This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 26 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A sudden often novel (new) realization of the solution to a problem A) Extinction. B) Modeling. C) Insight learning. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insight learning. 2. It emphasizes the importance of observing, modelling, and imitating the behaviours, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others. A) Social Learning. B) Classical Conditioning. C) Operant Conditioning. D) Positive reinforcers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Learning. 3. According to N.L. Munn, what does Psychology concern itself with today? A) The study of human behavior. B) The scientific investigation of behavior. C) The science of behavior. D) The understanding and control of the behavior of the organism as a whole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The scientific investigation of behavior. 4. You aren't doing very well in your classes, so your parents take away your cell phone. This is an example of ..... A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative punishment. C) Negative reinforcement. D) Positive punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative punishment. 5. Tolman's work on cognitive maps with rats is an example of which type of learning theory? A) Social Learning. B) Classical Conditioning. C) Operant Conditioning. D) Cognitive Maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognitive Maps. 6. Through operant conditioning, people learn to control which of the following? A) Unconditioned responses. B) Involuntary biological behaviors. C) Voluntary responses. D) Unconditioned Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voluntary responses. 7. An operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior. A) Token economy. B) Modeling. C) Shaping. D) Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shaping. 8. ..... involves maintaing encoded information in memory over time. A) Recall. B) Amnesia. C) Storage. D) Potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storage. 9. A stimulus presented after a response and increasing the probability of that response happening again. A) Insight learning. B) Positive reinforcement. C) Reinforcement schedule. D) B.F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive reinforcement. 10. Deep learners tend to be more motivated by: A) Grades and rewards. B) Teacher approval. C) Fear of failure. D) Interest and understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interest and understanding. 11. What is the perception that we control our own fate called? A) Internal Locus of Control. B) Learned Helplessness. C) External Locus of Control. D) Mirror Neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Locus of Control. 12. Which of the following best describes the concept of learned helplessness as demonstrated by Seligman? A) The tendency to give up after repeated failures. B) The ability to learn new behaviours through observation. C) The process of learning through reinforcement and punishment. D) The natural response to a conditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tendency to give up after repeated failures. 13. The Little Albert Case was an example of operant conditioning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Which best described the difference between Classical & Operant conditioning? A) CC is associated with Thorndike, OC is associated with Pavlov. B) CC involves voluntary responses, OC involves reflexes. C) CC is associative learning, OC is social learning. D) CC involves pairing two stimuli, OC involves behaviors & consequences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CC involves pairing two stimuli, OC involves behaviors & consequences. 15. Paul was always distracted by all the posters in his friends room, but over time, no longer noticed the posters as much. This can be described through what term? A) Signal detection theory. B) Maturation. C) Perceptual set. D) Habituation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habituation. 16. Which of the following is NOT a biological influence on learning? A) Cognitive maps. B) Taste aversion. C) Instinctive drift. D) Mirror neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive maps. 17. When Pavlov showed the dog the food and rang the bell at the same time, he was practicing A) Extinction. B) Spontaneous recovery. C) Acquisition. D) Framing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acquisition. 18. When Patty runs into the street her mom runs after her and smacks her on the behind because she is terrified that Patty will get hit by a car if she continues this behavior. This is an example of A) Negative Reinforcement. B) Positive Punishment. C) Negative Punishment. D) Positive Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive Punishment. 19. What is the term for the process of learning that certain events occur together? A) Insight Learning. B) Conditioning. C) Shaping. D) Observational Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditioning. 20. The pq4r method is an effective study method because it A) Is an example of classical conditioning. B) Uses latent learning techniques. C) Is based on active learning. D) Works through flooding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is based on active learning. 21. After extinction, if a conditioned response suddenly reappears, what has occurred? A) Spontaneous recovery. B) Discrimination. C) Generalization. D) Acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spontaneous recovery. 22. Someone knocks on your door & asks you to sign a petition. A week later they ask if they can put a sign in your lawn. This exemplifies: A) Door in the face. B) Low balling. C) Foot in the door. D) That's not all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot in the door. 23. Obedience is defined as ..... A) A set of expectations in a social setting that define how one should behave. B) Complying with orders from someone perceived as an authority figure. C) Adjusting behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complying with orders from someone perceived as an authority figure. 24. What is the term for the process of learning through consequences in operant conditioning? A) Reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Observational learning. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcement. 25. Cooperative learning and scaffolding in educational psychology emphasize social interaction and tailored support in effective learning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Sarah is given one 100-oz bottle and one 99-oz bottle. She says that they feel the same weight. Then, she is given a 100-oz bottle and a 97-oz bottle. This time, she notices a difference. This is an example of what? A) Difference Threshold. B) Sensory Adaptation. C) Conscious Awareness. D) Weber's Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weber's Law. 27. Even though Meghan has no interest in math, she studies hard to get a good grade on her Algebra I exam. A) Intrinsic motivation. B) Extrinsic motivation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extrinsic motivation. 28. Maya was bitten by a large dog when she was young. As a result, she came to fear all large dogs but not dogs of intermediate size or small dogs. What best describes this? A) Acquisition. B) Stiumulus generalization. C) Stimulus discrimination. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus discrimination. 29. Which of the following is best defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience? A) Habituation. B) Acquisition. C) Learning. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learning. 30. A person volunteers at a homeless shelter because they feel a sense of giving back to the community. A) Extrinsic Motivation. B) Intrinsic Motivation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrinsic Motivation. 31. Which of these statements reflect civic virtue? A) Education shouldn't be just for the privileged. B) The idea that schools could teach them morals that their parents or caregivers were lacking. C) Good citizens aren't born. They need to be created. D) Education is good for the economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good citizens aren't born. They need to be created. 32. What type of learning is shown in Pavlov's Dogs? A) Classical Conditioning. B) Operant Conditioning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classical Conditioning. 33. In Ivan Pavlov's experiments in classical conditioning, the dog's salivation was A) An unconditioned stimulus only. B) An unconditioned response only. C) A conditioned response only. D) Both an unconditioned and a conditioned stimulus. E) Both an unconditioned and a conditioned response. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Both an unconditioned and a conditioned response. 34. In a psychology experiment, a rat learns to stop pressing a lever when a tone is played, as it predicts an upcoming electric shock. What process is this an example of? A) Reflex conditioning. B) Classical conditioning. C) Conditioned suppression. D) Operant conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conditioned suppression. 35. Who was Edward Tolman? A) His latent learning research indicated that we can learn something but not demonstrate it until it is incentivized. B) Proposed the law of effect (any behavior that has good consequences will tend to be repeated and any behavior that has bad consequences will tend to be avoided). C) Russian Psychologist who came up with classical conditioning. D) German Psychologist that came up with the Insight Learning Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His latent learning research indicated that we can learn something but not demonstrate it until it is incentivized. 36. How do advertisers use associative learning in commercials? A) By avoiding any associations with people or events. B) By associating a product with a negative event. C) By associating a product with an attractive model. D) By using only factual information about the product. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By associating a product with an attractive model. 37. It is defined as a change in an individual's behavior caused by experiences or self activity A) Development. B) Learning. C) Growth. D) Teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learning. 38. In John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment, what was the UCS? A) The white rat. B) Anything white and furry. C) The loud noise. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The loud noise. 39. We can more easily remember bits of information by organizing them into mental representations of the world called A) Schemas. B) Echoes. C) Icons. D) Mnemonic devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schemas. 40. What is the primary function of the superego according to Freud? A) To satisfy basic urges. B) To balance reality with desires. C) To uphold societal rules and morals. D) To process sensory information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To uphold societal rules and morals. 41. Consolidation of memories involves which portion of the brain? A) Medulla. B) Hippocampus. C) Thalamus. D) Brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippocampus. 42. Type of learning where one acquires new information by connecting events that happen in an order A) Classical conditioning. B) Associative learning. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Operant Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Associative learning. 43. What memory process are you using when you recalled information about what happened in 1st grade? A) Short term memory. B) Retrieval. C) Primacy effect. D) Chunking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retrieval. 44. How do flexible spaces in classrooms benefit students? A) They foster collaboration and creativity. B) They reduce the need for furniture. C) They create a more formal learning environment. D) They limit collaboration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They foster collaboration and creativity. 45. Spontaneous recovery can happen only after which of the following stages of classical conditioning? A) Reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Deindividuation. D) Generalization. E) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Extinction. 46. Stage 3 of memory is called ..... , here memories last for an undetermined amount of time until they are forgotten. A) Short-Term Memory. B) Sensory Memory. C) Flashbulb Memory. D) Long-Term Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long-Term Memory. 47. A partial reinforcement schedule that rewards a response only after some defined number of correct responses A) Variable Interval. B) Fixed Ratio. C) Variable Ratio. D) Fixed Interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed Ratio. 48. In trying to solve a potentially complicated problem quickly, we are most likely to rely on A) Phonemes. B) Algorithms. C) Framing. D) Prototypes. E) Heuristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Heuristics. 49. If a caveman starts to fear big furry animals that growl (like a lion) but knows not to be afraid of a small furry animal (like a mouse), what survival adaptation is occurring? A) Generalization. B) Taste aversion. C) Extinction. D) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discrimination. 50. Which of the following best describes Noam Chomsky's contribution to the field of linguistics? A) He introduced the concept of a universal grammar. B) He focused on the role of reinforcement in language acquisition. C) He proposed the theory of operant conditioning. D) He emphasized the importance of observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He introduced the concept of a universal grammar. 51. If a person sees a particular pond or other body of water and gets nausea due to a previous bad experience of almost drowing ..... the pond becomes a: A) Neutral stimulus. B) Conditioned response. C) Conditioned stimulus. D) Neutral stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conditioned stimulus. 52. In behavior therapy, a token economy uses tokens as: A) Primary reinforcers. B) Unconditioned stimuli. C) Secondary reinforcers. D) Conditioned punishers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary reinforcers. 53. Who proposed the classical conditioning theory? A) Bandura. B) B.F Skinner. C) J.B Watson. D) Ivan Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ivan Pavlov. 54. Which form of learning focuses the most on involuntary responses? A) Secondary learning. B) Social learning. C) Classical conditioning. D) Operant conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical conditioning. 55. When a conditioned response stops occurring, it is known as A) Counterconditioning. B) Extinction. C) Primary reinforcement. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extinction. 56. Associative learning occurs when ..... A) The occipital lobe helps you to see clearly the environmental stimuli that you are paying attention to. B) Two opposite objects crash. C) An organism makes connections between stimuli or events that occur together in the environment. D) Hormones are released by the endocrine system into the bloodstream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An organism makes connections between stimuli or events that occur together in the environment. 57. Rahimi spends a considerable amount of time writing lesson plans, developing criteria for student success, and organizing materials. Which professional skill is she demonstrating? A) Classroom management. B) Communication. C) Developmentally appropriate teaching practices. D) Goal setting and instructional management. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goal setting and instructional management. 58. Which of the following is an example of behavior modification? A) Using a token economy to encourage good behavior in a classroom. B) Learning to ride a bicycle by watching a friend. C) Remembering the definition of reinforcement. D) Salivating when you smell food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using a token economy to encourage good behavior in a classroom. 59. The weakening of a conditioned response in the absence of a unconditioned stimulus A) Extinction (in classical conditioning). B) Acquisition. C) Conditioned Response (CR). D) Unconditioned Response (UCR). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extinction (in classical conditioning). 60. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced. A) Generalization. B) Discrimination. C) Spontaneous recovery. D) Extinction. E) Acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinction. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 1Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 2Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 3Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 4Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 5Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 6Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 7Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books