This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 28 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Any event that follows a behavior and results in the behavior having a lower probability of happening in the future is known as a: A) Positive reinforcer. B) Negative reinforcer. C) Negative conditioner. D) Punisher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punisher. 2. Children's Stages of Development is under ..... A) Behavioral Learning Theory. B) Cognitive Learning Theory. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive Learning Theory. 3. Insight Learning was best demonstrated via- A) The frustration-aggression principle. B) Habituation Training. C) Wolfgang Kohler's Experiment. D) The Bobo Doll Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wolfgang Kohler's Experiment. 4. Tolman is a contributor of A) Cognitive psychology. B) Humanistic psychology. C) Behaviourism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognitive psychology. 5. Who is known for the experiment with dogs that led to the discovery of classical conditioning? A) John Watson. B) B.F. Skinner. C) Ivan Pavlov. D) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ivan Pavlov. 6. When a conditioned stimulus no longer causes a conditioned response to occur, ..... has taken place A) Extinction. B) Habituation. C) Generalization. D) Spontaneous Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extinction. 7. BF Skinner found that pigeons could learn to peck a button to get food. Then, he found that they could peck a button when they saw a tree. This was amazing because he was showing them all sorts of trees, even ones they'd never seen before. Pigeons understood the CONCEPT of what a tree was. This is called ..... A) Latent Learning. B) Observational Learning. C) Insight Learning. D) Abstract learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abstract learning. 8. Which type of conditioning is most likely the common practice of providing rewards for desired behaviors? A) Advantage learning. B) Positive conditioning. C) Operant conditioning. D) Observational learning. E) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operant conditioning. 9. Which of the following refers to memory that consists of specific events in great detail? A) Episodic. B) Generic. C) Sensory. D) Procedural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Episodic. 10. ..... reinforcement occurs when the behavior is reinforced every time it occurs. A) Previewing. B) Positive. C) Negative. D) Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continuous. 11. A unconditioned stimulus is ..... A) When your heatbeat speeds up when you are running. B) Flight response that is activated by the autonomic nervous system. C) A stimulus that elicits a reflextive response. D) A natural unlearned response to a stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A stimulus that elicits a reflextive response. 12. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.The acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language A) Habituation. B) Cognitive Learning. C) Learning. D) Classical Conditioning. E) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive Learning. 13. People who watch a lot of violence on television are more likely to be violent in part because of A) Negative reinforcement. B) Classical conditioning. C) Observational learning. D) Systematic desensitization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observational learning. 14. The research by Albert Bandura is associated with A) Operant Conditioning. B) Latent Learning. C) Classical Conditioning. D) Social Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social Learning. 15. In what way does classical conditioning help animals and people? A) It helps them learn by watching others. B) It helps them adapt to their environment. C) It helps them modify their behavior. D) It helps them learn complex or difficult tasks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It helps them adapt to their environment. 16. Maya used to be scared of balloons, but her friends Mason and Luna helped her by exposing her to harmless balloons until her fear disappeared. What is this technique called? A) Primary reinforcement. B) Counterconditioning. C) Flooding. D) Taste aversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flooding. 17. Where did the monkeys in the cage spend most of their time A) The wire mother. B) On the floor of the cage. C) The cloth mother. D) Climbing the cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cloth mother. 18. What did Pavlov use as stimuli in his experiments? A) Food and water. B) Metronomes, lights, and bells. C) Rabbits and dogs. D) Books and music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metronomes, lights, and bells. 19. A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience A) Memory. B) Classical Conditioning. C) Learning. D) Operant Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learning. 20. What was the bell initially when presented and rung? A) Conditioned response. B) Conditioned stimulus. C) Neutral stimulus. D) Unconditioned response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutral stimulus. 21. A memory of a specific event would be called ..... A) Episodic Memory. B) Semantic Memory. C) Flashbulb Memories. D) Implicit Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Episodic Memory. 22. People who are strong in ..... intelligence are able to use words well, both when writing and speaking. A) Linguistic-verbal. B) Intrapersonal. C) Visual-spatial. D) Interpersonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linguistic-verbal. 23. 13 In operant conitioning the relation between S and R depends on A) Law of contiguity. B) Law effect. C) Law of readiness. D) Law of exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law effect. 24. Which pioneering learning researcher showed the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's behavior? A) Albert Bandura. B) Jean Piaget. C) B.F. Skinner. D) John Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albert Bandura. 25. What is an example of negative reinforcement in operant conditioning? A) Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior. B) Applying a punishment to decrease a behavior. C) Ignoring a behavior to decrease its occurrence. D) Receiving a reward for good behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior. 26. Jenny thinks that getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time. A) Internal Locus of Control. B) External Locus of Control. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External Locus of Control. 27. In Pavlov's experiment, the dog salivated to the sound of a bell. The bell is a(n) A) CR. B) CS. C) UCR. D) UCS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CS. 28. What are the factors that influence learning? A) Sleep, diet, exercise, technology, cultural background. B) Motivation, prior knowledge, learning environment, teaching methods, individual differences, feedback. C) Luck, astrology, magic, fate, superstition. D) Intelligence, age, gender, socioeconomic status, physical environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motivation, prior knowledge, learning environment, teaching methods, individual differences, feedback. 29. What do we call the type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer? A) Punishment. B) Operant conditioning. C) Classical conditioning. D) Shaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant conditioning. 30. Which of the following is an example of a fixed-interval schedule? A) Getting a bonus after every 10 sales. B) Winning a lottery after buying a random number of tickets. C) Receiving a paycheck every two weeks. D) Checking your email at random times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receiving a paycheck every two weeks. 31. Which of these is a type of reinforcer? A) Negative. B) Delayed. C) Primary. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. Bandura's research on modeling aggressive behavior using Bobo dolls showed which of the following? A) Modeling had little influence on behavior. B) Modeling could decrease aggressive behavior in some conditions. C) Boys modeled more frequently than girls. D) Modeling could teach children new behaviors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modeling could teach children new behaviors. 33. An organism's automatic (or natural) reaction to a stimulus A) Neutral stimulus. B) Unconditioned stimulus (UCS). C) Unconditioned response (UCR). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconditioned response (UCR). 34. Not having to do the dishes if you take out the chance is an example of what? A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Cognitive Learning. C) Negative Reinforcement. D) Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative Reinforcement. 35. A reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals A) Variable-interval Schedule. B) Fixed-ratio Schedule. C) Fixed-interval Schedule. D) Variable-ratio Schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable-interval Schedule. 36. What was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in Watson and Rayner's Little Albert study? A) The loud noise. B) The crying of Little Albert. C) The laboratory setting. D) The white rat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The loud noise. 37. A child learns to fear a white rat after a white rat is paired with a loud noise. What is the white rat before conditioning? A) Conditioned response. B) Unconditioned stimulus. C) Neutral stimulus. D) Conditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutral stimulus. 38. An operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange them for various privileges or treats. A) Negative reinforcement. B) Token economy. C) Positive punishment. D) Positive reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Token economy. 39. The reinforcer, such as food, that gets the organism to continue a behavior is called ..... A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Classical Conditioning. C) Secondary Reinforcer. D) Primary Reinforcer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary Reinforcer. 40. Sometimes known as "short term memory loss", this type of forgetting affects one's ability to create new memories A) Anterograde Amnesia. B) Infantile Amnesia. C) Decay. D) Retrograde Amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anterograde Amnesia. 41. Of the following, which is essential for operant conditioning to occur? A) Extinction. B) Spontaneous recovery. C) A behavioral consequence. D) A stimulus substitution. E) Delayed conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A behavioral consequence. 42. The students of Mrs. Reyes were not able to learn the concepts that she presented yesterday so she taught the same concepts again but this time using a different teaching method. What principle of learning was applied? A) Concepts should be presented in varied and different ways. B) Effort was put forth when tasks are challenging. C) Learning by doing is more effective than just by sitting and listening. D) Learning is aided by formulating and asking questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concepts should be presented in varied and different ways. 43. Getting paid every 2 weeks is an example of a ..... reinforcer. A) Delayed. B) Secondary. C) Pimary. D) Immediate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delayed. 44. When she was 5, Allison was in a car accident and broke her leg. At 16, when learning to drive, Allison turned the key in the ignition and her leg started to ache. What is the unconditioned response of this example? A) Car accident. B) Aching leg. C) Broken leg. D) Turning the key. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken leg. 45. Known for his work on observational learning and for the Bobo doll experiment. A) Edward Tolman. B) Albert Bandura. C) Edward Thorndike. D) BF Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albert Bandura. 46. Maintenance of encoded info over time A) Retrieval. B) Storage. C) Encoding. D) Chunking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storage. 47. Identify:Presenting a negative consequence after an undesired behavior is exhibited, making the behavior less likely to happen in the future. A) Positive Punishment. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Reinforcement. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Punishment. 48. Which of the following reinforcement schedules would be the most effective? A) Fixed-ratio. B) Continuous Reinforcement. C) Variable-ratio. D) Fixed-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variable-ratio. 49. Which term describes as a relatively permanent change in behavior resulting from experience? A) Reflex. B) Classical conditioning. C) Learning. D) Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learning. 50. Having people who wish to be more assertive observe people act assertively may allow them to learn what to do in similar situations in the future. Such associative learning is best explained by ..... A) Social learning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Immediate learning. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social learning. 51. This type of memory has a limited capacity and duration A) Short Term. B) Long Term. C) Sensory. D) Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short Term. 52. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.Any event or situation that evokes a response. A) Associative learning. B) Habituation. C) Stimulus. D) Cognitive Learning. E) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus. 53. What term would a behaviorist use for an external event or object that elicits a behavior in an organism? A) Response. B) Instinct. C) Reinforcement. D) Punishment. E) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Stimulus. 54. When a reinforcer is receiver after a certain amount of time has passed, such as receiving a paycheck every other week. A) Fixed Interval Schedule of Reinforcement. B) Variable Interval Schedule of Reinforcement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed Interval Schedule of Reinforcement. 55. Which of the following is an example of reinforcement? A) Presenting a positive stimulus after a response. B) Removing an unpleasant stimulus after a response. C) Being told you have done a good job. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. Which of the following would be most effective in reducing a child's tantrums? A) Providing candy during tantrums. B) Yelling during tantrums. C) Ignoring tantrums while reinforcing calm behavior. D) Giving immediate attention during tantrums. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ignoring tantrums while reinforcing calm behavior. 57. Conditioned stimulus (CS) A) A stimulus that naturally triggers a response without prior learning. B) An irrelevant stimulus that becomes associated with a response after conditioning. C) A stimulus that is always present in the environment. D) A response that occurs automatically without any stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An irrelevant stimulus that becomes associated with a response after conditioning. 58. Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of an ..... response. A) Reinforced. B) Unconditioned. C) Conditioned. D) Extinguished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinguished. 59. After being stung by a bee as a child, Simon now becomes anxious every time he hears the buzz of a flying insect. This is an example of: A) Aversive conditioning. B) Appetitive conditioning. C) Reflex conditioning. D) Inhibitory conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aversive conditioning. 60. Which of the following types of memory describes when a storage of brief sensory events, such as sights, sounds, and tastes, are stored? A) Somatic memory. B) Acoustic memory. C) Episodic memory. D) Sensory memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory memory. ← 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