Psychology UTA Exam 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
_____ is a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Learning
In the field of psychology, ________ is a theory of learning that focuses solely on observable
actions, discounting the importance of mental activities such as thinking, wishing, and hoping. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Behaviorism
Learning that occurs when a person observes and imitates another's behavior is known as -
CORRECT ANSWER - Observational learning
Everyday when Ronnie comes home from work, he opens his garage door and pulls his car into
the garage. His dog, Jonah, hears the noise of the garage door opening and the car entering the
garage before Ronnie comes through the garage door. Now when Jonah hears the garage door
open, Jonah runs to the garage door to greet Ronnie. This is an example of.... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Classical conditioning
The name of the researchers who originally described classical conditioning was_____ _______.
- CORRECT ANSWER - Ivan Pavlov
A stimulus that produces a response without prior learning - CORRECT ANSWER -
Unconditional Stimulus
An _____________ response is an unlearned response that is automatically elected by a stimulus
that produces a response without prior learning. - CORRECT ANSWER - Unconditioned
A ___________ stimulus involves a previously neutral stimulus that eventually elicits the
conditioned response after being associated with the unconditioned stimulus. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Conditioned
, By ringing a bell whenever he gave food to his lab dogs, Pavlov eventually got the dogs to
salivate to the sound of the bell is called the _____________ ____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Conditioned Response
_________ occurs when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly paired with the unconditioned
stimulus, and it occurs without awareness or effort. - CORRECT ANSWER - Acquisition
The tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original CS to elicit a response similar to
the CR. - CORRECT ANSWER - Generalization
Discrimination is the weakening of the conditioned response in the absence of the unconditioned
stimulus. - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
The weakening of the conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus is absent -
CORRECT ANSWER - Extinction
__________ refers to the decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Habituation
A child learns to behave while in the grocery store with her parents, because when she behaves
her parents buy her a treat - CORRECT ANSWER - Operant Conditioning
In order to get an animal to perform a complex behavior, we might reinforce successive
approximations. - CORRECT ANSWER - Shaping
The two types of reinforcing consequences are ________ and ________ reinforcement. -
CORRECT ANSWER - postive and negative
In positive reinforcement, the frequency of a behavior __________ because it is followed by a
desirable stimulus. - CORRECT ANSWER - increase
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
_____ is a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Learning
In the field of psychology, ________ is a theory of learning that focuses solely on observable
actions, discounting the importance of mental activities such as thinking, wishing, and hoping. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Behaviorism
Learning that occurs when a person observes and imitates another's behavior is known as -
CORRECT ANSWER - Observational learning
Everyday when Ronnie comes home from work, he opens his garage door and pulls his car into
the garage. His dog, Jonah, hears the noise of the garage door opening and the car entering the
garage before Ronnie comes through the garage door. Now when Jonah hears the garage door
open, Jonah runs to the garage door to greet Ronnie. This is an example of.... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Classical conditioning
The name of the researchers who originally described classical conditioning was_____ _______.
- CORRECT ANSWER - Ivan Pavlov
A stimulus that produces a response without prior learning - CORRECT ANSWER -
Unconditional Stimulus
An _____________ response is an unlearned response that is automatically elected by a stimulus
that produces a response without prior learning. - CORRECT ANSWER - Unconditioned
A ___________ stimulus involves a previously neutral stimulus that eventually elicits the
conditioned response after being associated with the unconditioned stimulus. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Conditioned
, By ringing a bell whenever he gave food to his lab dogs, Pavlov eventually got the dogs to
salivate to the sound of the bell is called the _____________ ____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Conditioned Response
_________ occurs when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly paired with the unconditioned
stimulus, and it occurs without awareness or effort. - CORRECT ANSWER - Acquisition
The tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original CS to elicit a response similar to
the CR. - CORRECT ANSWER - Generalization
Discrimination is the weakening of the conditioned response in the absence of the unconditioned
stimulus. - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
The weakening of the conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus is absent -
CORRECT ANSWER - Extinction
__________ refers to the decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Habituation
A child learns to behave while in the grocery store with her parents, because when she behaves
her parents buy her a treat - CORRECT ANSWER - Operant Conditioning
In order to get an animal to perform a complex behavior, we might reinforce successive
approximations. - CORRECT ANSWER - Shaping
The two types of reinforcing consequences are ________ and ________ reinforcement. -
CORRECT ANSWER - postive and negative
In positive reinforcement, the frequency of a behavior __________ because it is followed by a
desirable stimulus. - CORRECT ANSWER - increase
