This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 33 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Through classical conditioning, Alyce has developed a fear of mice. She also shows a fear response to gerbils and hamsters. Alyce is demonstrating A) Stimulus discrimination. B) Spontaneous recovery. C) Stimulus generalization. D) Reconditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulus generalization. 2. A student does every homework assignment even though the teacher does not always collect the assignments. This is an example of A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable ratio. 3. Having to remain quiet for 10 minutes before you are allowed to go back out and play is a A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixed interval. 4. A learned preference for stimuli to which we have been previously exposed. A) Mere exposure Effect. B) Habituation. C) Acquistition. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mere exposure Effect. 5. Henry has a fear of spiders, but his teacher pairs the sight of a spider with his favorite song to help him feel better. What is this method of overcoming fears called? A) Counterconditioning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Systematic desensitization. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counterconditioning. 6. What is the impact of color schemes on classroom atmosphere? A) Color schemes are irrelevant to learning. B) They have no effect on student behavior. C) Calming colors promote focus. D) Bright colors always lead to better engagement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calming colors promote focus. 7. Learning not to respond to the repeated presentation of a stimulus. A) Mere exposure Effect. B) Habituation. C) Acquisition. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habituation. 8. What is a reinforcer? A) Anything that decreases the frequency of a behaviour. B) Anything that the subject likes. C) Anything that the subject will work for. D) Anything that follows a behaviour and increases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anything that follows a behaviour and increases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring. 9. Which structural component of language is the smallest unit of distinctive sound? A) Phoneme. B) Morpheme. C) Semantics. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoneme. 10. His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists. A) Martin Seligman. B) Edward Tolman. C) B.F. Skinner. D) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Martin Seligman. 11. What is the goal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? A) To reinforce desired behaviors. B) To identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors. C) To provide rewards for good behavior. D) To extinguish unwanted behaviors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors. 12. Which is true of John B. Watson's Little Albert experiment? A) The child came to fear all small furry objects, not just a white rat. B) The child was not conditioned at all. C) Extinction happened more rapidly than Watson expected. D) The child feared the white rat, but nothing else, not even similar animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The child came to fear all small furry objects, not just a white rat. 13. Which term describes something a behaviorist would pair with an unconditioned stimulus in order to produce a classically conditioned response? A) Conditioned stimulus. B) Positive reinforcement. C) Conditioned response. D) Unconditioned response. E) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditioned stimulus. 14. This American Psychologist conducted the "Lost in the Mall" Experiment to show the Misinformation Effect on Memory A) Carl Rogers. B) Elizabeth Loftus. C) B.F. Skinner. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elizabeth Loftus. 15. Bandura created the Bobo Doll Experiment to try and add credence to his belief that all human behavior was learned, through social imitation and copying, rather than inherited through genetic factors. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Known for his research on taste aversions A) Edward Thorndike. B) John Garcia. C) John Watson. D) BF Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Garcia. 17. Choose the Matching Term to the Definition.In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning. A) Neutral Stimulus (NS). B) Unconditioned Response (UR). C) Unconditioned Stimulus (US). D) Conditioned response (CR). E) Conditioned Stimulus (CS). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neutral Stimulus (NS). 18. Negative punishment happens when ..... A) A pleasant consequence is removed following a response. B) A unpleasant consequence follows a response. C) The brain communicates with the spine. D) Pitutary gland produces the growth hormone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A pleasant consequence is removed following a response. 19. Jimmy continues to go and play the slot machine at the casino, even though he never knows how many times he has to play to win. This is an example of a(n) ..... schedule. A) Fixed-ratio. B) Variable-ratio. C) Fixed-interval. D) Variable-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable-ratio. 20. At what stage/age are you in your physical peak? A) Late Adulthood. B) Childhood. C) Young adulthood. D) Middle adulthood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Young adulthood. 21. Type of learning associated with Skinner A) Classical conditioning. B) Operant conditioning. C) Respondent conditioning. D) Observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operant conditioning. 22. Paul develops a fear of sharks after watching a documentary. Later, he also becomes afraid of the beach because he associates it with sharks. This is an example of: A) Sensory preconditioning. B) Blocking. C) Latent inhibition. D) Higher-order conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory preconditioning. 23. Karen has learned a lot from her Psychology class about how to improve her memory. As she heads off to college, she wants to utilize this knowledge. Karen knows that she has a major test in her History class in two weeks, therefore, she starts to study for 15 minutes every day leading up to the test. A) Chunking. B) Spacing Effect. C) Context Effects. D) Recency Effect of Serial Positon Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spacing Effect. 24. Sammy the baseball player loved to hit home runs. Every time he was at bat he would attempt to hit the ball out of the park. Sometimes he was successful, but not always. This best illustrates which schedule of reinforcement? A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Fixed interval. D) Variable interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable ratio. 25. The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a ..... ration schedule A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable-ratio. C) Fixed-interval. D) Variable-interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable-ratio. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 7Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 8Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 9Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books