Question 1

Which of the following is correctly arranged from most complex to least complex?

Accepted Answer

A) skills, acts, movements 
B) acts, movements, skills 
C) movements, skills, acts 
D) movements, acts, skills 
A) skills, acts, movements 
B) acts, movements, skills 
C) movements, skills, acts 
D) movements, acts, skills

Question 2

Guthrie's position on transfer was:

Accepted Answer

A) it happens in new situations because of similarity to an old situation 
B) energy in the brain spills over into neighboring areas and generalizes 
C) transfer occurs continuously 
D) all of the above 
A) it happens in new situations because of similarity to an old situation 
B) energy in the brain spills over into neighboring areas and generalizes 
C) transfer occurs continuously 
D) all of the above

Question 3

"The last thing done in the presence of a stimulus combination will be that which will be done when the stimulus combination next occurs" was Guthrie's:

Accepted Answer

A) principle of polarity 
B) recency principle 
C) principle of generalization 
D) principle of response by analogy 
A) principle of polarity 
B) recency principle 
C) principle of generalization 
D) principle of response by analogy

Question 4

A child who enjoys lighting matches is forced to light matches to the point where it is no longer enjoyable.This technique is:

Accepted Answer

A) threshold 
B) fatigue 
C) incompatible response 
D) punishment 
A) threshold 
B) fatigue 
C) incompatible response 
D) punishment

Question 5

According to Guthrie, students learn:

Accepted Answer

A) what is in a book or lecture 
B) what a book or lecture causes them to do 
C) only that material that supports 
D) only that which is challenging 
A) what is in a book or lecture 
B) what a book or lecture causes them to do 
C) only that material that supports 
D) only that which is challenging

Question 6

According to Guthrie, the effectiveness of punishment is determined by:

Accepted Answer

A) what it causes an organism to do and when it causes it to do it 
B) emotional factors 
C) how much pain is involved 
D) whether the organism understands the relationship between behavior and punishment 
A) what it causes an organism to do and when it causes it to do it 
B) emotional factors 
C) how much pain is involved 
D) whether the organism understands the relationship between behavior and punishment

Question 7

Guthrie believed that in order to break a habit one must merely:

Accepted Answer

A) punish the undesirable response 
B) encourage and reinforce desired responses 
C) cause other movements to occur in the presence of the cues to the habit 
D) 1 and 2 above 
A) punish the undesirable response 
B) encourage and reinforce desired responses 
C) cause other movements to occur in the presence of the cues to the habit 
D) 1 and 2 above

Question 8

For the most part, Guthrie believed that motivation

Accepted Answer

A) was unimportant 
B) had to exist for learning to occur 
C) resulted from learning 
D) preceded new learning 
A) was unimportant 
B) had to exist for learning to occur 
C) resulted from learning 
D) preceded new learning

Which of the following is correctly arranged from most complex to least complex?

Guthrie's position on transfer was:

"The last thing done in the presence of a stimulus combination will be that which will be done when the stimulus combination next occurs" was Guthrie's:

A child who enjoys lighting matches is forced to light matches to the point where it is no longer enjoyable.This technique is:

According to Guthrie, students learn:

According to Guthrie, the effectiveness of punishment is determined by:

Guthrie believed that in order to break a habit one must merely:

For the most part, Guthrie believed that motivation

What Is Learning?

Approaches to the Study of Learning

Early Notions About Learning

Edward Lee Thorndike

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Clark Leonard Hull

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

William Kaye Estes

Gestalt Theory

Jean Piaget

Edward Chace Tolman

Albert Bandura

Donald Olding Hebb

Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology

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Exam 8: Edwin Ray Guthrie

Which of the following is correctly arranged from most complex to least complex?

Guthrie's position on transfer was:

"The last thing done in the presence of a stimulus combination will be that which will be done when the stimulus combination next occurs" was Guthrie's:

A child who enjoys lighting matches is forced to light matches to the point where it is no longer enjoyable.This technique is:

According to Guthrie, students learn:

According to Guthrie, the effectiveness of punishment is determined by:

Guthrie believed that in order to break a habit one must merely:

For the most part, Guthrie believed that motivation

What Is Learning?

Approaches to the Study of Learning

Early Notions About Learning

Edward Lee Thorndike

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Clark Leonard Hull

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

William Kaye Estes

Gestalt Theory

Jean Piaget

Edward Chace Tolman

Albert Bandura

Donald Olding Hebb

Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology

A Final Word

Filters