This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the term "neutral stimulus" refer to in classical conditioning? A) A stimulus that always elicits a response. B) A stimulus paired with a reinforcement. C) A stimulus that is not present during conditioning. D) A stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning. 2. Unconditioned stimulus (US) A) A stimulus that is learned through experience. B) A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response. C) A stimulus that requires conditioning to elicit a response. D) A stimulus that is always negative in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response. 3. Which researcher is known for the Bobo doll experiment? A) Skinner. B) Bandura. C) Pavlov. D) Thorndike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandura. 4. Which learning theory emphasizes the role of consequences in shaping behavior? A) Classical conditioning. B) Cognitive learning theory. C) Social learning theory. D) Operant conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Operant conditioning. 5. What are the unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response in classical conditioning? A) Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. B) Unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response. C) Operant conditioning and observational learning. D) Conditioned stimulus and conditioned response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response. 6. The removal of an aversive stimulus that leads to an increase in the behavior is called ..... A) Positive punishment. B) Negative punishment. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative reinforcement. 7. A law is defined as A) One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere. B) A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. C) A system of principles of conduct that guide the behavior of an individual. D) A body of rules of conduct prescribed by the state that has binding legal force. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A body of rules of conduct prescribed by the state that has binding legal force. 8. Correlation Coefficient A) A number that represents the strength and direction of a relationship existing between two variables. B) Referring to differences in data sets that are larger than chance variation would predict. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A number that represents the strength and direction of a relationship existing between two variables. 9. Were the participants who had seen the aggressive role model or the non-aggressive role model more aggressive? A) Aggressive role models. B) Non-aggressive role models. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aggressive role models. 10. The disease causes severe memory loss, dementia, and loss of language. It can also lead to death. A) Heart attack. B) Dementia. C) Alzheimer's. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alzheimer's. 11. The theory says social learning starts with having a role model. What's the next step? A) Observation. B) Vicarious reinforcement. C) Direct reinforcement. D) Identification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Identification. 12. Which type of learning involves associating a neutral stimulus with a meaningful stimulus? A) Operant Conditioning. B) Observational Learning. C) Classical Conditioning. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical Conditioning. 13. If you watch a sequel to movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing ..... A) Memory Decay. B) Retroactive Interference. C) Proactive Interference. D) Repressive Memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retroactive Interference. 14. In classical conditioning, the stimulus that naturally triggers a response is the: A) Unconditioned stimulus. B) Neutral stimulus. C) Conditioned stimulus. D) Operant reinforcer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unconditioned stimulus. 15. Because studies of learning show that events occurring close together in time are easier to associate than those occurring at widely different times, parents should probably avoid which of the following? A) Delay of punishment. B) Corporal punishment. C) Inescapable punishment. D) Mild punishment. E) Consistent punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delay of punishment. 16. Which scientist developed the idea of absolute thresholds? A) David Hubel. B) Ernst Weber. C) Torsten Wiesel. D) Gustav Fechner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gustav Fechner. 17. Small successive step taken in which to get an organism to learn a behavior is called ..... A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Continuous Reinforcement. C) Shaping. D) Partial Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shaping. 18. A child who learns that spoons are tableware and then correctly calls forks and knives tableware is demonstrating A) Imitation training. B) Stimulus generalization. C) Rote learning. D) Classical conditioning. E) Discrimination training. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulus generalization. 19. Which of the following demonstrates modeling? A) Reading a textbook. B) A child claps after watching their parent clap. C) Learning a route by walking it. D) Responding to a loud noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A child claps after watching their parent clap. 20. Classical conditioning is the type of learning in which a person links two or more stimuli and A) Receives a reward. B) Lays them out in sequence. C) Anticipates events. D) Forgets about them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anticipates events. 21. Who is known for the theory of classical conditioning? A) Charles Darwin. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Sigmund Freud. D) Marie Curie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ivan Pavlov. 22. 5 Wich of the following is associated with the conept of law of belongingness? A) Maningfulness of understanding. B) Satisfaction. C) Drilling process. D) Action tendency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maningfulness of understanding. 23. Tests to show what you have learned are A) Achievement Tests. B) Intelligence Tests. C) Aptitude Tests. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achievement Tests. 24. What is a Conditioned Stimulus (CS)? A) A previously neutral stimulus that triggers a learned response. B) A stimulus that naturally triggers a response. C) A stimulus that is always unpleasant. D) A stimulus that is never associated with learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A previously neutral stimulus that triggers a learned response. 25. Miss Rita is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to her Grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts, her class does not seem to learn how to play the game. What law of learning was disregarded? A) Law of Readiness. B) Law of Effect. C) Law of Exercise. D) Law of Disuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Law of Readiness. 26. You hate your curfew. Your father says he'll take away your curfew if you eat all your green beans every night. Your father is practicing A) Positive punishment. B) Positive reinforcement. C) Negative punishment. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative reinforcement. 27. Which of the following is a process in the social observational learning theory by Bandura? A) Recapitulation. B) Repetition. C) Retention. D) Reflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retention. 28. Operant Conditioning is best described as: A) Learning that occurs through rewards (reinforcement) and punishments. B) Learning by association of two stimuli. C) Learning by observation. D) Learning through trial and error only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning that occurs through rewards (reinforcement) and punishments. 29. Using "deep processing" to relate information to things you already know is called ..... A) Encoding. B) Storage. C) Elaborative Rehearsal. D) Maintenance Rehearsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elaborative Rehearsal. 30. Who developed the concept of the law of effect? A) Albert Bandura. B) B.F. Skinner. C) Edward Thorndike. D) Ivan Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edward Thorndike. 31. The work of Ivan Pavlov and John Watson fits best into which of psychology's perspectives? A) Humanism. B) Gestalt psychology. C) Trait theory. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behaviorism. 32. In classical conditioning, the response elicited by an unconditioned stimulus without prior learning A) Positive punishment. B) Unconditioned Response (UCR). C) Conditioned Response (CR). D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconditioned Response (UCR). 33. Who is most closely associated with classical conditioning? A) John Watson. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) B.F. Skinner. D) John Garcia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ivan Pavlov. 34. What theory was concluded in the previous class? A) Behaviorism. B) Cognitive Theory. C) Gestalt Psychology. D) Psychoanalysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behaviorism. 35. Learning is a product, not a process. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. Taking a painkiller to relieve a toothache is behavior learned through which of the following processes? A) Shaping. B) Omission training. C) Negative reinforcement. D) Positive reinforcement. E) Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative reinforcement. 37. Which of the following is NOT one of the three parts of human consciousness according to Freud? A) Subconscious. B) Ego. C) Id. D) Superego. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subconscious. 38. What is a cognitive map? A) A mental picture of a layout. B) A type of reward system. C) A method of reinforcement. D) A physical map used for navigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A mental picture of a layout. 39. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.Learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequence (as in operant conditioning) A) Cognitive Learning. B) Habituation. C) Associative Learning. D) Stimulus. E) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Associative Learning. 40. Kid gets money for getting an excellent report card A) Positive Punishment. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Reinforcement. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive Reinforcement. 41. What is it called when something is added or an unpleasant stimulus is applied to decrease a behavior? A) Conditioned response. B) Unconditioned response. C) Delayed reinforcer. D) Positive punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive punishment. 42. Overwhelming stress or trauma can cause an innate psychological negative mental state of passiveness or 'give up mentality' .This is called ..... A) Constructivism. B) Behaviourism. C) Learned Helplesnesss. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learned Helplesnesss. 43. Vaughn desires praise from his parents. When they deliver praise, he is more likely to continue to engage in the behaviors that are followed by praise. This is an example of ..... A) Positive punishment. B) Negative punishment. C) Negative reinforcement. D) Positive reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive reinforcement. 44. Classical conditioning can be applied to help overcome fears using the method of. A) Flooding. B) Systematic desensitization. C) Counter conditioning. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 45. What is B.F. Skinner famous for? A) Operant conditioning. B) Bobo doll experiment. C) Taste aversion. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operant conditioning. 46. Social justice advocacy involves all of the following except ..... A) Engaging in self-examination. B) Taking down the establishment. C) Leaving clients with tools to work toward social change. D) Giving a voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking down the establishment. 47. What is the primary focus of the behavioral approach to learning? A) Understanding internal mental processes. B) Examining the role of emotions in learning. C) Observing and measuring observable behaviors. D) Exploring the influence of genetics on behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observing and measuring observable behaviors. 48. In order to encourage Timmy's polite, respectful behavior, Timmy's mother gives him verbal praise when he is well behaved. This praise from his mother is known as ..... A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive reinforcement. 49. Stage 2 of memory is called ..... , here memories last 10-12 seconds. If they are not converted to the next stage, they will disappear. A) Short-Term Memory. B) Sensory Memory. C) Long-Term Memory. D) Semantic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short-Term Memory. 50. 18 "Law of satisfaction and annoyance '' are the sub laws of A) Law of readiness. B) Law of belongingness. C) Law of exercise. D) Law of effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Law of effect. 51. In Pavlov's experiment, the ..... was the unconditioned stimulus. A) Meat powder. B) Bell. C) Salivation from bell. D) Salivation from meat powder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meat powder. 52. After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his A) Long Term Memory. B) Visual Memory. C) Short-Term Memory. D) Episodic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short-Term Memory. 53. The infamous court case known as Plessy v. Ferguson influenced education by A) Deciding schools should be segregated but "equal" . B) Requiring schools to provide appropriate education for individuals with disabilities. C) Withholding federal money for discriminating against individuals with disabilities. D) Requiring schools to take all measures to provide students with the least restrictive environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deciding schools should be segregated but "equal" . 54. ALL of the following are primary reinforcers EXCEPT for what? A) Food. B) Water. C) Lights turning on. D) Dog treats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lights turning on. 55. The application of an aversive stimulus after a response A) Acquisition. B) Shaping. C) Positive punishment. D) Positive reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive punishment. 56. Identify Initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response A) Acquisition. B) Generalization. C) Learning. D) Conditioning. E) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acquisition. 57. Helpful, generous, and compassionate A) Prosocial Behavior. B) Anti-social behavior. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prosocial Behavior. 58. What is cognitive learning? A) Learning that is instinctual. B) Learning based on behavior modification. C) Learning through direct experience. D) Learning that involves mental processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learning that involves mental processes. 59. How does the perception of a stimulus affect behavior according to Gestalt Theory? A) It is irrelevant to behavior. B) It has no effect on behavior. C) It only affects behavior in children. D) It triggers our behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It triggers our behavior. 60. ..... developed their theory of classical conditioning after seeing they could make a baby afraid of a rat after pairing the rat with a loud noise. A) Bandura. B) Pavlov. C) Watson. D) Skinner. 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