Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 2 (25 MCQs)

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1. What best describes a fixed mindset?
2. A person eats to eliminate the feeling of hunger. This is an example of a/an .....
3. Studies of learning have shown that animals develop an aversion for tastes associated with
4. Describes how often and under what conditions a behavior is reinforced
5. Who developed the social learning theory, emphasizing observational learning?
6. What is the term for the diminishing of a conditioned response when an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus?
7. In Pavlov's experiment, the dog salivated to the presentation of the meat. In this case, the salivating is a(n)
8. Which of the following is TRUE regarding intuition?
9. Who proposed the idea that 'cells that fire together wire together' in the context of neural connections?
10. Discrimination in classical conditioning refers to:
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 .....
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?
13. Learned Optimism is .....
14. The removal of a positive stimulus after a response, leading to a decrease in behavior
15. Psychologist that breaks intelligence into the categories of Crystallized and Fluid
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?
17. ..... are mental representations or concepts.
18. What is connectionism in the context of behaviorist theories?
19. Learning that occurs by watching others. Also called social learning.
20. Which of the following would be considered a secondary reinforcer?
21. According to the text, learning involves
22. When shaping a behavior, you would couple a treat with, "good dog" to get your pet to sit. The "good dog" is considered .....
23. Identify:Any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response
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.
25. What ethical principle was violated in Seligman's learned helplessness experiment?