Chapter 6: Conditioning and Learning 2022 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A GRADE

Chapter 6: Conditioning and Learning 2022 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A GRADE 1. In the introduction to Chapter 6 in your textbook, Larry’s story about how he developed a fear of rats was told. It seems that Larry learned to fear rats when he was a child as he observed his mother’s extreme, irrational fear response upon seeing a rat. Larry developed his fear of rats through a. classical conditioning. b. vicarious classical conditioning. c. operant conditioning. d. insight learning. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Rats! / What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 / 6.1.2 KEY: Application 2. Abstract “book learning” would be considered a form of a. classical conditioning. b. vicarious classical conditioning. c. operant conditioning. d. cognitive learning. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Rats! / What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 / 6.1.3 KEY: Concept 3. Often, the most effective method of helping people to overcome their irrational fears is through a. classical conditioning. b. abstract “book learning.” c. operant conditioning. d. cognitive learning. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Rats! / What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 / 6.1.2 KEY: Concept 4. Learning is best defined as a. any change in behavior. b. a relatively permanent change in behavior due to past experience. c. a relatively permanent change in behavior due to physical development. d. any change in behavior caused by motivation. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 KEY: Fact 5. Learning includes changes in behavior as a result of a. motivation. b. maturation. c. experience. d. all of these. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question) 6. When Tenisha shows any relatively permanent change in her behavior as a result of some experience she has had, she is exhibiting a. reinforcement. b. introspection. c. motivation. d. learning. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 KEY: Application MSC: * (New Question) 7. Psychologists define learning as a. a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience. b. a temporary change in behavior due to one’s motivational state. c. behavioral changes as a result of maturation and development. d. the modification and replacement of old behaviors and habits with socially acceptable behaviors. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 KEY: Fact 8. Regarding learning, which of the following statements is FALSE? a. Most human behavior is learned. b. If you suddenly lost all you had ever learned, you would be unable to speak, feed yourself, or find your way home. c. Learning includes temporary changes in behavior as well as changes due to motivation and fatigue. d. There are different types of learning, including associative learning and cognitive learning. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question) 9. Which of the following occurs whenever a person or animal forms a simple connection among various stimuli and/or responses? a. associative learning b. insight learning c. vicarious learning d. cognitive learning ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.2 KEY: Concept 10. Associative learning occurs whenever a person or an animal forms a simple connection among various a. motives and drives. b. reinforcements and punishments. c. stimuli and responses. d. expectancies and types of feedback. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.2 KEY: Concept MSC: * (N