6.5 Review Questions

QuestionAnswer
Which of the following is an example of a reflex that occurs at some point in the development of a human being?
infant sucking on a nipple
child riding a bike
teen socializing
toddler walking
Learning is best defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior that ________.
occurs as a result of experience
is innate
is found only in humans
occurs by observing others
Two forms of associative learning are ________ and ________.
classical conditioning; operant conditioning
classical conditioning; Pavlovian conditioning
operant conditioning; observational learning
operant conditioning; learning conditioning
In ________ the stimulus or experience occurs before the behavior and then gets paired with the behavior.
classical conditioning
associative learning
observational learning
operant conditioning
A stimulus that does not initially elicit a response in an organism is a(n) ________.
neutral stimulus
unconditioned stimulus
conditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
In Watson and Rayner’s experiments, Little Albert was conditioned to fear a white rat, and then he began to be afraid of other furry white objects. This demonstrates ________.
stimulus generalization
higher order conditioning
acquisition
stimulus discrimination
Extinction occurs when ________.
the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
the unconditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with a conditioned stimulus
the neutral stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
the neutral stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with a conditioned stimulus
In Pavlov’s work with dogs, the psychic secretions were ________.
conditioned responses
unconditioned responses
unconditioned stimuli
conditioned stimuli
________ is when you take away a pleasant stimulus to stop a behavior.
negative punishment
positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement
positive punishment
Which of the following is not an example of a primary reinforcer?
money
food
water
sex
Rewarding successive approximations toward a target behavior is ________.
shaping
extinction
positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement
Slot machines reward gamblers with money according to which reinforcement schedule?
variable ratio
fixed ratio
fixed interval
variable interval
The person who performs a behavior that serves as an example is called a ________.
model
teacher
instructor
coach
In Bandura’s Bobo doll study, when the children who watched the aggressive model were placed in a room with the doll and other toys, they ________.
kicked and threw the doll
ignored the doll
played nicely with the doll
played with tinker toys
Which is the correct order of steps in the modeling process?
attention, retention, reproduction, motivation
motivation, attention, reproduction, retention
attention, motivation, retention, reproduction
motivation, attention, retention, reproduction
Who proposed observational learning?
Albert Bandura
Ivan Pavlov
John Watson
B. F. Skinner

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