Psychology 101 - General Psychology » Summer 2022 » Chapter 6 Quiz

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Question #1
What should be changed to make the following sentence true? In operant conditioning, organisms learn to associate events that repeatedly happen together.
A.   The word “repeatedly” should be changed to the word “never.”
B.   The word “conditioning” should be changed to the word “reinforcement.”
C.   The word “repeatedly” should be changed to the word “rarely.”
D.   The word “operant” should be changed to the word “classical.”
Question #2
Which experiment involves the use of classical conditioning?
A.   blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long he takes to find a button hidden in a room
B.   determining how long it takes a person to learn how to knit if he is only allowed to watch YouTube videos of people knitting
C.   rewarding a boy for finishing his vegetables with ice cream and counting how many nights of reinforcement are required before he voluntarily eats his vegetables
D.   knowing that a student fears exams, the instructor wears a bright red shirt only on exam day, every exam day, to see how long it is before the red shirt becomes an object of fear to the student
Question #3
According to Albert Bandura, ________.
A.   Organisms cannot learn if they do not receive immediate reinforcement.
B.   Learning can occur by watching others and modeling what they do or say.
C.   Fear is a conditioned response.
D.   Learning is the result of reinforcing desired behavior at fixed intervals.
Question #4
When an organism receives a reinforcer each time it displays a behavior, it is called________ reinforcement.
A.   partial
B.   primary
C.   secondary
D.   continuous
Question #5
If the principles of social learning theory are true, then children may model aggressive behavior ________.
A.   after seeing a television character receive a reward for taking violent action against another character
B.   after dreaming they were on television
C.   after dreaming about having a fight with their parents
D.   after seeing a television character being punished for taking violent action against another character
Question #6
Which of the following experiments involves the use of operant conditioning?
A.   blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long it takes him to estimate the size of a room
B.   rewarding a child for finishing his oatmeal mush and counting how many times the child needs to be rewarded before he finishes his oatmeal voluntarily
C.   determining how long it takes someone to learn how to fish if he is only allowed to watch other people fishing
D.   pairing a puff of air to the eye with seeing the color red in order to find out how many repetitions it will take for someone to blink when he sees the color red
Question #7
In classical conditioning, the ________ is an unlearned reaction to a given stimulus. For example, if you have an allergy to pollen and sneeze, sneezing is an unlearned reaction to the pollen (i.e., the stimulus).
A.   unconditioned response
B.   unconditioned stimulus
C.   conditioned stimulus
D.   conditioned response
Question #8
Which term best describes rewarding successive approximations of a target behavior?
A.   reinforcement
B.   acquisition
C.   learning
D.   shaping
Question #9
Classical and operant conditioning are forms of ________ learning.
A.   instinctive
B.   processual
C.   reflexive
D.   associational
Question #10
In operant conditioning, ________ is when something is removed to increase the likelihood of a behavior.
A.   positive reinforcement
B.   punishment reinforcement
C.   negative reinforcement
D.   punishment

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