strengthens the behavior it follows.
d)
The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.
e)
I don't know
2.
A person learns to avoid a hot stove after watching someone else get burned. This type of learning is called:
a)
Habituation
b)
Classical Conditioning
c)
Vicarious Conditioning
d)
Operant Conditioning
e)
I don't know
3.
The process of acquiring through experience new and relatively enduring information or behaviors.
(a)
4.
An event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows.
(a)
5.
Simon ate all of his vegetables so his mother wouldn’t scold him.
a)
Positive Reinforcement
b)
Negative Reinforcement
c)
Positive Punishment
d)
Negative Punishment
6.
See Picture
a)
Stimulus discrimination
b)
Spontaneous recovery
c)
Acquisition
d)
Latent learning
e)
I don't know
7.
Many people confuse negative reinforcement with punishment. Clarify the difference between the two in terms of their intended effect on a specific behavior.
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