Psychology Exam questions and
answers graded A+
Learning is _________. - ANS✅✅Any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by
experience or practice.
A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. If the child also shows fear when shown a
white rabbit, this is called ___________. Also a person who reacts with anxiety to the sound of a
dentist's drill might react with some slight anxiety to a similar-sounding machine, such as an electric
coffee grinder. - ANS✅✅Stimulus generalization.
The fact that some kinds of stimuli (like a taste) are more easily and quickly connected to a response
(like nausea) is explained by the concept of _______. - ANS✅✅Biological Preparedness
In classical conditioning, the _______ are important in learning, but in operant conditioning, it is the
_________ that determine whether learning will occur. - ANS✅✅antecedents (what comes
directly before);
consequences (what comes after)
For every 10 boxes of cookies that Lisa sells, her scout troop gets a dollar. Lisa is being reinforced on
what schedule? - ANS✅✅Fixed-Ratio
Dennis buys a lottery ticket every Saturday using the same set of numbers. Although he has only
won $25 on one occasion, he keeps buying the tickets. In fact, he's a little afraid that if he doesn't
buy a ticket, that would be the one that would win really big. The fact that Dennis seems addicted to
buying lottery tickets is a common characteristic of which schedule of reinforcement? -
ANS✅✅Variable-Ratio
Liz failed her math test, so her parents told her that she could not play video games for a month. Her
parents are using ________. - ANS✅✅punishment by removal
To make punishment more effective, it should be ________. - ANS✅✅paired with reinforcement
of the correct behavior
answers graded A+
Learning is _________. - ANS✅✅Any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by
experience or practice.
A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. If the child also shows fear when shown a
white rabbit, this is called ___________. Also a person who reacts with anxiety to the sound of a
dentist's drill might react with some slight anxiety to a similar-sounding machine, such as an electric
coffee grinder. - ANS✅✅Stimulus generalization.
The fact that some kinds of stimuli (like a taste) are more easily and quickly connected to a response
(like nausea) is explained by the concept of _______. - ANS✅✅Biological Preparedness
In classical conditioning, the _______ are important in learning, but in operant conditioning, it is the
_________ that determine whether learning will occur. - ANS✅✅antecedents (what comes
directly before);
consequences (what comes after)
For every 10 boxes of cookies that Lisa sells, her scout troop gets a dollar. Lisa is being reinforced on
what schedule? - ANS✅✅Fixed-Ratio
Dennis buys a lottery ticket every Saturday using the same set of numbers. Although he has only
won $25 on one occasion, he keeps buying the tickets. In fact, he's a little afraid that if he doesn't
buy a ticket, that would be the one that would win really big. The fact that Dennis seems addicted to
buying lottery tickets is a common characteristic of which schedule of reinforcement? -
ANS✅✅Variable-Ratio
Liz failed her math test, so her parents told her that she could not play video games for a month. Her
parents are using ________. - ANS✅✅punishment by removal
To make punishment more effective, it should be ________. - ANS✅✅paired with reinforcement
of the correct behavior
