Question 1

Marcella starts whining in the grocery store because she wants some candy.Her father refuses to give her candy and ignores her whining.What will happen?

Accepted Answer

A) generalization 
B) extinction 
C) spontaneous recovery 
D) discrimination 
A) generalization 
B) extinction 
C) spontaneous recovery 
D) discrimination

Question 2

For observational learning to occur,each of the following must happen EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) paying attention to what the model does. 
B) remembering what the model did. 
C) doing what the model did. 
D) being reinforced for imitating the model. 
A) paying attention to what the model does. 
B) remembering what the model did. 
C) doing what the model did. 
D) being reinforced for imitating the model.

Question 3

Your parakeet eats some cooked spaghetti.Later,the parakeet gets ill.What would the research on biological preparedness predict?

Accepted Answer

A) The parakeet will probably not eat shell macaroni because it smells similar to spaghetti. 
B) The parakeet will probably not eat rice because it is the same colour as spaghetti. 
C) The parakeet will probably not eat linguini noodles because they are long and thin and look similar to spaghetti. 
D) The parakeet will not eat spaghetti again because no learning or conditioning takes without repeating the experience. 
A) The parakeet will probably not eat shell macaroni because it smells similar to spaghetti. 
B) The parakeet will probably not eat rice because it is the same colour as spaghetti. 
C) The parakeet will probably not eat linguini noodles because they are long and thin and look similar to spaghetti. 
D) The parakeet will not eat spaghetti again because no learning or conditioning takes without repeating the experience.

Question 4

Which of the following statements about learning is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) Learning is another word for maturation. 
B) Learning is relatively permanent. 
C) Learning involves changes in behaviour. 
D) Learning involves experiences. 
A) Learning is another word for maturation. 
B) Learning is relatively permanent. 
C) Learning involves changes in behaviour. 
D) Learning involves experiences.

Question 5

The "aha!" experience is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) latent learning. 
B) insight learning. 
C) spontaneous learning. 
D) problem-solving learning. 
A) latent learning. 
B) insight learning. 
C) spontaneous learning. 
D) problem-solving learning.

Question 6

Conditioned taste aversions are an example of something called:

Accepted Answer

A) biological preparedness. 
B) preference. 
C) vicarious conditioning. 
D) conditioned survival response CSR2. 
A) biological preparedness. 
B) preference. 
C) vicarious conditioning. 
D) conditioned survival response CSR2.

Question 7

Rescorla found that the CS must ______________ the UCS for conditioning to take place.

Accepted Answer

A) replace 
B) come after 
C) come at the same time as 
D) predict 
A) replace 
B) come after 
C) come at the same time as 
D) predict

Question 8

A young boy is watching TV.In one show he sees a bully steal a lunch from another child.The bully then enjoys eating the other child's lunch.Because this boy feels that his mother makes him a rather skimpy lunch and he is always hungry at school,he starts stealing other kids' lunches at school.According to Bandura's theory,the boy's hunger at lunchtime relates to the ______ element of the observational learning process.

Accepted Answer

A) attention 
B) memory 
C) imitation 
D) motivation 
A) attention 
B) memory 
C) imitation 
D) motivation

Question 9

Applied behaviour analysis:

Accepted Answer

A) involves the process of shaping. 
B) is useful only for teaching autistic children. 
C) is not useful for teaching autistic children. 
D) cannot be used with animals. 
A) involves the process of shaping. 
B) is useful only for teaching autistic children. 
C) is not useful for teaching autistic children. 
D) cannot be used with animals.

Question 10

When faced with new problems,college students who have experienced prior unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half-hearted attempts to solve the new problems,even when these problems can be solved.This behaviour is probably due to:

Accepted Answer

A) learned helplessness. 
B) operant learning. 
C) latent learning. 
D) response generalization. 
A) learned helplessness. 
B) operant learning. 
C) latent learning. 
D) response generalization.

Question 11

There are two kinds of behaviour that all organisms are capable of doing.If Inez blinks her eyes because a gnat flies close to them,that's _____________.But if she then swats at the gnat,that's _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) voluntary; involuntary 
B) involuntary; voluntary 
C) operant; instrumental 
D) instrumental; classical 
A) voluntary; involuntary 
B) involuntary; voluntary 
C) operant; instrumental 
D) instrumental; classical

Question 12

A mother tells a young child that when her father comes home,he will spank her because she was behaved badly.All of the following statements are possible outcomes of punishment EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) the child may hide from her father and try to avoid him. 
B) the child may lie to her father to avoid punishment. 
C) the child may not be able to concentrate on her homework as she waits for her father to come home. 
D) that no matter what the punishment is,the child will learn what to do in the future from being punished. 
A) the child may hide from her father and try to avoid him. 
B) the child may lie to her father to avoid punishment. 
C) the child may not be able to concentrate on her homework as she waits for her father to come home. 
D) that no matter what the punishment is,the child will learn what to do in the future from being punished.

Question 13

The first time José sees a cat,his mother tells him,"That's a cat.Can you say cat?" He repeats the word gleefully,and his mother praises him.The next day,he is watching a cartoon and sees a tiger on the television.He points at the tiger and says,"Cat!" This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) generalization. 
B) spreading activation. 
C) categorization. 
D) discrimination. 
A) generalization. 
B) spreading activation. 
C) categorization. 
D) discrimination.

Question 14

Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called:

Accepted Answer

A) perception. 
B) sensation. 
C) adaptation. 
D) habituation. 
A) perception. 
B) sensation. 
C) adaptation. 
D) habituation.

Question 15

In operant conditioning,_____________ is/are necessary to create the association between the stimulus and the voluntary response.

Accepted Answer

A) reinforcement 
B) rewards 
C) emotional linkages 
D) negative consequences 
A) reinforcement 
B) rewards 
C) emotional linkages 
D) negative consequences

Question 16

Maricella works in a sweatshop as a seamstress.Her boss tells her that every time she completes five shirts,she will receive $5.When done with the five shirts,she dumps them into a bin and gets paid.Her pattern of shirt completion is most likely to be:

Accepted Answer

A) rapid shirt completion with a short break after each five completed. 
B) long pauses after she receives the $5. 
C) a slow,steady rate of shirt-making without pauses. 
D) a fast,steady rate of shirt-making without pauses. 
A) rapid shirt completion with a short break after each five completed. 
B) long pauses after she receives the $5. 
C) a slow,steady rate of shirt-making without pauses. 
D) a fast,steady rate of shirt-making without pauses.

Question 17

Karawynn Long attempted to toilet train her cat.The principle of learning that was in operation was:

Accepted Answer

A) observational learning. 
B) classical conditioning. 
C) extinction. 
D) shaping. 
A) observational learning. 
B) classical conditioning. 
C) extinction. 
D) shaping.

Question 18

Mary's parents want her to put her books in her bookcase.At first,they praise her for putting the books together in one pile.Then they praise her for getting the books on the same side of the room as the bookcase.When she gets the books on top of the bookcase,she gets praise.Finally,her parents praise her when she puts her books in the bookcase.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) negative reinforcement. 
B) punishment. 
C) extinction. 
D) shaping. 
A) negative reinforcement. 
B) punishment. 
C) extinction. 
D) shaping.

Question 19

A child is wetting his or her bed.According to our textbook,punishing the child would be the best way to permanently stop this behaviour.You would recommend that the child be given no food on the day after a bedwetting incident.You are doing this because negative punishment is guaranteed to stop bad behaviours.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

You need to remove a broken light bulb from a lamp.Without a pair of gloves,you are likely to cut yourself on the jagged glass.Suddenly,it occurs to you that you can use a cut potato to remove the light bulb from the socket.You have just demonstrated:

Accepted Answer

A) generalization. 
B) spontaneous learning. 
C) latent learning. 
D) insight learning. 
A) generalization. 
B) spontaneous learning. 
C) latent learning. 
D) insight learning.

Marcella starts whining in the grocery store because she wants some candy.Her father refuses to give her candy and ignores her whining.What will happen?

For observational learning to occur,each of the following must happen EXCEPT:

Your parakeet eats some cooked spaghetti.Later,the parakeet gets ill.What would the research on biological preparedness predict?

Which of the following statements about learning is NOT true?

The "aha!" experience is known as:

Conditioned taste aversions are an example of something called:

Rescorla found that the CS must ______________ the UCS for conditioning to take place.

Applied behaviour analysis:

When faced with new problems,college students who have experienced prior unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half-hearted attempts to solve the new problems,even when these problems can be solved.This behaviour is probably due to:

There are two kinds of behaviour that all organisms are capable of doing.If Inez blinks her eyes because a gnat flies close to them,that's _.But if she then swats at the gnat,that's _.

A mother tells a young child that when her father comes home,he will spank her because she was behaved badly.All of the following statements are possible outcomes of punishment EXCEPT:

The first time José sees a cat,his mother tells him,"That's a cat.Can you say cat?" He repeats the word gleefully,and his mother praises him.The next day,he is watching a cartoon and sees a tiger on the television.He points at the tiger and says,"Cat!" This is an example of:

Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called:

In operant conditioning,_____________ is/are necessary to create the association between the stimulus and the voluntary response.

Maricella works in a sweatshop as a seamstress.Her boss tells her that every time she completes five shirts,she will receive $5.When done with the five shirts,she dumps them into a bin and gets paid.Her pattern of shirt completion is most likely to be:

Karawynn Long attempted to toilet train her cat.The principle of learning that was in operation was:

You need to remove a broken light bulb from a lamp.Without a pair of gloves,you are likely to cut yourself on the jagged glass.Suddenly,it occurs to you that you can use a cut potato to remove the light bulb from the socket.You have just demonstrated:

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Exam 5: Learning

Marcella starts whining in the grocery store because she wants some candy.Her father refuses to give her candy and ignores her whining.What will happen?

For observational learning to occur,each of the following must happen EXCEPT:

Your parakeet eats some cooked spaghetti.Later,the parakeet gets ill.What would the research on biological preparedness predict?

Which of the following statements about learning is NOT true?

The "aha!" experience is known as:

Conditioned taste aversions are an example of something called:

Rescorla found that the CS must ______________ the UCS for conditioning to take place.

Applied behaviour analysis:

When faced with new problems,college students who have experienced prior unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half-hearted attempts to solve the new problems,even when these problems can be solved.This behaviour is probably due to:

There are two kinds of behaviour that all organisms are capable of doing.If Inez blinks her eyes because a gnat flies close to them,that's _____________.But if she then swats at the gnat,that's _____________.

A mother tells a young child that when her father comes home,he will spank her because she was behaved badly.All of the following statements are possible outcomes of punishment EXCEPT:

The first time José sees a cat,his mother tells him,"That's a cat.Can you say cat?" He repeats the word gleefully,and his mother praises him.The next day,he is watching a cartoon and sees a tiger on the television.He points at the tiger and says,"Cat!" This is an example of:

Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called:

In operant conditioning,_____________ is/are necessary to create the association between the stimulus and the voluntary response.

Maricella works in a sweatshop as a seamstress.Her boss tells her that every time she completes five shirts,she will receive $5.When done with the five shirts,she dumps them into a bin and gets paid.Her pattern of shirt completion is most likely to be:

Karawynn Long attempted to toilet train her cat.The principle of learning that was in operation was:

You need to remove a broken light bulb from a lamp.Without a pair of gloves,you are likely to cut yourself on the jagged glass.Suddenly,it occurs to you that you can use a cut potato to remove the light bulb from the socket.You have just demonstrated:

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Memory

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

Stress and Health

Theories of Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Psychology and Human Development

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There are two kinds of behaviour that all organisms are capable of doing.If Inez blinks her eyes because a gnat flies close to them,that's _.But if she then swats at the gnat,that's _.