Learning
A quiz about AQA Unit 2 Psychology Learning.
- 1.What is the definition of learning?
- A.
A procedure during which an animal or person learns to associate a reflex response with a new stimulus.
- B.
A relatively permanent change in behaviour due to experience.
- C.
A conditioned response dies out.
- D.
The conditioned response is only produced when a specific stimulus is presented.
- 2.Extinction: A __________ response dies out.
- 3.Classical conditioning is to do with association.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What is spontaneous recovery?
- A.
A conditioned response dies out.
- B.
The conditioned respose is only produced when a specidic stimulus is presented.
- C.
A conditioned response that has disappeared suddenly appears again.
- D.
The conditioned respose is produced when a similar stumulus to the original conditioned stimulus is presented.
- 5.Watson and Rayner
- A.
Rat and baby.
- B.
Dog.
- C.
Santa claus.
- D.
Operant conditioning.
- 6.Operant conditioning is learning through consequences.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Who proposed the Law of effect?
- A.
Watson and Rayner.
- B.
Pavlov.
- C.
Raine.
- D.
Thorndike.
- 8.Who was BF Skinner?
- A.
He did a study into behaviour shaping.
- B.
Dog man.
- C.
Baby in rat study.
- D.
Operant conditioning man.
- 9.A phobia is a persistent irrational fear of an object activity or situation. The typical symptons are intense feelings of fear and anxiety to avoid the object, activity or situation.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Which ones can help 'cure' phobias?
- A.
Aversion Therapy
- B.
Flooding
- C.
Systematic Desensitisation
- D.
Token Economies
- 11.Systematic desensitisation...
- A.
Goes through a hierachy of fears.
- B.
Can only be done on adults.
- C.
Has bad ethical issues.
- D.
Doesnt help.
- 12.Aversion Therapy uses a drug to make you ill so that you will stop the negative undesired behaviour.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Evaluations of aversion therapys.
- A.
Cannot always be applied to the 'real world'
- B.
Produce real results
- C.
Lack eclogocial validity
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