This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience is called A) Learning. B) Latent Learning. C) Modeling. D) Shaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning. 2. What is the role of punishment in operant conditioning? A) Punishment is used to reinforce a behavior. B) Punishment is used to decrease the likelihood of a behavior. C) Punishment is used to increase the likelihood of a behavior. D) Punishment has no role in operant conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punishment is used to decrease the likelihood of a behavior. 3. This learning theory argues that human brain has a limited capacity for processing information at any given time. A) Classical Conditioning. B) Cognitive overload theory. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive overload theory. 4. Which of the following is a key idea in Whorf's Linguistic Relativity? A) Language shapes thought and perception. B) Language is learned through reinforcement. C) Moral reasoning develops in stages. D) Personality develops through unconscious drives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language shapes thought and perception. 5. Charlie gets paid on the 15th of every month. He is reinforced on a ..... schedule A) Variable interval. B) Fixed ratio. C) Variable ratio. D) Fixed interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixed interval. 6. Classical conditioning is useful to animals and people because it helps them A) Adapt to their environment. B) Deal with dangerous situations. C) Avoid poisonous foods. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. A little girl gets spanked by her mom for throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store. This is an example of: A) Negative punishment. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Positive punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive punishment. 8. Proses belajar asosiasi bukan hanya terdiri atas factor kontinuitas dan hukuman effect tapi ada hal lain yang berkontribusi, disebut ..... A) Strength of Connection. B) Belongingness. C) Principle of Polarity. D) Spread of Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belongingness. 9. According to Kolb's Experiential Learning Style Theory, when you turn the knowledge you learned into actions, you are doing/ having ..... A) Concrete experience. B) Active experimentation. C) Abstract conceptualization. D) Reflective observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active experimentation. 10. Throwing the ball in hopes of getting a strike in bowling is reinforced on a ..... schedule. A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Variable interval. D) Fixed interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable ratio. 11. Bob gets a dollar for every magazine subscription he sells. What type of operant-conditioning consequence is maintaining Bob's selling? A) Negative reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Partial reinforcement. D) Positive reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive reinforcement. 12. Which learning style leads to better long-term memory? A) Surface. B) Deep. C) Reflective. D) Impulsive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep. 13. Children who only read books to earn points or get prizes are motivated by what kind of motivation? A) Intrinsic. B) Extrinsic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extrinsic. 14. A teacher gives students extra credit for turning in homework on time. Which operant conditioning principle is being used? A) Negative punishment. B) Positive reinforcement. C) Positive punishment. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive reinforcement. 15. A stimulus that does not initially elicit any part of the unconditioned response A) Neutral stimulus. B) Unconditioned stimulus (UCS). C) Unconditioned response (UCR). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neutral stimulus. 16. The sudden relization of a problem's solution is know as A) Coping. B) Latent learning. C) Self-control. D) Insight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insight. 17. What does spontaneous recovery refer to in classical conditioning? A) The complete elimination of a conditioned response. B) The initial learning phase where a response is first established. C) The return of a previously extinguished conditioned response following a rest period. D) The pairing of a conditioned stimulus with a new unconditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The return of a previously extinguished conditioned response following a rest period. 18. When the teacher uses candy to entice students to answer questions it is an example of A) Operant Conditioning. B) Modeling. C) Observational Learning. D) Classical Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operant Conditioning. 19. The act of responding differently to stimuli that are not similar is A) Shaping. B) Modeling. C) Discrimination. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discrimination. 20. Extinction may occur when you present the ..... by itself repeatedly.? A) Unconditioned stimulus. B) Conditioned stimulus. C) Unconditioned response. D) Conditioned response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditioned stimulus. 21. John comes in 15 minutes past curfew again. His dad is fed up with this behavior and tells John he is not allowed out for two weeks. This is an example of A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Punishment. C) Negative Reinforcement. D) Positive Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Punishment. 22. A reinforcer that gets its reinforcing properties from being associated with primary reinforcers in the past. Example:A child given money to spend soon realizes that the ugly green paper can be traded for candy and treats, so the money becomes reinforcing in and of itself. A) Primary Reinforcer. B) Secondary Reinforcer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary Reinforcer. 23. Learned taste aversions are an example of classical conditioning. They were first discovered by whom? A) BF Skinner. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Edward Thorndike. D) John Garcia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Garcia. 24. Identify:Removing a desired stimulus after a particular undesired behavior is exhibited, making the behavior less likely to happen in the future. A) Negative Punishment. B) Positive Reinforcement. C) Negative Reinforcement. D) Positive Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Punishment. 25. What is an example of positive reinforcement? A) Students get extra work if they are late. B) Students get out of a homework assignment if they are on time. C) Students don't get to do any sports or clubs if they are late. D) Students get PBIS points if they are on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Students get PBIS points if they are on time. 26. What is the mind associated with? A) Biological functions. B) Mental processes. C) Physical processes. D) Chemical reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mental processes. 27. When a conditioned response weakens after the CS is presented alone, it's called: A) Extinction. B) Acquisition. C) Generalization. D) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extinction. 28. Who was Wolfgang Kohler? A) His latent learning research indicated that we can learn something but not demonstrate it until it is incentivized. B) Proposed the law of effect (any behavior that has good consequences will tend to be repeated and any behavior that has bad consequences will tend to be avoided). C) Russian Psychologist who came up with classical conditioning. D) German Psychologist that came up with the Insight Learning Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) German Psychologist that came up with the Insight Learning Theory. 29. The input, storage, & retrieval of what has been learned or experienced. A) Semantics. B) Encoding. C) Memory. D) Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memory. 30. Which of the following best describes the process of shaping in behavior modification? A) Reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior. B) Punishing all undesired behaviors. C) Ignoring undesired behaviors. D) Reinforcing only the final desired behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior. 31. Which type of learning is most difficult to measure? A) Abstract Learning. B) Cognitive Learning. C) Associative Learning. D) Concrete Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive Learning. 32. What is "shaping" in psychology? A) Shaping is a technique used to diagnose mental disorders in psychology. B) Shaping is a behavioral technique in psychology where a behavior is gradually modified or shaped by reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior. C) Shaping is a technique used to suppress unwanted behaviors in psychology. D) Shaping is a technique used to induce hypnosis in psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaping is a behavioral technique in psychology where a behavior is gradually modified or shaped by reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior. 33. In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, food was the A) Conditioned Stimulus. B) Conditioned Response. C) Unconditioned Stimulus. D) Unconditioned Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconditioned Stimulus. 34. WHAT IS THE DIMINISHING OF A CONDITIONED RESPONSE? A) ACQUISITION. B) STIMULUS. C) EXTINCTION. D) OPERANT BEHAVIOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EXTINCTION. 35. Psychologist that suggested intelligence consists of general and specific abilities A) Gardner. B) Cattell. C) Spearman. D) Sternberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spearman. 36. Which of the following is likely to occur when the conditioned stimulus is presented many times without the unconditioned stimulus? A) Shaping. B) Extinction. C) Overjustification. D) Spontaneous recovery. E) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extinction. 37. 19 What is meant by scaffolding in Vygotsky's Systmen? A) Support. B) Facilitation. C) Effort. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facilitation. 38. Increasing a behavior by stopping or reducing undesirable stimuli. A) Negative reinforcement. B) Negative punishment. C) Positive punishment. D) Positive punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative reinforcement. 39. The process of learning by which students learn by doing is called ..... A) Positive reinforcement. B) Behaviorism. C) Experiential Learning. D) Humanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experiential Learning. 40. Your teenaged daughter has not cleaned her room in a month. You go in and begin yelling at her to clean her room. She begins to clean up, and you stop yelling. Your daughter's cleaning behavior can be viewed as responding to A) Punishers. B) Classical conditioning. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative reinforcement. 41. Why is the PQ4R method an effective study method? A) Because it takes an active approach to learning. B) Because it is an example of classical conditioning. C) Because it uses latent learning techniques. D) Because it works through flooding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because it takes an active approach to learning. 42. 23 The stage of preparing cognitive map is related to A) Schema. B) Accomodation. C) Assimilation. D) Equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equilibrium. 43. Latent learning becomes evident only when the learned information is needed or can be applied in a later situation. True or False? A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. A learned response to a conditioned stimulus. A) Conditioned Response. B) Unconditioned Response. C) Neutral Stimulus. D) Unconditioned Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditioned Response. 45. Latent learning occurs without immediate reinforcement. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Which of the following is a key component of Bandura's social learning theory? A) Observational learning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Classical conditioning. D) Cognitive dissonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational learning. 47. How long should a time-out last according to the general rule of thumb mentioned? A) One minute for each year of the child's age. B) Five minutes regardless of age. C) Ten minutes for every misbehavior. D) Two minutes for each year of the child's age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One minute for each year of the child's age. 48. Mr. Suren is giving a talk on development to a parent-teacher organization. In his talk, which of the following is he most likely to describe as not beingan example of development? A) An inherited tendency to be shy. B) Change in friendship. C) Pubertal change. D) Improvement in memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An inherited tendency to be shy. 49. The brief, initial encoding of sensory information (e.g. sights, sounds, smells, tastes) in the memory system ..... A) Sensory Memory. B) Short-Term Memory. C) Long-Term Memory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Memory. 50. Which of the following would be the best method to remember a phone number? A) Primacy-Recency Effect. B) Chunking. C) Maintenance Rehersal. D) Mnemonic Device. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chunking. 51. After several pairings, the bell becomes the: A) Conditioned stimulus. B) Neutral response. C) Conditioned response. D) Neutral stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditioned stimulus. 52. Which of the following contributes to a positive classroom atmosphere? A) Allowing no time for student interaction. B) Encouraging competition among students. C) Demonstrating empathy and understanding. D) Enforcing strict silence at all times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demonstrating empathy and understanding. 53. Mariah developed a fear of the water when she fell off a river raft last summer. This year she took swimming lessons and thought she had finally overcome her fear of water. She was eagerly looking forward to an upcoming rafting trip, however, as soon as she stepped onto the raft she was instantly terrified again. A) Generalization. B) Extinction. C) Spontaneous recovery. D) Observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spontaneous recovery. 54. Identify:An originally neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response (CR) A) Conditioned Stimulus (CS). B) Conditioned Response (CR). C) Unconditioned Response (UR). D) Neutral Stimulus (NS). E) Unconditioned Stimulus (US). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditioned Stimulus (CS). 55. Chaining and autoshaping involve linking behaviors to perform ..... tasks. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Random. D) Isolated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 56. What does LOTS vs HOTS stand for in the context of learning tasks? A) Language Oriented Tasks vs Hands-On Tasks. B) Logical Operations vs Theoretical Strategies. C) Learning Objectives vs Teaching Strategies. D) Low Order Thinking Skills vs High Order Thinking Skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Low Order Thinking Skills vs High Order Thinking Skills. 57. Cognitive learning is best described as ..... A) Learning that takes place with a conditioned stimulus. B) A focus on the mental processes in learning. C) Permanent change in behaviour. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A focus on the mental processes in learning. 58. Which is not a determinant of Classical conditioning A) Time relations. B) Type of Unconditioned response. C) Intensity of Conditioned stimulus. D) Type of Unconditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Type of Unconditioned response. 59. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.In classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus. A) Generalization. B) Discrimination. C) Extinction. D) Higher Order Conditioning. E) Acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination. 60. Insight learning involves a sudden realization of problem solution. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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