This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Describe the concept of reinforcement in operant conditioning. A) The process of changing a behavior by providing a neutral consequence. B) The process of decreasing the likelihood of a behavior by providing a consequence that is punishing or unsatisfying. C) The process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior by providing a consequence that is rewarding or satisfying. D) The process of ignoring a behavior in order to decrease its likelihood of occurring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior by providing a consequence that is rewarding or satisfying. 2. Fading away of memory A) Decay. B) Interference. C) Amnesia. D) Repression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decay. 3. What was the purpose of the Bobo Doll Experiment? A) To study the effects of video games on children's behavior. B) To investigate the influence of peer pressure on children's behavior. C) To investigate the effects of observing aggressive behavior on children's behavior. D) To examine the impact of parental discipline on children's behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To investigate the effects of observing aggressive behavior on children's behavior. 4. The method of ..... involves exposing a person to a harmless stimulus until he or she is no longer afraid of it. A) Flooding. B) Latent learning. C) Shaping. D) Observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flooding. 5. Tests to predict your ability to learn skills and show your strengths are A) Achievement Tests. B) Intelligence Tests. C) Aptitude Tests. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aptitude Tests. 6. The translation of information into a form which it can be used is called ..... A) Maintenance Rehearsal. B) Encoding. C) Elaborative Rehearsal. D) Storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encoding. 7. Which philosopher argued that knowledge is not inborn but acquired through experience? A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Descartes. D) Locke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 8. Initially in Pavlov's experiment, Food was the: A) Conditioned stimulus. B) Neutral stimulus. C) Unconditoned stimulus. D) Conditioned response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconditoned stimulus. 9. Certain behaviors are more easily learned by some species of animals than by others. This best illustrates the importance of A) Partial reinforcement. B) The law of effect. C) Biological constraints. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological constraints. 10. What was the main focus of Watson's research with Little Albert? A) To study the effects of cognitive development. B) To show that emotions can be conditioned responses. C) To demonstrate the effects of operant conditioning. D) To explore the impact of observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show that emotions can be conditioned responses. 11. Psychology is the scientific study of ..... and ..... processes. A) Behavior and Facial expressions. B) Language and Customs. C) Behavior and Mental. D) Movement and Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behavior and Mental. 12. Which one below is principle of Social Learning ..... A) Learning is an active process. B) Unconditioned stimulus elicits an unconditioned response. C) Reciprocal Determinism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reciprocal Determinism. 13. Which one below is a negative reinforcement? A) The dog salivating at the sound of the bell. B) Betty gives the dog a treat everytime he sits. C) A teacher keeps students behind in class at recess time until they finish their work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A teacher keeps students behind in class at recess time until they finish their work. 14. A technique you can use to learn to control some of your body's functions, such as your heart rate. During this, you're connected to electrical sensors that help you receive information about your body. A) Classical conditioning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Observational learning. D) Biofeedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biofeedback. 15. Observational learning involves the acquisition of information, skills, or behavior through watching the performance of others. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Identify:America psychologist who developed the "Law of Effect, " a psychological principle that states that behaviors followed by a reward are more likely to be repeated, while behaviors followed by a punishment are less likely. It's a fundamental principle of behavioral psychology. A) Edward Thorndyke. B) John B Watson. C) B.F. Skinner. D) Ivan Pavlov. E) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward Thorndyke. 17. Which of the following is the best example of a response? A) External energy or chemicals that are changed into neural impulses. B) A long-term change in behavior caused by past experiences. C) A physical reaction or behavior elicited by an external event or object. D) A cognitive interpretation or a memory of an event. E) An external event or object that elicits a behavior in an organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A physical reaction or behavior elicited by an external event or object. 18. Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it. A) Associative learning. B) Latent learning. C) Social learning. D) Insight learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latent learning. 19. What is "spontaneous recovery" in psychology? A) The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest or inactivity. B) The complete disappearance of a conditioned response after a period of rest or inactivity. C) The gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response. D) The transfer of a learned response to a different but similar stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest or inactivity. 20. After feeling the cold water against your skin when you first jump into the pool, after a few minutes, you no longer feed cold. This best illustrates: A) Sensory Adaptation. B) Accomodation. C) Weber's Law. D) Tolerance Level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory Adaptation. 21. Ms. Hoffer uses Dolphin dollars as positive reinforcement for her class. Dolphin dollars can be spent that the classroom store to by pencils and things. Dolphin dollars are ..... A) Primary reinforcers. B) Negative reinforcers. C) Vicarious reinforcers. D) Secondary reinforcers. E) Aversive reinforcers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary reinforcers. 22. Learning to respond different to similar but different stimuli is an example of which classical conditioning principle? A) Discrimination. B) Acquisition. C) Generalization. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discrimination. 23. In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit the conditioned response. Customarily, in a conditioning experiment, the neural stimulus is called a conditioned stimulus when it is first paired with an unconditioned stimulus. A) Conditioned Stimulus (CS). B) Negative reinforcement. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditioned Stimulus (CS). 24. Ms. Fizah teaches 9 years old children. Which period of development is likely to be of most interest to her? A) Infancy. B) Early childhood. C) Middle childhood and late childhood. D) Adolescence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle childhood and late childhood. 25. In Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning paradigm, the dog salivated in response to the food at the outset of the experiment because the food was A) A secondary reinforcer. B) A conditioned stimulus. C) An unconditioned stimulus. D) A conditioned response. E) An unconditioned response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An unconditioned stimulus. 26. What did Pavlov's experiments lead to the understanding of? A) The concept of survival of the fittest. B) The process of classical conditioning. C) The migration patterns of animals. D) The importance of digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process of classical conditioning. 27. Identify:Diminishing of a conditioned response. Occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS) A) Acquisition. B) Extinction. C) Classical Conditioning. D) Generalization. E) Higher-Order Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extinction. 28. Prosopagnosia (aka Face Blindness) is a failure of: A) Recognition. B) Recall. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recognition. 29. While fulfilling ..... needs, emotional relationships drive human behavior. A) Physiological. B) Security and safety. C) Love and belonging. D) Self actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love and belonging. 30. In Pavlov's experiment, what was the conditioned response? A) Food. B) Salivating at bell. C) Salivating at food. D) Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salivating at bell. 31. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response. A) Discrimination. B) Extinction. C) Higher Order Conditioning. D) Generalization. E) Spontaneous Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Spontaneous Recovery. 32. Increasing a behavior by adding a desirable stimulus. A) Positive reinforcement. B) Positive punishment. C) Negative reinforcement. D) Negative punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive reinforcement. 33. As Susie left for work, she said "goodbye" to her husband and slammed the door. The loud sound of the door made her husband flinch. After many mornings of hearing "goodbye" followed by a door slam, her husband flinches when he hears her say "goodbye." In this scenario, hearing the word "goodbye" is the A) Conditioned response. B) Unconditioned stimulus. C) Unconditioned response. D) Conditioned stimulus. E) Positive reinforcer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conditioned stimulus. 34. Repeatedly calling a garage mechanic to see if your car is fixed yet is an example of what schedule of reinforcement? A) Variable ratio. B) Variable interval. C) Fixed interval. D) Fixed ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable interval. 35. Connecting new information to old information is known as A) Information processing. B) Retrieval. C) Elaborative rehearsal. D) Maintenance rehearsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elaborative rehearsal. 36. Choose the correct unconditioned reflex below A) The somatic nervous system helps you to walk. B) Jumping at the sound of a loud noise. C) Learning to drive. D) Dog salivating to the sound of a bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jumping at the sound of a loud noise. 37. Which of the following best describes the process of extinction in operant conditioning? A) Gradually reducing the frequency of reinforcement until the behavior stops. B) Using punishment to decrease the likelihood of a behavior. C) Introducing a new stimulus to elicit a different response. D) Reinforcing a behavior until it becomes automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradually reducing the frequency of reinforcement until the behavior stops. 38. Which one is not a determinant of operant conditioning? A) Trace reinforcement. B) Number of reinforcement. C) Delayed reinforcement. D) Types of reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trace reinforcement. 39. What is the primary difference between the brain and the mind? A) The brain is physical, the mind is mental. B) The brain is logical, the mind is emotional. C) The brain is mental, the mind is physical. D) The brain is emotional, the mind is logical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brain is physical, the mind is mental. 40. Who is the psychologist known for the theory of observational learning? A) Ivan Pavlov. B) Albert Bandura. C) Sigmund Freud. D) B.F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albert Bandura. 41. What is it called when something pleasurable is removed or taken away after the behavior occurs in order to stop the behavior from happening again? A) Positive punishment. B) Negative punishment. C) Negative reinforcer. D) Immediate reinforcer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative punishment. 42. Studies revealed that learning to read and write starts with ..... A) Tones and rhythms imitation. B) Physical cue. C) The understanding of alphabetic principles. D) Letters processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tones and rhythms imitation. 43. In order to get a behavior to continue you would use ..... A) Punishment. B) Responses. C) Reinforcement. D) Conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reinforcement. 44. What is the term for the choice in learning activities, goal setting and planning, feedback and reflection, and intrinsic motivation? A) Intrinsic motivation. B) Self-regulated learning. C) Personal control. D) Problem-focused coping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-regulated learning. 45. After breaking curfew several times, Maria's parents took away her car keys to the car they bought. How did Maria's parents approach this behavior? A) Positive reinforcement. B) Positive punishment. C) Negative reinforcement. D) Negative punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative punishment. 46. After burning his mouth on hot pizza, Marcus now blows on all his food before eating. This is an example of: A) Operant conditioning. B) Generalization. C) Shaping. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classical conditioning. 47. Coping is alleviating stress by solving problems using A) Emotional methods. B) Behavioral methods. C) Cognitive methods. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. BF Skinner with his pigeons. A) Classical conditioning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Observational conditioning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant conditioning. 49. Concerned with human learning in which unobservable mental processes are used to learn and remember new information or acquired skill A) Behavioral Learning Theory. B) Social Learning Theory. C) Cognitive Learning Theory. D) Meaningful Reception Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cognitive Learning Theory. 50. A student does a good job on math problems for homework, and the teacher awards a sticker. This demonstrates the use of A) Stimulus. B) Conditioning. C) Reinforcement. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reinforcement. 51. Increasing the strength of a given response by removing or preventing a painful stimulus when the response occurs A) Conditioned response (CR). B) Conditioned stimulus (CS). C) Negative reinforcement. D) Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative reinforcement. 52. What is the term for a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response in classical conditioning? A) Neutral stimulus. B) Conditioned response. C) Unconditioned stimulus. D) Conditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconditioned stimulus. 53. What is the main implication of Bandura's study on modeling behavior? A) Only negative behaviors are learned through modeling. B) Modeling has no effect on children's behavior. C) Both prosocial and antisocial behaviors can be learned through modeling. D) Modeling only affects aggressive behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both prosocial and antisocial behaviors can be learned through modeling. 54. Provides reinforcers after an unpredictable number of responses A) Variable ratio schedule. B) Variable interval schedule. C) Fixed interval schedule. D) Fixed ratio schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable ratio schedule. 55. According to Woodworm and Marquis, what is Psychology? A) The scientific investigation of behavior. B) The science of behavior. C) The understanding and control of the behavior of the organism as a whole. D) The study of human behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The scientific investigation of behavior. 56. True or False. Elaboration involves making connections between ideas and topics. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. What is the primary difference between reinforcement and punishment? A) Reinforcement is immediate, while punishment is delayed. B) There is no difference. C) Reinforcement increases behavior, while punishment decreases it. D) Reinforcement is positive, while punishment is negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reinforcement increases behavior, while punishment decreases it. 58. Who conditioned dogs to salivate just by hearing the sound of a bell? A) Watson. B) Pavlov. C) Thorndike. D) Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pavlov. 59. When Olivia makes rude noises at the dinner table, she gets her mouth washed out with soap. She doesn't make rude noises that often anymore. This is an example of A) Positive reinforcement. B) Negative punishment. C) Negative reinforcement. D) Positive punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive punishment. 60. If you have a snake phobia because you once heard a loud noise while looking at a snake, for you a snake is a A) Unconditioned Response. B) Conditioned Stimulus. C) Conditioned Response. D) Unconditioned Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditioned Stimulus. ← 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 8Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books