Behavioral Psychology Quizzes, Questions & Answers

Recent Behavioral Psychology Quizzes

PSYC 342 Quiz 4 assesses understanding in Behavioral Psychology, focusing on operant responses, classical conditioning, shaping behavior, and reinforcement types. It is designed to evaluate knowledge on behavior modification...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 626 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
Which of the following is true of an operant response?

Response speed determines outcome.

Pushing a lever with a paw and pushing a lever with the snout are equivalent.

Licking a water spout and pushing a response lever are equivalent.

Licking a water spout and chewing a food pellet are equivalent.

PSYC 342 Quiz 5

PSYC 342 Quiz 5 assesses understanding of reinforcement schedules in behavioral psychology. It explores fixed and variable ratio schedules, post-reinforcement pauses, and studying patterns influenced by exam scheduling, crucial...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 487 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
For 30 ten-minute trials, a rat received a food pellet every other lever press. This rat was on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Fixed interval

Fixed ratio

Variable interval

Variable ratio

Can You Answer These Psychology Questions?

Explore fundamental psychological concepts through this engaging quiz titled 'Can You Answer These Psychology Questions?'. Test your understanding of learning, conditioning, and behavior modification with practical, everyday...

Questions: 53 | Attempts: 142 | Last updated: Nov 17, 2023

Sample Question
Learning is ______________.

Any temporary change in behavior

A change in behavior due to maturation

Any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience

Any permanent change in behavior due to maturation

PSYC 342 Quiz 3

PSYC 342 Quiz 3 evaluates understanding of conditioning and learning processes in psychology, focusing on concepts like latent inhibition, associative learning, and stimulus-substitution. It assesses key skills in interpreting...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 479 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
A rat is given 20 exposures to a red light cue. Then, the red light is presented paired with food delivery. Compared to a rat that did not receive the initial 20 exposures, this rat took a long time to develop a CR to the red light. The slower learning is due to

The US-preexposure effect.

The latent-inhibition effect.

The latent-excitation effect.

The latent-excitation effect.

PSYC 342 Quiz 2

PSYC 342 Quiz 2 assesses understanding of classical conditioning through scenarios involving nursing mothers and infants. It tests key concepts like conditioned and unconditioned stimuli and responses, enhancing learners' grasp...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 839 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
Read the scenario below and answer the following question. A nursing mother responds to the crying of her infant by putting the infant to her breast, which stimulates the delivery of milk. After this has occurred several times the sound of the baby crying stimulates the milk letdown reflex. What is the conditioned stimulus (CS) in this situation?

Infant to her breast

Delivery of milk

Crying infant

Nursing mother

Psychology Quiz On Theories Of Personality!

Psychology Quiz on Theories of Personality!

Explore foundational theories of personality through this engaging Psychology Quiz! Assess your understanding of Skinner's theories, including operant and respondent behaviors, and discover key concepts from his influential...

Questions: 32 | Attempts: 1428 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
Involves a response made to or elicited by a specific stimulus. A stimulus is applied then a response occurs. This behavior is unlearned.

Psychology behavior

Operant behavior

Response behavior

Respondent behavior

Childish behavior

Pavlov, Watson, And Skinner

PAVLOV, WATSON, and SKINNER

This quiz is a review on the theories of Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, and the experiments of Pavolv's Dogs and Little Albert.

Questions: 26 | Attempts: 2112 | Last updated: Apr 24, 2024

Sample Question
The unconditioned stimulus:

Means that behavior always gets rewarded

Is an interval amount of time that passes before the behavior is rewarded.

Assumes that behavior is observable and can be correlated with other observable events.

Naturally occurs and causes a natural unconditioned response.

IB Psychology Learning Perspective Quiz -4-

This IB Psychology Learning Perspective Quiz assesses understanding of key concepts within the learning perspective, such as operant conditioning and assumptions about behavior. It challenges learners to differentiate between...

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 273 | Last updated: Feb 7, 2025

Sample Question
What is not a main assumption of the learning perspective in psychology?

Empiricism

Parsimony

Ecological Conservation

Determinism

Learning And Conditioning Practice Quiz

This is a Learning And Conditioning Practice Quiz for college-level students and learners. This test will allow the students to review some basic concepts related to the theories of renowned psychologists like Ivan Pavlov, B....

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 20313 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

Sample Question
Habituation involves learning about a _____.

Multiple stimuli

Single response

Single stimulus

Multiple responses

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