This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What best describes a fixed mindset? A) Intelligence is fluid. B) Intelligence can be changed. C) If you are bad at math, you can work on it and become better. D) If you are bad at science, you will always be bad at science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If you are bad at science, you will always be bad at science. 2. A person eats to eliminate the feeling of hunger. This is an example of a/an ..... A) Conditioned reinforcer. B) Delayed reinforcer. C) Primary reinforcer. D) Secondary reinforcer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary reinforcer. 3. Studies of learning have shown that animals develop an aversion for tastes associated with A) Electric shock. B) Extinguished associations. C) Sickness. D) Novel stimuli. E) Starvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sickness. 4. Describes how often and under what conditions a behavior is reinforced A) Reinforcement schedule. B) Negative punishment. C) Acquisition. D) Insight learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcement schedule. 5. Who developed the social learning theory, emphasizing observational learning? A) Edward Thorndike. B) Albert Bandura. C) Ivan Pavlov. D) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albert Bandura. 6. What is the term for the diminishing of a conditioned response when an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus? A) Extinction. B) Spontaneous recovery. C) Discrimination. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extinction. 7. In Pavlov's experiment, the dog salivated to the presentation of the meat. In this case, the salivating is a(n) A) UCS. B) UCR. C) CS. D) CR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UCR. 8. Which of the following is TRUE regarding intuition? A) Intuition is explicit. B) Intuition is adaptive. C) Intuition has minimal effects on judgment. D) Intuitive judgments take a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intuition is adaptive. 9. Who proposed the idea that 'cells that fire together wire together' in the context of neural connections? A) Hebb. B) Pavlov. C) Skinner. D) Lashley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hebb. 10. Discrimination in classical conditioning refers to: A) Responding to similar stimuli. B) Ignoring the conditioned stimulus. C) Responding only to the specific conditioned stimulus. D) Forgetting the learned behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Responding only to the specific conditioned stimulus. 11. Jane would be the first person in her family to graduate from college. Her parents were so happy they promised her a new car if she was able to do so. This is an example of ..... A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Reinforcement. 12. Imagine Luna teaches Oliver a cool dance move. The more Luna cheers every time Oliver does it, the more likely he is to repeat it! What is this process called, where a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior happening again? A) Reinforcement. B) Extinction. C) Flooding. D) Systematic autosensitization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcement. 13. Learned Optimism is ..... A) The process of recognizing and challenging pessimistic thoughts in order to develop more positive behaviors. B) Teaching/empowering students with the ability to balance out negative and positive things in situations. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process of recognizing and challenging pessimistic thoughts in order to develop more positive behaviors. 14. The removal of a positive stimulus after a response, leading to a decrease in behavior A) Negative punishment. B) Positive reinforcement. C) Learning. D) Operant conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative punishment. 15. Psychologist that breaks intelligence into the categories of Crystallized and Fluid A) Cattell. B) Sternberg. C) Gardner. D) Spearman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cattell. 16. One of the most common current psychological therapies combines principles of behaviorism (like positive reinforcement) with talk therapy that focuses on how clients interpret past events and the actions of others. What is this approach to treatment called? A) Behavioral psychotherapy. B) Rational Emotive Treatment. C) Reciprocal determinism. D) Humanistic behavioral therapy. E) Cognitive-behavioral therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cognitive-behavioral therapy. 17. ..... are mental representations or concepts. A) Schemas. B) Scenes. C) Theories. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schemas. 18. What is connectionism in the context of behaviorist theories? A) Forming stimulus-response connections. B) Learning through observation and imitation. C) Encoding information into long-term memory. D) Developing abstract reasoning skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forming stimulus-response connections. 19. Learning that occurs by watching others. Also called social learning. A) Observational learning. B) Modelling. C) Shaping. D) Insight learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational learning. 20. Which of the following would be considered a secondary reinforcer? A) Money. B) Food. C) Water. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Money. 21. According to the text, learning involves A) The ability to think abstractly. B) A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience. C) The development of prosocial behavior. D) A reduction in extrinsic motiviation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience. 22. When shaping a behavior, you would couple a treat with, "good dog" to get your pet to sit. The "good dog" is considered ..... A) Negative Reinforcement. B) Primary Reinforcer. C) Secondary Reinforcer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary Reinforcer. 23. Identify:Any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Reinforcement. 24. If a response has experienced generalization, that means the person or animal responds to similar objects in the same way. Example:The dog drools at the sight of an oval and a circle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What ethical principle was violated in Seligman's learned helplessness experiment? 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