This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The hopelessness and passive resignation animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events. A) Learned helplessness. B) Operant conditioning. C) Extinction. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learned helplessness. 2. What type of conditioning involves pairing a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that already causes an automatic response? A) Operant conditioning. B) Classical conditioning. C) Positive reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. E) Conjoined conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classical conditioning. 3. Identify:Any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Reinforcement. 4. According to J.B. Watson, what is Psychology? A) The scientific investigation of behavior. B) The science of behavior. C) The study of human behavior. D) The understanding and control of the behavior of the organism as a whole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The science of behavior. 5. Identify:American psychologist, inventor, and philosopher who made significant contributions to the field of behaviorism. He is known as the "Father of operant conditioning" for his work on how different types of punishments and reinforcers can impact behaviors. A) Edward Thorndyke. B) John B Watson. C) B.F. Skinner. D) Ivan Pavlov. E) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B.F. Skinner. 6. People are more inclined to fear heights and spiders compared to butterflies and flowers. This is due to ..... A) Superstitious learning. B) Biological preparedness. C) Associative learning. D) Instinctive drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biological preparedness. 7. ..... neurons in the brain help explain how observational learning occurs. A) Miraculous. B) Mirror. C) Marsupial. D) Mascarpone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mirror. 8. When we learn to make associations between things, it is called: A) Classical Conditioning. B) Operant Conditioning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classical Conditioning. 9. Which of the following best describes the concept of Egocentrism? A) A child's inability to see a situation from another person's perspective. B) A child's ability to reason morally. C) A child's ability to learn language through reinforcement. D) A child's development of trust vs. mistrust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A child's inability to see a situation from another person's perspective. 10. To get a behavior to end, you would use ..... A) Reinforcement. B) Punishment. C) Conditions. D) Responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punishment. 11. When a conditioned response suddenly returns when the conditioned stimulus reappears after a long period of elapsed time (i.e the beginning of Don't Stop Believing), that is called ..... A) Extinction. B) Generalization. C) Spontaneous Recovery. D) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spontaneous Recovery. 12. While preparing dinner, Sarah accidentally touched a hot pan, and immediately pulled her hand away. What type of response is this? A) Learned behavior. B) Reflex. C) Complex response. D) Voluntary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 13. Which phenomenon occurs when a response is elicited by stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus? A) Generalization. B) Discrimination. C) Extinction. D) Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 14. When one individual imitates another, ..... has occured A) Modeling. B) Imprinting. C) Shaping. D) Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modeling. 15. A two-year old child is frightened by a small dog. A few weeks later the same child sees a cat and becomes frightened. The child's reaction is most likely an example of which of the following? A) Stimulus discrimination. B) Second-order conditioning. C) Stimulus generalization. D) Sensory preconditioning. E) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus generalization. 16. What is positive reinforcement? A) Removing an unpleasant stimulus. B) Adding a pleasant stimulus. C) Ignoring a behavior. D) Punishing a behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adding a pleasant stimulus. 17. Luna is afraid of spiders, but her therapist uses a special method that helps her relax and slowly face her fear, step by step. What is this technique called? A) Systematic desensitization. B) Flooding. C) Discrimination. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Systematic desensitization. 18. Which concept suggests that learning can occur without direct reinforcement? A) Classical conditioning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Social learning. D) Insight learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insight learning. 19. Classical conditioning is a learning procedure in which associations are made between a ..... stimulus and a(n) ..... stimulus. An example is pairing the bell with the light. A) Neutral; conditioned. B) Conditioned; unconditioned. C) Conditioned; reconditioned. D) Neutral; unconditioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neutral; unconditioned. 20. Which of the following is an ethical concern related to Watson and Rayner's Little Albert study? A) The use of deception in the experiment. B) The lack of informed consent from the participant. C) The use of animals in the study. D) The lack of a control group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lack of informed consent from the participant. 21. What is a fixed-action pattern? A) A learned behavior. B) A sequence of actions triggered automatically. C) A voluntary action. D) A reflex action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sequence of actions triggered automatically. 22. Decreasing response to a stimuli with repeated exposure A) Cognitive learning. B) Observational learning. C) Habituation. D) Classical conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habituation. 23. Who is considered the founder of functionalism, which emphasizes studying adaptive processes? A) Titchener. B) Watson. C) William James. D) Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William James. 24. When learning first takes place, we would say that ..... has occurred. A) Acquisition. B) Extinction. C) Spontaneous Recovery. D) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acquisition. 25. The form of learning that keeps knowledge hidden until it is needed is called. A) Flooding. B) Latent learning. C) Continuous. D) Observational learning. 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