This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do we call a desire to perform a behavior in order to receive promised rewards or t avoid threatened behavior? A) Latent learning. B) Extrinsic motivation. C) Intrinsic motivation. D) Insight learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extrinsic motivation. 2. A child associates the sound of a school bell with recess and feels happy. Later, when he sees the teacher walk toward the bell, he feels happy even before the bell rings. This is an example of: A) Sensory preconditioning. B) Extinction. C) Higher-order conditioning. D) Disinhibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Higher-order conditioning. 3. A child who has to give up screen time as a result of poor performance on their homework. A) Positive Reinforcement (PR). B) Negative Reinforcement (NR). C) Positive Punishment (PP). D) Negative Punishment (NP). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative Punishment (NP). 4. Which schedule of reinforcement in operant conditioning is resistant to extinction? A) Continuous reinforcement. B) Delayed reinforcement. C) Trace reinforcement. D) Partial reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Partial reinforcement. 5. You could receive a text message at any random time. You are reinforced on a ..... schedule of reinforcement A) Fixed ratio. B) Variable ratio. C) Variable interval. D) Fixed interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variable interval. 6. Is an influential social cognitive psychologist who is perhaps best known for his social learning theory, the concept of self-efficacy, and his famous Bobo doll experiments. A) John B. Watson. B) Edward Tolman. C) Robert Rescorla. D) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Albert Bandura. 7. A dog is conditioned to salivate to a bell. Later, the dog also salivates to a similar-sounding chime. What process is this, and what does it demonstrate about classical conditioning? A) Discrimination; it shows the dog can tell the difference between stimuli. B) Generalization; it shows the dog responds to similar stimuli. C) Extinction; it shows the response is weakening. D) Spontaneous recovery; it shows the response returns after a pause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalization; it shows the dog responds to similar stimuli. 8. Who is the "founder" of behaviorism? A) Ivan Pavlov. B) John Watson. C) B.F. Skinner. D) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B.F. Skinner. 9. The "Little Albert" Experiment is an example of ..... A) Classical Conditioning. B) Operant Conditioning. C) Observational Learning. D) Shaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classical Conditioning. 10. Presentation of a rewarding stimulus serves as ..... , while removal of an aversive stimulus serves as ..... A) Positive punishment / negative punishment. B) Negative punishment / positive punishment. C) Negative reinforcement / positive reinforcement. D) Positive reinforcement / negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive reinforcement / negative reinforcement. 11. A partial reinforcement schedule that rewards an unpredictable number of correct responses A) Fixed Ratio. B) Variable Ratio. C) Fixed Interval. D) Variable Interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable Ratio. 12. Ziyad's scores on standardized mathematics achievement tests are always very high-among the highest in the nation. In contrast, his scores on reading achievement tests indicate that he is about average. This is an example of A) Developmentally appropriate teaching. B) Early versus later development. C) Nature versus nurture. D) Splintered development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Splintered development. 13. What caused Little Albert to fear white furry objects? A) He was bitten by a white lab rat. B) He was separated from his mother. C) A loud noise was paired with the white furry lab rat. D) The white lab rat was repeatedly thrust at Little Albert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A loud noise was paired with the white furry lab rat. 14. Which of the following best describes operant conditioning? A) Learning through association between stimuli. B) Learning through rewards and punishments. C) Learning through observation and imitation. D) Learning through insight and problem-solving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learning through rewards and punishments. 15. A dog learns to sit when shown a treat. This is an example of: A) Classical conditioning. B) Latent learning. C) Operant conditioning. D) Insight learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operant conditioning. 16. The initial learning stage in classical conditioning, during which the conditioned responses comes to be elicited by the conditioned stimulus A) Acquisition. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Positive punishment. D) Insight learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acquisition. 17. The ability to respond differently to similar but distinct stimuli A) Generalization. B) Discrimination. C) Extinction. D) Learned helplessness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination. 18. In human society, ..... serves as a secondary reinforcer. A) Voluntary behavior. B) Money. C) Punishment. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Money. 19. The reappearance of a learned response after extinction has occurred. A) Extinction. B) Spontaneous Recovery. C) Operant Conditioning. D) Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spontaneous Recovery. 20. What does Thorndike's Law of Exercise state? A) The most recent responses made by an individual are more likely to be remembered. B) Behaviors followed by favorable consequences are more likely to be repeated. C) Responses that are followed by a positive outcome are more likely to be repeated. D) The more often a connection is made between a stimulus and response, the stronger the association becomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The more often a connection is made between a stimulus and response, the stronger the association becomes. 21. Michael is pulled over for running a red light. He is issued a $ 100 fine. This is an example of: A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive Punishment. 22. The human capacity for storing long-term memories is A) Roughly equal to seven units of information. B) Enhanced through hypnosis. C) Essentially unlimited. D) Typically much greater in young children than in adults. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Essentially unlimited. 23. Attention, memory, imitation and motivation are the four elements required for the process of: A) Insight learning. B) Latent learning. C) Observational (social) learning. D) Spontaneous recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observational (social) learning. 24. Performing a behavior that is imitated by an observer A) Insight learning. B) Associative learning. C) Shaping. D) Modeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modeling. 25. Who linked taste aversions with classical conditioning? A) Bandura. B) Pavlov. C) Garcia. D) Skinner. 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