Learning Chapter
AP psychology learning chapter
- 1.Which of the following is an unconditioned response?
- A.
Salavating at a sight of a lemon
- B.
Raising your hand to ask a question
- C.
Jerking your hand off a very hot stove
- D.
Walking into a restaurant to eat
- 2.Who was the first to emphasize that psychology shoudl be restricted to the scientific study ofoobservable behavior?
- A.
Wundt
- B.
Skinner
- C.
Watson
- D.
Bandura
- E.
Garcia
- 3.When a CS is not followed by a UCS, the subsequent fading of a CR is callled:
- A.
Discrimination
- B.
Generalization
- C.
Delayed reinforcement
- D.
Extinction
- 4.Garcia and Koelling's findings on taste aversion in rats challenged the previously accepted principle that:
- A.
Positive reinforcement is more effective than punishment in changing behavior
- B.
The UCS must immediately follwo the CS for conditioning to occur
- C.
Learning is influenced by the frequency of association between the CS and the UCS
- D.
Learning occurs only if a response is followed by reinforcement
- 5.Because his father frequently spanked him for swearing, Antonio has developed a strong fear of his father. In this case, the father is a(n) ________ for Antonio's fear.
- A.
Negative reinforcer
- B.
Conditioned stimulus
- C.
Secondary reinforcer
- D.
Unconditioned stimulus
- 6.A negative reinforcer tends to ____ the behavior is follows.
- A.
Strengthen
- B.
Eliminate
- C.
Suppress but not eliminate
- D.
Have unpredictable effects on
- 7.Which of the following decreases the recurrence of the behavior it follows?
- A.
Positive reinforcer
- B.
Negative reinforcer
- C.
Punishment
- D.
Both b and c
- 8.BF Skinner discounted the role of _____ in learning.
- A.
Negative reinforcement
- B.
Punishment
- C.
Cognitive process
- D.
Conditioned reinforcers
- E.
Effective parenting
- 9.Pavlov is to classical conditioning as ________ is to _________.
- A.
Thorndike; modeling
- B.
Skinner; latent learning
- C.
Bandura; observational learning
- D.
Garcia; computer assisted instruction
- 10.Children exposed to a model who preached one thing and did another:
- A.
Ignored both what the model said and did
- B.
Ignored what the model did and both talked and acted in ways consistent with what the model said.
- C.
Ignored what the model said and both talked and acted in ways consistent with waht they model did.
- D.
Said what the model said and did what the model did.
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