This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lauren is studying for her final exam in her psychology class. For every 45 minutes that she studies, she gives herself a mini doughnut, then goes back to studying. What schedule of reinforcement is Lauren using? A) Fixed interval. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed ratio. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed interval. 2. Refers to using newly acquired information to revise and redevelop an existing schema. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Congruence. C) Accommodation. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accommodation. 3. Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement? A) Taking aspirin to relieve a headache. B) Giving a child candy for cleaning their room. C) Getting a speeding ticket. D) Taking away phone privileges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving a child candy for cleaning their room. 4. According to Walter Bowers, how can Psychology be defined? A) The study of human behavior. B) The science of behavior. C) The scientific investigation of behavior. D) The understanding and control of the behavior of the organism as a whole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of human behavior. 5. What is observational learning? A) Learning from the associations of stimuli. B) Learning by watching the behavior of another person, or model. C) Learning behavior but not showing behavior until rewarded. D) Learning from reading books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learning by watching the behavior of another person, or model. 6. Purposeful forgetting of painful memories is called ..... A) Decay. B) Recall. C) Repression. D) Amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repression. 7. What will be explored in the upcoming class? A) Stages of cognitive development. B) Behaviorism principles. C) General aspects of Gestalt Psychology. D) Aspects of psychoanalysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) General aspects of Gestalt Psychology. 8. Ross and Bandura demonstrated aggression and observational learning through A) Latent Learning. B) Instinctive Drift. C) The Premack Principle. D) The Bobo Doll experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Bobo Doll experiment. 9. Emotion regulation is considered by many A) To be fundamental to social competence. B) To be influential in gross motor development. C) To assist in the development of concept formation. D) To be necessary for retaining knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be fundamental to social competence. 10. Edward Tolman had three groups of rats. Group A got reinforced for running the maze. B did not. C did not at first, but in the second half of trials, started to. What Group C proved was that the rats had knowledge of the maze, but needed some reinforcement to achieve their full learning potential. Because their learning was "hidden", Tolman called it ..... A) Observational Learning. B) Abstract Learning. C) Insight Learning. D) Latent Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latent Learning. 11. Under what conditions can spontaneous recovery occur? A) When the unconditioned stimulus is extinguished. B) After the systematic desenitization. C) As a result of latent learning. D) When the conditioned stimulus starts again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the conditioned stimulus starts again. 12. You are expecting an important letter in the mail. As the regular delivery time approaches you glance more and more frequently out the window, searching for the letter carrier. Your behavior in this situation typifies that associated with which schedule of reinforcement? A) Fixed-ratio. B) Variable-ratio. C) Variable-interval. D) Fixed-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixed-interval. 13. Suzie is classically conditioned to be afraid of violins because every time they are presented, they are followed by a loud unpleasant noise. Then, a violin is presented ten times without the noise and she stops showing a fearful response. Of what concept is this an example? A) Spontaneous recovery. B) Acquisition. C) Extinction. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extinction. 14. Richard has a large list of items to remember for his upcoming camping trip. The first thing he does to get organized is separate all the items into smaller groups. This is an example of A) Spacing Effect. B) State Dependent Memory. C) Rehearsal. D) Chunking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chunking. 15. Studies of latent learning highlight the importance of A) Respondent behavior. B) Conditioned reinforcers. C) Cognitive processes. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cognitive processes. 16. After pairing the CS and US in a series of conditioning trials, the organism learns to respond to the CS alone. This response is then called A) Conditioned Response. B) Unconditioned Response. C) Conditioned Stimulus. D) Unconditioned Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditioned Response. 17. Which type of learning involves trial and error? A) Classical conditioning. B) Insight learning. C) Social learning. D) Operant conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Operant conditioning. 18. Psycology provides us with three major frameworks for the focus on the learning processes . They are ..... A) 1. Multidimensional model.2. Processability 3. Competition Model. B) 1. Information processing 2. Connectinism 3. Complexity Theory. C) 1. Input 2. Automatization 3. Output. D) 1. Fossilization 2. Intake 3. Aptitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. Information processing 2. Connectinism 3. Complexity Theory. 19. Watching a sibling get rewarded for cleaning their room increases the chance you will clean yours. This learning is due to: A) Negative reinforcement. B) Operant conditioning. C) Vicarious reinforcement. D) Fixed-ratio reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vicarious reinforcement. 20. Classical conditioning is A) Learning by having rewards and punishments. B) Learning by having a role model. C) Learning to link two or more stimuli. D) Learning by doing lots of homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learning to link two or more stimuli. 21. A Skinner box is a(n) A) Soundproof cubicle in which organisms are classically conditioned in the absence of distracting noise. B) A chamber containing a bar an animal can press to receive a reward. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A chamber containing a bar an animal can press to receive a reward. 22. What is a Critical Period in development? A) A stage of moral development. B) A specific time when an organism is particularly sensitive to certain environmental stimuli for learning. C) A period when a child learns to walk. D) A time when language is acquired through imitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A specific time when an organism is particularly sensitive to certain environmental stimuli for learning. 23. Imagine Charlotte and Samuel both hear a bell that sounds almost like the school lunch bell. They both rush to the cafeteria, even though it's not lunchtime! What is the act of responding in the same way to stimuli that seem similar called? A) Discrimination. B) Generalization. C) Flooding. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalization. 24. The teacher is the primary force and the learner is the secondary force to achieve a creative learning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it (ex. cognitive map). A) Observational learning. B) Classical conditioning. C) Insight learning. D) Latent learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latent learning. 26. Small successive steps taken to get an organism to learn a desired behavior is called ..... A) Shaping. B) Partial Reinforcement. C) Positive Reinforcement. D) Continuous Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaping. 27. In BF Skinner's experiments, what device was used to study operant conditioning? A) Maze. B) Skinner box with lever and food dispenser. C) Mirror box. D) Water maze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skinner box with lever and food dispenser. 28. Which theory operates on the "stimulus-response principle", which means all behaviors are caused by external stimuli? A) Constructivist theory. B) Contextual theory. C) Cognitive theory. D) Behaviorist theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behaviorist theory. 29. If you get violently ill a couple of hours after eating contaminated food, you will probably develop an aversion to the taste of that food but not to the sight of the restaurant where you ate it. This best illustrates that associative learning is constrained by A) Spontaneous recovery. B) Biological predispositions. C) Intrinsic motivation. D) Conditioned reinforcers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biological predispositions. 30. Which of the following psychologists is most associated with operant conditioning research? A) Ivan Pavlov. B) John Watson. C) Robert Rescorla. D) B.F. Skinner. E) John Garcia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B.F. Skinner. 31. Which of the following describes negative reinforcement? A) Bob washes the dishes in order to stop his mother's nagging. B) Sarah studies hard because it earns her "A" grades in English. C) A mother gives her son praise for doing homework. D) Dennis used to walk to school but does not do so anymore because he was attacked by a dog in the neighborhood last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bob washes the dishes in order to stop his mother's nagging. 32. When we eventually lose our sensitivity to an oft-repeated stimulus. Once this occurs we will have reduced sensitivity to that stimulus, even if the stimulus changes. A) Habituation. B) Extinction. C) Aquisition. D) Sensory adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habituation. 33. Revival of an extinguished response A) Spontaneous recovery. B) Systematic desensitization. C) Conditioned response. D) Second reinforcer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spontaneous recovery. 34. My dog, Watch, looks up and starts salivating whenever she hears me pick up her dog bowl from the floor. If this response is classically conditioned, what is most likely the unconditioned stimulus? A) The smell of dog food. B) The sound of the food bowl. C) Watch looking up. D) Watch salivating. E) Previous training about food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The smell of dog food. 35. Condition in which repeated attempts to control a situation fail, resulting in the belief that the situation is uncontrollable A) Discrimination. B) Extinction. C) Generalization. D) Learned helplessness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learned helplessness. 36. What is the definition of Psychology according to Woodworm and Marquis? A) The study of human behavior. B) The science of behavior. C) The understanding and control of the behavior of the organism as a whole. D) The scientific investigation of behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scientific investigation of behavior. 37. Which term best describes when a dog salivates not only to a bell, but also to a doorbell? A) Discrimination. B) Habituation. C) Extinction. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generalization. 38. Which of the following best describes chunking? A) Replacing what is already stored with new information. B) Organizing items into familiar or manageable units. C) Fading of memory in bits and pieces. D) Recalling the last items in a series. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organizing items into familiar or manageable units. 39. A(n) ..... reinforcer is learned and becomes effective by being paired with such reinforcers as food and shelter. A) Continuous. B) Positive. C) Secondary. D) Flooding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary. 40. In a classic experiment, "Little Albert, " a very young boy, was conditioned to be afraid of a rat. He also became fearful of white furry rabbits and bearded men. This is an example of A) Reinforcement. B) Operant conditioning. C) Classical conditioning. D) Higher order conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical conditioning. 41. Which of the following creativity components emphasizes the role of well-developed knowledge? A) Imagination. B) Venturesome personality. C) Intrinsic motivation. D) Expertise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expertise. 42. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses. A) Spontaneous Recovery. B) Discrimination. C) Higher Order Conditioning. D) Generalization. E) Acquistion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generalization. 43. During which years were the foundational studies of Gestalt Psychology conducted? A) 1930-1940. B) 1920-1930. C) 1900-1910. D) 1910-1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1910-1920. 44. Paying a fine for speeding is an example of what type of learning? A) Punishment. B) Positive Reinforcement. C) Classical Conditioning. D) Negative Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punishment. 45. Not all change is learning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Reflective students differ from impulsive students because they: A) Respond faster. B) Avoid decision-making. C) Consider possible answers before responding. D) Prefer speed to accuracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consider possible answers before responding. 47. Identify:Unpredictably often:reinforcement for behavior after a random amount of time, as when checking our phone for a message A) Fixed Interval. B) Fixed Ratio. C) Variable Interval. D) Variable Ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variable Interval. 48. What is a benefit of tech-integrated spaces in classrooms? A) They limit the use of traditional materials. B) They reduce student participation. C) They make learning less interactive. D) They prepare students for a tech-centric world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They prepare students for a tech-centric world. 49. You have been really stressed out for your semester exams. You start to study for an exam and it helps to remove your stress. You continue to study as you feel less overwhelmed. A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Punishment. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative Reinforcement. 50. With which statement would B. F. Skinner most likely agree? (Hint:What does the B stand for?) A) Pavlov's dog learned to expect that food would follow the bell. B) Baby Albert thought the white rat meant the loud noise would sound. C) All learning is observable. D) Pigeons peck disks knowing that they will receive food. E) Cognition plays an important role in learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All learning is observable. 51. Extinction in conditioning refers to reversing conditioning by removing ..... A) Punishment. B) Reinforcement. C) Spontaneous recovery. D) Stimulus generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reinforcement. 52. This states that when older adults gain a sense of meaning by focusing on satisfying relationships and activities in the PRESENT. A) Cellular Clock Theory. B) Socioemotional Selectivity Theory. C) Free Radicals Theory. D) Teratogen Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Socioemotional Selectivity Theory. 53. In Pavlov's experiment, the ..... was the unconditioned response. A) Bell. B) Meat powder. C) Salivation from bell. D) Salivation from meat powder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salivation from meat powder. 54. What is the purpose of shaping in operant conditioning? A) To remove stimuli to decrease behavior. B) To punish undesirable behaviors immediately. C) To reward only the final desired behavior. D) To reward successive approximations of a target behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To reward successive approximations of a target behavior. 55. The process of observing and imiating a specific behavior is know as A) Modeling. B) Association. C) Prosocial behavior. D) Mirror neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modeling. 56. Hukum yang menekankan pada penguatan atau pelemahan pada sebuah hubungan antara stimulus dan respon meupakan konsekuensin dari respon disebut Hukum Efek A) Benar. B) Salah. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benar. 57. Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated that children can learn aggression through: A) Classical conditioning. B) Biological preparedness. C) Operant conditioning. D) Observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observational learning. 58. The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is only similar to the original conditioned stimulus with the conditioned response. In Pavlov's dogs, the sight of a bowl that is not the same bowl used in the experiment. A) Conditioned Stimulus. B) Unconditioned Stimulus. C) Stimulus Generalization. D) Neutral Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus Generalization. 59. A student's final grade improves one level for every three book reviews submitted. This is an example of what schedule of reinforcement? A) Variable ratio. B) Fixed interval. C) Variable interval. D) Fixed ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixed ratio. 60. Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus? A) The cat coming to the kitchen. B) The cat food. C) Tamara. D) The sound of the electric can opener. 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