Psychology - Unit 3: Chapter 5 & 6
Practice Test With Full Answers
Correct
Learning, as defined by psychologists, always involves the process of -
Ans--change
A behavior, such as a sneeze, that is an automatic reaction to something is
called a __________ behavior - Ans--respondent
The consequences of a behavior are most important in ___________
conditioning - Ans--operant
In classical conditioning, the letter U stands for - Ans--unconditioned
The rate of learning is fastest at the __________ of a learning curve - Ans--
beginning
In classical conditioning, the fastest learning occurs when there is a CS-US
interval of about - Ans--1/2 second
The unlearning process is known as - Ans--extinction
In classical conditioning, if the US comes before the CS, it is called - Ans--
backward conditioning
In operant conditioning, the technical term for the S^R is the - Ans--
reinforcing stimulus
What is an example of a secondary reinforcer? - Ans--money when poor
A politician may pose with a large flag behind him in the hopes that the flag
will generate good feelings in the audience, feelings that will become
connected to the politician! This is an example of - Ans--higher-order
conditioning
, Edward Thorndike studied cats in - Ans--puzzle boxes
If a person becomes sick while eating at a particular restaurant, they may
later have an ishy feeling in that restaurant, The restaurant is called a - Ans--
CS
The idea that a person is like a lump of clay that can be shaped in any way is
called - Ans--tabula rasa
What kind of learning involves reinforcers? - Ans--operant
What is an example of negative punishment? - Ans--Mary's bike is taken
away from her when she says a bad word
Tolman identified a concept known as a - Ans--cognitive behavior
A very high, steady rate of responding occurs with reinforcement schedules
such as a gambling slot machine, which are called - Ans--VR
The Bobo clown experiment demonstrated learning through - Ans--
observation
If a person feels a certain feeling when he smells a certain perfume, then
this memory was learned through the type of learning called - Ans--classical
What is latent or incidental learning? - Ans--when in the act of learning one
thing, a person also learns something else
In operant conditioning, the process by which a behavior will increase or
decrease in frequency is called the Law of - Ans--Effect
A person may have trouble forming new memory engrams if they have
damage to which part of the brain? - Ans--hippocampus
What is mnemonic? - Ans--a memorizing strategy
Practice Test With Full Answers
Correct
Learning, as defined by psychologists, always involves the process of -
Ans--change
A behavior, such as a sneeze, that is an automatic reaction to something is
called a __________ behavior - Ans--respondent
The consequences of a behavior are most important in ___________
conditioning - Ans--operant
In classical conditioning, the letter U stands for - Ans--unconditioned
The rate of learning is fastest at the __________ of a learning curve - Ans--
beginning
In classical conditioning, the fastest learning occurs when there is a CS-US
interval of about - Ans--1/2 second
The unlearning process is known as - Ans--extinction
In classical conditioning, if the US comes before the CS, it is called - Ans--
backward conditioning
In operant conditioning, the technical term for the S^R is the - Ans--
reinforcing stimulus
What is an example of a secondary reinforcer? - Ans--money when poor
A politician may pose with a large flag behind him in the hopes that the flag
will generate good feelings in the audience, feelings that will become
connected to the politician! This is an example of - Ans--higher-order
conditioning
, Edward Thorndike studied cats in - Ans--puzzle boxes
If a person becomes sick while eating at a particular restaurant, they may
later have an ishy feeling in that restaurant, The restaurant is called a - Ans--
CS
The idea that a person is like a lump of clay that can be shaped in any way is
called - Ans--tabula rasa
What kind of learning involves reinforcers? - Ans--operant
What is an example of negative punishment? - Ans--Mary's bike is taken
away from her when she says a bad word
Tolman identified a concept known as a - Ans--cognitive behavior
A very high, steady rate of responding occurs with reinforcement schedules
such as a gambling slot machine, which are called - Ans--VR
The Bobo clown experiment demonstrated learning through - Ans--
observation
If a person feels a certain feeling when he smells a certain perfume, then
this memory was learned through the type of learning called - Ans--classical
What is latent or incidental learning? - Ans--when in the act of learning one
thing, a person also learns something else
In operant conditioning, the process by which a behavior will increase or
decrease in frequency is called the Law of - Ans--Effect
A person may have trouble forming new memory engrams if they have
damage to which part of the brain? - Ans--hippocampus
What is mnemonic? - Ans--a memorizing strategy
