This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 6 Learning Quiz 60 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Discrimination A) The ability to recognize and respond to different stimuli in the environment. B) In classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus. C) The process of treating someone unfairly based on their characteristics. D) A method of reinforcing behavior by providing rewards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus. 2. Just before something scary happens in a horror film, they often play scary-sounding music. When I hear the music, I tense up in anticipation of the scary event. In this situation, the music serves as a(n) A) US. B) CS. C) UR. D) CR. E) NR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CS. 3. The behavior that would be most difficult to extinguish would be the one that was: A) Reinforced every time it occurred. B) Shaped. C) Reinforced intermittently. D) Reinforced by your parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reinforced intermittently. 4. Which psychological approach focuses on the study of observable behavior? A) Cognitive psychology. B) Behaviorism. C) Humanistic psychology. D) Psychoanalysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behaviorism. 5. Which of the following is a term for learning that remains hidden until needed? A) Modeling. B) Latent learning. C) Cognitive learning. D) Observational learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latent learning. 6. Which of the following is NOT a stage in Piaget's Cognitive Stages? A) Psychosexual stage. B) Sensorimotor stage. C) Preoperational stage. D) Concrete operational stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychosexual stage. 7. Roy G Biv, Every Good Boy Does Fine, and My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles are all examples of A) Informational Retrieval. B) Primacy Effect. C) Recency Effect. D) Semantic Codes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semantic Codes. 8. What was the neutral stimulus that was used to condition Pavlov's dogs? (cause salivation) A) The Food. B) The Bell. C) An electric shock. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bell. 9. A once-neutral event that elicits a given response after a period of training in which it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus A) Conditioned stimulus (CS). B) Conditioned response (CR). C) Reinforcement. D) Negative reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditioned stimulus (CS). 10. The IDEA category for Sensory Disabilities includes the following except A) Deafness. B) Deaf Blindness. C) Visually Impaired Including Blindness. D) Sensory Integration Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory Integration Disorder. 11. Removing something unpleasant in order to get a behavior to continue would be an example of ..... (i.e the sound of an alarm clock) A) Positive Reinforcement. B) Negative Reinforcement. C) Positive Punishment. D) Negative Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Reinforcement. 12. Identify:Reinforcers gradually guide behaviortoward closer and closer approximations of thedesired behavior. A) Punishment. B) Stimulus. C) Reinforcement. D) Generalization. E) Shaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Shaping. 13. Who had children watch adults hit a bobo doll, then observed that those children acted more aggressive later on? A) Pavlov. B) Watson. C) Skinner. D) Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bandura. 14. Which term would a learning researcher use for a physical reaction or behavior elicited by an external event or object? A) Punishment. B) Stimulus. C) Instinct. D) Response. E) Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Response. 15. A ..... reinforcer increases the frequency of the behavior it follows when it is applied. A) Negative. B) Positive. C) Secondary. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive. 16. He is known for his Law of Effect that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely A) Skinner. B) Thorndike. C) John Watson. D) Pavlov. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thorndike. 17. In the context of aggression and social learning, what does the term "vicarious reinforcement" mean? A) Learning through direct reinforcement. B) Learning through observing the consequences of others' actions. C) Learning through punishment. D) Learning through trial and error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learning through observing the consequences of others' actions. 18. Most psychologists suggest that punishment is not the best way to deal with a problem because it A) May cause children to learn to hit. B) May cause a child to run away. C) Does not teach the correct way to act. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. What's the primary difference between classical and operant conditioning? A) Classical is voluntary; operant is involuntary. B) Classical is active; operant is passive. C) Classical pairs stimuli; operant pairs behavior with consequences. D) There is no difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical pairs stimuli; operant pairs behavior with consequences. 20. Social learning theory is challenged by alternative theories, such as Eysenck's theory of the criminal personality. Therefore ..... A) The theory doesn't have any supporting evidence and we can't trust it. B) The theory might not be the only explanation for criminal behaviour. C) We can't apply it to everybody. D) We should ignore it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The theory might not be the only explanation for criminal behaviour. 21. What is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again? A) Reinforcement. B) Flooding. C) Extinction. D) Systematic desensitization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforcement. 22. Identify:Reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response A) Generalization. B) Discrimination. C) Acquisition. D) Extinction. E) Spontaneous Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Spontaneous Recovery. 23. What is the definition of learning in psychology? A) The process of unlearning previously acquired knowledge. B) The process of acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, or behaviors through experience, study, or teaching. C) The process of forgetting information in the brain. D) The process of acquiring knowledge through genetic inheritance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process of acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, or behaviors through experience, study, or teaching. 24. Unconditioned reflexes is describe as ..... A) Dog salivating to the sound of the bell. B) Bottom-up process of perception. C) A learned response after a pairing repeatedly a a conditioned stimulus. D) A unlearned response to the Unconditioned stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A unlearned response to the Unconditioned stimulus. 25. When Elijah was a child, he spent many happy weekends with his grandmother and they had lots of fun baking scones together. Now whenever Elijah smells freshly baking scones he feels happy. The happiness he felt from spending time baking with his grandmother is ..... A) An unconditioned stimulus. B) An unconditioned response. C) A conditioned stimulus. D) A conditioned response. 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