This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the term "cognitive map" refer to? A) A learned response. B) A physical representation of space. C) An internal mental representation of the environment. D) A type of reinforcement schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An internal mental representation of the environment. 2. Which type of reinforcement schedule will lead to the highest rate of responding by an organism and be the most resistant to extinction? A) Fixed-ratio. B) Variable-interval. C) Fixed-interval. D) Variable-ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variable-ratio. 3. Pavlov's work emphasized ..... learning. A) Observational. B) Motor. C) Cognitive. D) Associative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Associative. 4. When potty-training a toddler, a parent will often start by reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the end goal of peeing on the potty, e.g. recognizing the need to pee and just sitting on the potty. This approach is an example of A) Shaping. B) Latent learning. C) Cognitive mapping. D) Biofeedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaping. 5. Which one of these are a key psychologists in learning? A) Abraham Maslow. B) Carl Rogers. C) Ivan Pavlov. D) B.F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ivan Pavlov. 6. Consequences in which behavior is learned, maintained or changed is called ..... A) Reinforcer. B) Punishment. C) Response. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcer. 7. What is the term for the strengthening of a reinforced response? A) Reinforcement. B) Discrimination. C) Conditioning. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcement. 8. 2 Which of the following is not the characteristic of classical conditioning learning A) Stimulus discrimination. B) Extinction. C) Stimulus generlization. D) Reinforcement schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reinforcement schedule. 9. Shaping behavior is most closely associated with which form of associative learning? A) Classical conditioning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Social learning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant conditioning. 10. A conditioned response occurs A) Automatically. B) As a result of pairing an unconditioned stimulus with a conditioned stimulus. C) After extinction. D) As a result of all of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a result of pairing an unconditioned stimulus with a conditioned stimulus. 11. Which is an example of spontaneous recovery? A) A child ignores an old habit. B) A dog salivates after a rest period with no bell. C) A rat forgets how to press a lever. D) A behavior gradually disappears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dog salivates after a rest period with no bell. 12. Studied rats in a maze and demonstrated latent learning-rats seemed to develop a cognitive map of the maze which only became apparent when there was an incentive to demonstrate the knowledge. A) Edward Tolman. B) Edward Thorndike. C) John B. Watson. D) BF Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward Tolman. 13. Giving a treat to your dog every time it rolls over is called ..... A) Continuous Reinforcement. B) Positive Reinforcement. C) Operant Conditioning. D) Partial Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuous Reinforcement. 14. Identify:Any event that strengthens a preceding response A) Shaping. B) Punishment. C) Stimulus. D) Generalization. E) Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Reinforcement. 15. The learning of voluntary behavior through the effects of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to responses. A) Operant Conditioning. B) Classical Conditioning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operant Conditioning. 16. In what capacity does a teacher act as a cultural mediator? A) Introducing only the technical aspects of language. B) Ignoring cultural contexts to focus on language rules. C) Connecting language lessons to relevant cultural contexts. D) Emphasizing grammar over cultural understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connecting language lessons to relevant cultural contexts. 17. The conditioned response (CR) is the usually the same as the A) CS. B) UCR. C) CR. D) UCS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UCR. 18. In Pavlov's experiment the meat was a(n) A) CR. B) UCS. C) CS. D) UCR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UCS. 19. Lily keeps poking Jared in Mr. Clayton's third-grade class. Mr. Clayton tells Jared to ignore Lily. Mr. Clayton is hoping that Lily's behavior will A) Punish her. B) Make the behavior latent. C) Cause Lily to generalize. D) Negatively reinforce the behavior. E) Extinguish the behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Extinguish the behavior. 20. The three stages of the memory process (in the correct order) are: A) Encoding, retrieval, storage. B) Encoding, storage, retrieval. C) Visual encoding, acoustic encoding, retrieval. D) Encoding, recognition, retrieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encoding, storage, retrieval. 21. A person who is fearful of rattlesnakes but not garden snakes is exhibiting ..... A) Response learning. B) Generalization. C) Insight learning. D) Extinction. E) Discrimination learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Discrimination learning. 22. One of the most common phobias includes: A) Height. B) Spiders. C) Speaking in front of people. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 23. Reinforcing only some correct responses is called? A) Primary reinforcement. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Partial reinforcement. D) Continuous reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Partial reinforcement. 24. The removal of an unpleasant or aversive stimulus, contingent on a particular behavior, Compare with punishment A) Observational learning. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Negative punishment. D) Reinforcement schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative reinforcement. 25. Positive reinforcement happens when ..... A) A nueron fires an action potential. B) A unpleasant consequence is removed. C) A pleasant consequence follows a behaviour. D) Your pancreas controls your sugar consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pleasant consequence follows a behaviour. 26. 9 Piaget's cognitive development theory is best decribed as A) Maaturation theory. B) Age specific theory. C) Stage specific theory. D) Dynamic theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage specific theory. 27. Modeling behavior so other can mimic what you are doing is called ..... A) Punishment. B) Classical Conditioning. C) Observational Learning. D) Operant Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observational Learning. 28. Two forms of associative learning are ..... and ..... A) Operant conditioning; observational learning. B) Classical conditioning; operant conditioning. C) Operant conditioning; observational learning. D) Classical conditioning; Pavlovian conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classical conditioning; operant conditioning. 29. What is a "Skinner Box" ? A) A type of musical instrument. B) A tool used for gardening. C) A device used in behavioral psychology to study animal behavior. D) A type of computer virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A device used in behavioral psychology to study animal behavior. 30. 20 Cognitive theories emphasize on the role of A) Sensation. B) Perception. C) Imitation. D) Experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perception. 31. Act of responding in the same way to stimuli that seem similar. A) Generalization. B) Systematic desensitization. C) Flooding. D) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 32. Type of learning in which behaviors are emitted to earn rewards or avoid punishment A) Operant conditioning. B) Social cognitive learning theory. C) Classical conditioning. D) Acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operant conditioning. 33. A slot machine rewards the player with coins after they try an unpredictable amount of times. This is an example of a ..... A) Variable-interval schedule. B) Fixed-ratio schedule. C) Fixed-interval schedule. D) Variable-ratio schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variable-ratio schedule. 34. Classical conditioning focuses on how reinforcement affects ..... A) Voluntary behavior. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Involuntary behavior. D) Positive reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Involuntary behavior. 35. Which of the following best describes the role of conditioning in behavior formation according to Pavlov and Watson? A) Conditioning plays a minor role. B) Conditioning is emphasized in behavior formation. C) Conditioning is irrelevant. D) Conditioning is only for animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditioning is emphasized in behavior formation. 36. Alex has a bad habit of biting his nails. Which of the following would be most helpful? A) Aversion Therapy. B) Elimination. C) Positive Reinforcement. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aversion Therapy. 37. Which consequence decreases the likelihood of a behavior occurring? A) Negative Reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Conditioned Stimulus. D) Positive Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punishment. 38. A lasting change in behavior or mental processes that result from experience A) B.F. Skinner. B) Negative reinforcement. C) Operant conditioning. D) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learning. 39. Most psychologists suggest that physical punishment is not the best way to deal with a problem because it: A) May cause children to learn to hit. B) May cause a child to run away. C) Does not teach the correct way to act. D) Does all of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does all of the above. 40. Psychologist E.C. Tolman's rat experiments showed A) How classical conditioning works. B) The effectiveness of negative reinforcement. C) That reinforcement is not always necessary for learning. D) The success of the Skinner box. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That reinforcement is not always necessary for learning. 41. Oliver was amazed when his pet hamster suddenly started doing a trick it had forgotten. What is the revival of an extinguished response called? A) Flooding. B) Spontaneous recovery. C) Classical conditioning. D) Taste aversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spontaneous recovery. 42. 11 In which of the following learning process reinforcment is acquired int he correct response? A) Operant conditioning. B) Social Learning. C) Insightful Learning. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Operant conditioning. 43. Lashaun is looking to buy a new car. Because he read about a Ford car explosion in the news last week, he is hesitant to look at Ford models. This is an example of (the) ..... A) Confirmation bias. B) Availability heuristic. C) Belief perseverance. D) Framing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Availability heuristic. 44. Form of classical conditioning in which a food comes to be avoided. A) Flooding. B) Discrimination. C) Shaping. D) Taste aversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taste aversion. 45. What is classical conditioning? A) A way to improve digestion. B) A process where a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus. C) A method of teaching languages. D) A type of reflex action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A process where a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus. 46. What is the definition of Psychology according to William Mcdougall? A) The understanding and control of the behavior of the organism as a whole. B) The scientific investigation of behavior. C) The study of human behavior. D) The science of behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The science of behavior. 47. The removal of something pleasant to get a behavior to end would be an example of ..... (i.e getting grounded) A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Negative Punishment. D) Positive Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative Punishment. 48. 17 What is the main basis of learning according to Pavlov? A) Intution. B) Rationalization. C) Reflex action. D) Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflex action. 49. Chandler's girlfriend, Monica, keeps bugging him to take her dancing. He finally agrees, and she quits bugging him. The next time she starts bugging him, he quickly agrees to do whatever she wants. This is an example of ..... for the nagging behavior. A) Negative reinforcement. B) Positive punishment. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Negative punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative reinforcement. 50. The context-dependent memory effect would lead us to expect that Barrie, the victim of a mugging, would be able to best recall details of the crime at which location? A) In his lawyer's office, where he feels most supported. B) At the police station, where he can think most clearly. C) At home, where he feels most secure. D) At the scene of the crime, where he had the experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the scene of the crime, where he had the experience. 51. A parent attempts to praise her daughter every single time the daughter does something nice for another person. The parent is attempting to excercise a ..... A) Variable-ratio reinforcement schedule. B) Fixed-interval reinforcement schedule. C) A continuous reinforcement schedule. D) Variable-interval reinforcement schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A continuous reinforcement schedule. 52. Which of the following combinations of psychological perspectives emphasizes measuring observable phenomena carefully? A) Cognitive & Evolutionary. B) Humanism & Psychoanalysis. C) Structuralism & Social-Cultural. D) Behaviorism & Neuroscience. E) Incrementalism & Psychometrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behaviorism & Neuroscience. 53. What were the findings of the Bobo Doll Experiment? A) Children who observed aggressive behavior were less likely to imitate that behavior. B) Children who observed aggressive behavior were not affected by it. C) Children who observed aggressive behavior were more likely to exhibit passive behavior. D) Children who observed aggressive behavior were more likely to imitate that behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Children who observed aggressive behavior were more likely to imitate that behavior. 54. In Watson & Rayner's "Little Albert" experiment, he feared all white furry objects due to A) Discrimination. B) Systematic desensitization. C) Generalization. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generalization. 55. Learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant conditioning). A) Modelling. B) Shaping. C) Associative learning. D) Classical learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Associative learning. 56. What is punishment in operant conditioning? A) A consequence that decreases behavior. B) A consequence that increases behavior. C) A reward for good behavior. D) A neutral consequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A consequence that decreases behavior. 57. Reinforces the first response after a fixed time period. A) Fixed interval schedule. B) Variable ratio schedule. C) Variable interval schedule. D) Fixed ration schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed interval schedule. 58. A child learns aggressive behavior by watching a violent television show. This type of learning is best explained by: A) Observational learning. B) Habituation. C) Classical conditioning. D) Operant conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational learning. 59. Question:Torsten Wiesel, a Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, made significant contributions to neuroscience. Which aspect of visual processing did Torsten Wiesel primarily investigate in collaboration with David Hubel? A) Tactile sensitivity. B) Auditory perception. C) Neural processes in visual perception. D) Olfactory sensations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neural processes in visual perception. 60. Reinforcements are applied with a set amount of time between them on a ..... schedule. A) Fixed-interval. B) Fixed-ratio. C) Secondary. D) Continuous. 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