Question 1

Keller and Marion Breland are known for their article, _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Prepared to Learn 
B)  The Misbehavior of Organisms 
C)  Learning at an Early Age 
D)  Animal Farm

Question 2

Efforts to teach chimpanzees to talk probably failed because_________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the researchers did not use the proper reinforcement procedures 
B)  chimps have their own language which they would not give up 
C)  the researchers did not begin instruction when the chimps were very young 
D)  chimps lack the biological structures for speech

Question 3

Robert Tryon demonstrated that heredity plays a role in maze learning in rats.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Learning does not always mean progress. 
Completion

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

"The Ape in Our House" was written by _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  A. Gardner 
B)  Kellogg and Kellogg 
C)  C. Hayes 
D)  Lemarck

Question 6

Harry and Martha Frank found that on barrier problems dogs did not perform as well as _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  wolves 
B)  coyotes 
C)  foxes 
D)  otters

Question 7

Suppose learning were passed on from generation to generation. How would your relationship with
your parents be different?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Suppose learning were passed on from generation...

Question 8

Frances puts a hungry rat into an experimental chamber. Whenever the rat presses a lever, food falls into a tray. In about 30 minutes, the rat is pressing the lever steadily. Frances returns the rat to the
Training cage for one hour a day every day until the rat produces young. Frances then trains one of
This rat's offspring in the same manner as its mother and repeats this procedure for several generations. You predict that when the twelfth generation rat is put into the training cage, it will press the lever steadily in about_________.

Accepted Answer

A)  7 minutes 
B) 10 minutes 
C)  20 minutes 
D)  30 minutes

Question 9

John has difficulty training a raccoon to pick up coins and put them in a bank. It is most likely that _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the raccoon lacks the intelligence to learn this task 
B)  the raccoon was contraprepared to learn this task 
C)  this task had to be learned during a critical period 
D)  raccoons lack the ability for insightful problem solving

Question 10

If a new behavior appears without reinforcement, it is likely an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  sign monitoring 
B)  autotracking 
C)  autoshaping 
D)  autotrack

Exam 13: The Limits of Learning