This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lucy gives in to her son's temper tantrums when they are out shopping. She has probably responded to which of the following? A) Positive reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Fixed ratio reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative reinforcement. 2. On a ..... schedule, reinforcements are provided only after a certain number of correct responses have been made. A) Fixed-ratio. B) Negative. C) Continuous. D) Fixed-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed-ratio. 3. What is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of repeating a behavior? A) Extinction. B) Systematic desensitization. C) Reinforcement. D) Flooding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reinforcement. 4. A child is praised every time they say 'thank you.' This increases the likelihood they will continue the behavior. This demonstrates: A) Negative reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Extinction. D) Positive reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive reinforcement. 5. What is the term for the process of learning through observing others' behaviors and the consequences of those behaviors? A) Imitative learning. B) Observational learning. C) Behavioral mirroring. D) Direct learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observational learning. 6. Which educational levels are targeted by the teacher training course? A) University level. B) Secondary education. C) Early childhood and primary education. D) Adult education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Early childhood and primary education. 7. The skills needed for riding a bike, skiing, or using a cash register are examples of A) Episodic Memory. B) Generic Memory. C) Procedural Memory. D) Sensory Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Procedural Memory. 8. The box in which he tested animals' responses to rewards on varying schedules has come to symbolize operant conditioning. A) Pavlov. B) Seligman. C) Kohler. D) Skinner. E) Tolman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skinner. 9. Which brain area controls the expression of language? A) Broca's area. B) Temporal lobe. C) Wernicke's area. D) Auditory cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broca's area. 10. Psychologist remembered for his research on the conditioning process, as well as the Little Albert experiment, in which he demonstrated that a child could be conditioned to fear a previously neutral stimulus. His research also revealed that this fear could be generalized to other similar objects. A) John B. Watson. B) BF Skinner. C) Albert Bandura. D) Edward Tolman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John B. Watson. 11. When Little Albert generalized his fear of the white rat that meant A) He feared all furry things. B) He distinguished between the bell and the gong. C) He learned the association between the gong and the rat. D) He suddenly feared rats after successful extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He feared all furry things. 12. What is one of the main criticisms of the Bobo doll experiment in terms of its ecological validity? A) The lack of a control group. B) The use of artificial stimuli. C) The short duration of the study. D) The unnatural setting of the experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The unnatural setting of the experiment. 13. Observational learning involves: A) Trial-and-error. B) Modeling the behavior of others. C) Responding to a stimulus. D) Shaping by reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modeling the behavior of others. 14. Where do the learning theories of learning fall on the nature vs nurture side of the debate? A) Interactionist. B) Nurture. C) Nature. D) Nowhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nurture. 15. Deep and surface learning styles describe differences in: A) Personality traits. B) How students approach learning materials. C) Classroom behavior. D) Teaching methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How students approach learning materials. 16. 7 Accoring to Robert Gange, Which is the highest or complex level of learning? A) Multiple discrimination learning. B) Verbal association learning. C) Problem solving learning. D) Principle learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Problem solving learning. 17. When the mind develops a resistance towards a certain food. In simpler terms, eating certain types of food can cause a bad reaction. This is a form of classical conditioning when the body uses a natural instinct as a means of protection. A) Negative punishment. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Generalization. D) Taste aversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taste aversion. 18. Negative reinforcement ..... the behavior it follows, while punishment ..... the behavior it follows. A) Weakens; strengthens. B) Increases; decreases. C) Stops; maintains. D) Decreases; increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases; decreases. 19. A previously neutral stimulus that produces a conditioned response, after pairing with an unconditioned stimulus. A) Unconditioned Response. B) Unconditioned Stimulus. C) Conditioned Stimulus. D) Neutral Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conditioned Stimulus. 20. The Bed-Wetting Case, where the Mowrers discovered a solution to bed-wetting by putting sheets on their bed that will sound an alarm when wet, is an example of operant conditioning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. It's a very hot summer day and Viva is sweating in her apartment. She turns on the air conditioning and right away her apartment gets cooler. Viva is now more likely to turn on the AC when she is hot to reduce her discomfort. This is an example of: A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) Positive punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Reinforcement. 22. Which Gestalt Law represent this situation?'The most important part of a lesson should stand out from the rest" A) Law of Proximity. B) Law of Closure. C) Law of Pragnanz. D) Figure and Ground Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figure and Ground Law. 23. 4) Which of the following is not realted in the law of perception? A) Law of wholes. B) Law of smilarity. C) Law of readiness. D) Law of proximity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Law of readiness. 24. Which of the following is a partial reinforcement schedule that is most resistant to extinction? A) Noncontingent. B) Shaping. C) Fixed ratio. D) Fixed interval. E) Variable ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Variable ratio. 25. Which of the following is the best definition of a stimulus? A) An external object that decreases the chance an organism will repeat a behavior. B) An external event or object that elicits a behavior in an organism. C) A physical reaction or behavior elicited by an external event or object. D) Energy or a chemical that activates one of the human senses. E) An external object that increases the chance an organism will repeat a behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An external event or object that elicits a behavior in an organism. 26. True or False. Encoding is when a learning changes or adds to incoming information in order to remember it more easily. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Cualquier hecho que sigue a una conducta e incrementa las probabilidades de que tal conducta se repita A) Reforzador. B) Castigo. C) Regalos. D) Elogios. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reforzador. 28. Which concept did Hull introduce to explain internal physiological processes affecting behavior? A) Functionalism. B) Neobehaviorism. C) Social learning theory. D) Introspection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neobehaviorism. 29. Learning by watching and imitating the actions of another, or noting the consequences of those actions A) Observational. B) Discovery. C) Rote. D) Latent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational. 30. What is modeling in the context of social learning? A) Creating a physical model of a social situation. B) Developing a theory about social behavior. C) Ignoring the behavior of others in social situations. D) Observing and imitating the behavior of others in order to learn new skills or behaviors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observing and imitating the behavior of others in order to learn new skills or behaviors. 31. Special education in the early 1900's-1960's involved ..... A) Including students with disabilities in all "regular education" classes. B) Providing students with disabilities with the services they require. C) Excluding students with disabilities from the traditional classroom. D) Not providing students with disabilities with schooling at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excluding students with disabilities from the traditional classroom. 32. Albert Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment is an example of what type of learning? A) Cognitive Learning. B) Classical Conditioning. C) Operant Conditioning. D) Observational Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observational Learning. 33. Which type of neuron is involved in imitative learning according to research? A) Sensory neuron. B) Motor neuron. C) Mirror neuron. D) Interneuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mirror neuron. 34. In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros, " Sheryl writes the word 30 times. She is using a technique known as: A) Primary rehearsal. B) Active rehearsal. C) Elaborative rehearsal. D) Chunking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active rehearsal. 35. Lydia sees a behavioral therapist to eliminate her fear of heights. After several sessions, Lydia is successful. A year later, however, Lydia's fear of heights suddenly returns. Lydia has experienced A) Extinction. B) Stimulus generalization. C) Stimulus discrimination. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spontaneous recovery. 36. True or False:When children see positive behaviors modeled in the home they do not respond in the same way as when they see negative behaviors modeled in the home A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. A parent who reinforces the behaviors that they desire from their children rather than punishing misbehavior are following the principles most closely associated with ..... A) Albert Bandura. B) B.F. Skinner. C) Edward Tolman. D) John Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B.F. Skinner. 38. Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about which of the following? A) Operant Conditioing. B) Latent learning. C) Countercondtioning. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classical conditioning. 39. What psychological perspective focuses on learning through the lens of observable actions? A) Humanstic. B) Behavioral. C) Cognitive. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavioral. 40. American psychologist best known for his groundbreaking study on delayed gratification known as "the marshmallow test." A) Martin Seligman. B) Robert Rescorla. C) Ivan Pavlov. D) Walter Mischel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walter Mischel. 41. Classical conditioning A) A type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. B) A method of teaching that involves repetition and reinforcement. C) A process of learning through observation and imitation. D) A technique used to improve memory retention through visualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. 42. A previously neutral stimulus that becomes able to produce a conditioned response, after pairing with an unconditioned stimulus. In Pavlov's dogs, when the dogs linked the bowl with the food. A) Unconditioned Response. B) Unconditioned Stimulus. C) Neutral Stimulus. D) Conditioned Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conditioned Stimulus. 43. Getting a sticker when you get a good grade on a test is an example of what type of learning? A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Punishment. D) Classical Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Reinforcement. 44. Which of the following have been shown to havea positive correlation? A) Perceived lack of control and learned helplessness. B) External reinforcement and intrinsic motivation. C) Perceived personal control and health. D) Punishment and likelihood of repeating a punished behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perceived personal control and health. 45. What is the name of the famous experiment associated with classical conditioning involving a dog? A) Pavlov's Dog experiment. B) Newton's Bird experiment. C) Darwin's Monkey experiment. D) Einstein's Cat experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pavlov's Dog experiment. 46. Which psychologist is associated with Observational Learning? A) Bandura. B) Pavlov. C) Skinner. D) Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandura. 47. In Albert Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment, a majority of the children used the same violent techniques on the Bobo Doll they had seen the adults perform in the video. This is an example of: A) Observational learning. B) Cognitive learning. C) Innate aggressive desires. D) Learned helplessness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational learning. 48. Identify the type of retrieval interference you could experience in the future:after returning home from your first semester of college, you call a high school friend by your college roommate's name. A) Proactive Interference. B) Retroactive Interference. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retroactive Interference. 49. Something that produces a response is called a A) Stimulus. B) Previewing. C) Unconditioned response. D) Fixed-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 50. In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus A) Naturally triggers a response. B) Is a naturally occurring response. C) Is initially irrelevant, and then comes to trigger a response. D) Objectively studies psychology. E) Is Pavlovian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Naturally triggers a response. 51. What is Operant Conditioning (Skinner 1964)? A) Trial and error learning. B) Reinforcement. C) Mental and physical readiness. D) Trial and error with reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trial and error with reinforcement. 52. If a child is offered a reward after they earn five A's on her homework assignments. After her fifth A on a homework assignment, she gets to pick out a new toy, what type of intermittent reinforcement does this display? A) Fixed Ratio Schedule-FR. B) Variable Interval Schedule-VI. C) Fixed Interval Schedule-FI. D) Variable Ratio Schedule-VR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variable Ratio Schedule-VR. 53. What effect do warm colors have in school design? A) They promote calmness and focus. B) They stimulate energy and creativity. C) They enhance social interactions. D) They reduce stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They stimulate energy and creativity. 54. Who studied salivation responses in dogs? A) B.F. Skinner. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) John B. Watson. D) Albert bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ivan Pavlov. 55. The gradual disappearance of a conditioned response is A) Modeling. B) Extinction. C) A token economy. D) Cognitive learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extinction. 56. Which is an example of a Variable-ratio schedule? A) Students always get a piece of candy for being on time. B) Students get a piece of candy if they are on time on Mondays and Fridays. C) Students sometimes get a piece of candy if they are on time. D) Students get a piece of candy for every tenth time they are on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Students sometimes get a piece of candy if they are on time. 57. Olivia, Mason, and Michael are watching their friend learn a new dance move. They notice that by observing and imitating, they can learn it too! What is this way of learning called, as shown by Alfred Bandura? A) Modeling. B) Partial reinforcement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modeling. 58. Taste aversion often requires multiple negative experiences to develop. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. David is learning to differentiate between two tones:one that signals food and one that doesn't. He learns to respond only to the tone that predicts food. This process is known as: A) Sensitization. B) Extinction. C) Stimulus discrimination. D) Habituation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus discrimination. 60. Stages of Cognitive Development is under ..... A) Behavioral Learning Theory. B) Cognitive Learning Theory. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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