This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After struggling with a solution of how to get her keys out of her car, Kerry suddenly realizes that she should call Triple A. What type of learning does this demonstrate? A) Abstract Learning. B) Fundamental Learning. C) Insight Learning. D) Acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insight Learning. 2. True or False:Latent Learning is often not apparent until an incentive is given A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. BF Skinner's claim that the environment determines an individual's behavior was criticized for ..... A) Failing to acknowledge situational factors. B) Failing to acknowledge cognitive influences on behavior. C) Attributing behavior solely to genetics. D) Failing to explain how personality changes over time. E) Emphasizing unconscious influences on behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Failing to acknowledge cognitive influences on behavior. 4. People who has fulfilled ..... needs are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned with the opinions of others, and interested in fulfilling their potential. A) Physiological. B) Security and safety. C) Love and belonging. D) Self actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self actualization. 5. Operant conditioning was discovered by whom ..... A) John B. Watson. B) Abraham Maslow. C) Carl Rogers. D) B. F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. F. Skinner. 6. The process of moving anxiety-producing memories to the unconscious mind ..... A) Permanent Memory. B) Motivated Forgetting. C) Repression. D) Interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repression. 7. Method of overcoming fears by pairing a pleasing stimulus with a feared one A) Extinction. B) Counterconditioning. C) Flooding. D) Systematic desensitization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterconditioning. 8. Dweck says that students should be praised for ..... A) Their effort. B) Their success. C) Their intelligence. D) Their appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their effort. 9. Increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli such as shock. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Positive punishment. C) Negative punishment. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative reinforcement. 10. Through classical conditioning, Alyce has developed a fear of mice. She also shows a fear response to gerbils and hamsters. Alyce is demonstrating A) Spontaneous recovery. B) Stimulus discrimination. C) Stimulus generalization. D) Reconditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus generalization. 11. A student does every homework assignment even though the teacher does not always collect the assignments. This is an example of A) Variable ratio. B) Fixed ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable ratio. 12. Having to remain quiet for 10 minutes before you are allowed to go back out and play is a A) Variable interval. B) Fixed interval. C) Variable ratio. D) Fixed ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed interval. 13. A learned preference for stimuli to which we have been previously exposed. A) Mere exposure Effect. B) Habituation. C) Acquistition. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mere exposure Effect. 14. Henry has a fear of spiders, but his teacher pairs the sight of a spider with his favorite song to help him feel better. What is this method of overcoming fears called? A) Operant conditioning. B) Counterconditioning. C) Systematic desensitization. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterconditioning. 15. What is the impact of color schemes on classroom atmosphere? A) Calming colors promote focus. B) They have no effect on student behavior. C) Bright colors always lead to better engagement. D) Color schemes are irrelevant to learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calming colors promote focus. 16. Learning not to respond to the repeated presentation of a stimulus. A) Mere exposure Effect. B) Acquisition. C) Habituation. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habituation. 17. What is a reinforcer? A) Anything that decreases the frequency of a behaviour. B) Anything that the subject likes. C) Anything that the subject will work for. D) Anything that follows a behaviour and increases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anything that follows a behaviour and increases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring. 18. Which structural component of language is the smallest unit of distinctive sound? A) Syntax. B) Morpheme. C) Phoneme. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phoneme. 19. His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists. A) Martin Seligman. B) Edward Tolman. C) B.F. Skinner. D) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Martin Seligman. 20. What is the goal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? A) To reinforce desired behaviors. B) To identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors. C) To provide rewards for good behavior. D) To extinguish unwanted behaviors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors. 21. Which is true of John B. Watson's Little Albert experiment? A) The child came to fear all small furry objects, not just a white rat. B) The child was not conditioned at all. C) Extinction happened more rapidly than Watson expected. D) The child feared the white rat, but nothing else, not even similar animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The child came to fear all small furry objects, not just a white rat. 22. Which term describes something a behaviorist would pair with an unconditioned stimulus in order to produce a classically conditioned response? A) Unconditioned response. B) Conditioned response. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. E) Conditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Conditioned stimulus. 23. This American Psychologist conducted the "Lost in the Mall" Experiment to show the Misinformation Effect on Memory A) B.F. Skinner. B) Elizabeth Loftus. C) Sigmund Freud. D) Carl Rogers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elizabeth Loftus. 24. Bandura created the Bobo Doll Experiment to try and add credence to his belief that all human behavior was learned, through social imitation and copying, rather than inherited through genetic factors. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Known for his research on taste aversions A) Edward Thorndike. B) John Watson. C) BF Skinner. D) John Garcia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Garcia. 26. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning. A) Unconditioned Stimulus (US). B) Neutral Stimulus (NS). C) Conditioned response (CR). D) Unconditioned Response (UR). E) Conditioned Stimulus (CS). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutral Stimulus (NS). 27. Negative punishment happens when ..... A) A pleasant consequence is removed following a response. B) A unpleasant consequence follows a response. C) The brain communicates with the spine. D) Pitutary gland produces the growth hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A pleasant consequence is removed following a response. 28. Jimmy continues to go and play the slot machine at the casino, even though he never knows how many times he has to play to win. This is an example of a(n) ..... schedule. A) Variable-interval. B) Fixed-ratio. C) Variable-ratio. D) Fixed-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variable-ratio. 29. At what stage/age are you in your physical peak? A) Young adulthood. B) Middle adulthood. C) Late Adulthood. D) Childhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Young adulthood. 30. Type of learning associated with Skinner A) Operant conditioning. B) Respondent conditioning. C) Observational learning. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operant conditioning. 31. Paul develops a fear of sharks after watching a documentary. Later, he also becomes afraid of the beach because he associates it with sharks. This is an example of: A) Blocking. B) Sensory preconditioning. C) Latent inhibition. D) Higher-order conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory preconditioning. 32. Karen has learned a lot from her Psychology class about how to improve her memory. As she heads off to college, she wants to utilize this knowledge. Karen knows that she has a major test in her History class in two weeks, therefore, she starts to study for 15 minutes every day leading up to the test. A) Chunking. B) Context Effects. C) Spacing Effect. D) Recency Effect of Serial Positon Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spacing Effect. 33. Sammy the baseball player loved to hit home runs. Every time he was at bat he would attempt to hit the ball out of the park. Sometimes he was successful, but not always. This best illustrates which schedule of reinforcement? A) Variable interval. B) Fixed interval. C) Fixed ratio. D) Variable ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variable ratio. 34. The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a ..... ration schedule A) Fixed-interval. B) Fixed ratio. C) Variable-ratio. D) Variable-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variable-ratio. 35. Anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior will continue, by adding something the subject likes. A) Continuous Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Operant Conditioning. D) Positive Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive Reinforcement. 36. What is negative reinforcement? A) When a stimulus is given after the correct response. B) When a stimulus is given to prevent a response occurring such as a forfeit. C) Punishment. D) When an unpleasant stimulus is withdrawn after the correct response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When an unpleasant stimulus is withdrawn after the correct response. 37. Jared does his best at football practice every day because he loves the game. A) Intrinsic motivation. B) Extrinsic motivation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrinsic motivation. 38. Which "Schedule of Reinforcement" makes a casino slot machine so addicting? A) Variable ratio. B) Fixed ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable ratio. 39. A child whose family owns a dog may refer to any four-legged animal as "dog." In learning theory, such behavior is known as A) Shaping. B) Ecological validity. C) Stimulus generalization. D) Operant conditioning. E) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus generalization. 40. Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning? A) A dolphin doing a flip to receive a fish. B) A cat running away from a vacuum cleaner. C) A child crying when they hear a loud noise. D) A dog salivating when it hears a bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dolphin doing a flip to receive a fish. 41. Who is associated with classical conditioning? A) Ivan Pavlov. B) BF Skinner. C) Max Weber. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ivan Pavlov. 42. What is the term used to describe the process of learning by observing the behavior of others, without necessarily replicating it? A) Vicarious learning. B) Passive learning. C) Observational learning. D) Imitative learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observational learning. 43. After conditioning, the bell became the: A) Conditioned response. B) Conditioned stimulus. C) Unconditioned stimulus. D) Neutral stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditioned stimulus. 44. The first time Kelly went to the mall, she had problems finding her way around, but after several visits, she finds it very easy to get where she is going. Kelly has: A) Experienced social learning. B) Developed a cognitive map of the mall. C) Insight into the layout of the mall. D) Experienced observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed a cognitive map of the mall. 45. Whenever you see terms like Unconditioned stimulus or Conditioned Response it is an example of ..... A) Classical Conditioning. B) Shaping. C) Observational Learning. D) Operant Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classical Conditioning. 46. What is the primary focus when studying the mind? A) Mental processes. B) Nutritional value. C) Chemical composition. D) Physical appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental processes. 47. In which form of learning is behavior said to be influenced by its consequences? A) Classical conditioning. B) Operant conditoning. C) Social learning theory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant conditoning. 48. What is the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior called? A) Shaping. B) Habituation. C) Modeling. D) Insight learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modeling. 49. What type of learning involves consequences like reinforcement and punishment? A) Cognitive Conditioning. B) Operant Conditioning. C) Instrumental Conditioning. D) Classical Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant Conditioning. 50. In John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner's experiment, little Albert begin to fear all objects that were white and furry because of A) Discrimination. B) Systematic desensitization. C) Generalization. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generalization. 51. The magical number seven, plus or minus two" refers to the storage capacity of ..... memory A) Short-term. B) Sensory. C) Implicit. D) Explicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short-term. 52. A simple form of learning in which a stimulus is associated with a response (i.e Pavlov's Dogs) A) Observational Learning. B) Operant Conditioning. C) Latent Learning. D) Classical Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classical Conditioning. 53. When you give your dog a treat after he uses the bathroom outside. This is an example of: A) Negative Reinforcement. B) Positive Punishment. C) Negative Punishment. D) Positive Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive Reinforcement. 54. What is Extroversion refer to? A) How emotionally stable they are. B) How lively, sociableand impulsive a person is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How lively, sociableand impulsive a person is. 55. When a child learns by observing and imitating his/her parents and older siblings, this is known as A) Latent learning. B) Modeling. C) Operant conditioning. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modeling. 56. What is the conditioned stimulus in this example:As a child, Lorianne ate a hot dog at the circus and became ill. 20 years later while at a child's birthday party the appearance of a clown tying balloons made her suddenly feel nauseous A) Eating the hot dog. B) Becoming ill. C) Feeling nauseous. D) The clown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The clown. 57. What type of animal was used in Wolfgang's experiment A) Pigs. B) Chimps. C) Dog. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chimps. 58. In The Pavlov's Dogs experiment, this was the neutral stimulus that became the conditioned stimulus A) Dogs. B) Food. C) Salivation. D) Metronome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metronome. 59. Piaget argued that children progress through a series of cognitive development stages. In contrast, Skinner stressed that individuals simply learn more as time goes on. Which developmental issue is highlighted in their disagreement? A) Continuity and discontinuity. B) Early and later experience. C) Nature and nurture. D) Biological and socioemotional development. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuity and discontinuity. 60. Learning is defined as a temporary change in thought that results from experience. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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