Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 14 (60 MCQs)

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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?
2. True or False:Latent Learning is often not apparent until an incentive is given
3. BF Skinner's claim that the environment determines an individual's behavior was criticized for .....
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.
5. Operant conditioning was discovered by whom .....
6. The process of moving anxiety-producing memories to the unconscious mind .....
7. Method of overcoming fears by pairing a pleasing stimulus with a feared one
8. Dweck says that students should be praised for .....
9. Increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli such as shock.
10. Through classical conditioning, Alyce has developed a fear of mice. She also shows a fear response to gerbils and hamsters. Alyce is demonstrating
11. A student does every homework assignment even though the teacher does not always collect the assignments. This is an example of
12. Having to remain quiet for 10 minutes before you are allowed to go back out and play is a
13. A learned preference for stimuli to which we have been previously exposed.
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?
15. What is the impact of color schemes on classroom atmosphere?
16. Learning not to respond to the repeated presentation of a stimulus.
17. What is a reinforcer?
18. Which structural component of language is the smallest unit of distinctive sound?
19. His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists.
20. What is the goal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
21. Which is true of John B. Watson's Little Albert experiment?
22. Which term describes something a behaviorist would pair with an unconditioned stimulus in order to produce a classically conditioned response?
23. This American Psychologist conducted the "Lost in the Mall" Experiment to show the Misinformation Effect on Memory
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.
25. Known for his research on taste aversions
26. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning.
27. Negative punishment happens when .....
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.
29. At what stage/age are you in your physical peak?
30. Type of learning associated with Skinner
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:
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.
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?
34. The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a ..... ration schedule
35. Anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior will continue, by adding something the subject likes.
36. What is negative reinforcement?
37. Jared does his best at football practice every day because he loves the game.
38. Which "Schedule of Reinforcement" makes a casino slot machine so addicting?
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
40. Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning?
41. Who is associated with classical conditioning?
42. What is the term used to describe the process of learning by observing the behavior of others, without necessarily replicating it?
43. After conditioning, the bell became the:
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:
45. Whenever you see terms like Unconditioned stimulus or Conditioned Response it is an example of .....
46. What is the primary focus when studying the mind?
47. In which form of learning is behavior said to be influenced by its consequences?
48. What is the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior called?
49. What type of learning involves consequences like reinforcement and punishment?
50. In John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner's experiment, little Albert begin to fear all objects that were white and furry because of
51. The magical number seven, plus or minus two" refers to the storage capacity of ..... memory
52. A simple form of learning in which a stimulus is associated with a response (i.e Pavlov's Dogs)
53. When you give your dog a treat after he uses the bathroom outside. This is an example of:
54. What is Extroversion refer to?
55. When a child learns by observing and imitating his/her parents and older siblings, this is known as
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
57. What type of animal was used in Wolfgang's experiment
58. In The Pavlov's Dogs experiment, this was the neutral stimulus that became the conditioned stimulus
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?
60. Learning is defined as a temporary change in thought that results from experience.