Unit 6 Practice Test Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1.Conditioning is the process of a. discrimination. b. spontaneous recovery. c. learning associations. d. observational learning. e. generalization. ____ a. learning depends on how predictably rather than how frequently events are associated. b. unlike lower animals, humans learn through a process of cognition. c. both humans and lower animals learn to expect that a CS will be followed by a US. d. learning should be explained without any 2. Pets who learn that the sound of an electric can opener signals the arrival of their food illustrate a. shaping. b. extrinsic motivation. ____ c. classical conditioning. d. observational learning. e. negative reinforcement. ____ 3. Seals in an aquarium will repeat behaviors, such as slapping and barking, that prompt people to toss them a herring. This best illustrates ____ a. respondent behavior. b. operant conditioning. c. observational learning. d. latent learning. e. spontaneous recovery. ____ ____ ____ 4. The first experimental studies of associative learning were conducted by ____ a. John B. Watson. b. B. F. Skinner. c. Albert Bandura. d. Ivan Pavlov. e. Edward Deci. 5. Who introduced the term behaviorism? a. John Garcia b. B. F. Skinner c. John B. Watson d. Albert Bandura e. Ivan Pavlov 6. John B. Watson emphasized that reference to mental processes. e. cognition plays a role in conditioning through the power of prediction. 7. In Pavlov's experiments, the dog's salivation triggered by the taste of food was a(n) a. conditioned response. b. unconditioned response. c. unconditioned stimulus. d. conditioned stimulus. e. neutral stimulus. 8. A child's learned fear at the sight of a hypodermic needle is a(n) a. conditioned response. b. unconditioned stimulus. c. conditioned stimulus. d. unconditioned response. e. nonconditioned response. 9. If a ringing bell causes a dog to salivate because the bell has been regularly associated with food in the mouth, the UR is the a. ringing bell. b. salivation to the ringing bell. c. food in the mouth. d. salivation to the food in the mouth. e. dog's hunger. ____ 10. In Pavlov's experiments on the salivary conditioning of dogs, a CR was a. salivation to the sound of a tone. b. salivation to the taste of food. c. the sound of a tone. d. the taste of food. e. sight of the food in the bowl. ____ 15. Toddlers taught to fear moving cars may also ____ 11. The infant Albert developed a fear of rats after begin to fear moving trucks and motorcycles. This best illustrates a. generalization. b. secondary reinforcement. c. shaping. d. intermittent reinforcement. e. spontaneous recovery. a white rat was associated with a loud noise. In this example, fear of the white rat was the a. US. b. UR. c. CS. d. CR. e. SA. ____ 16. Some of Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of one particular tone and not to ____ 12. Researchers condition a flatworm to contract other tones. This illustrates the process of its body to a light by repeatedly pairing the a. shaping. light with electric shock. The stage in which b. latent learning. the flatworm's contraction response to light is c. secondary reinforcement. established and gradually strengthened is d. discrimination. called e. extinction. a. shaping. b. acquisition. ____ 17. After repeatedly taking alcohol spiked with a c. generalization. nausea-producing drug, people with alcohol d. spontaneous recovery. dependence may fail to develop an aversive e. latent learning. reaction to alcohol because they blame their nausea on the drug. This illustrates the ____ 13. In classical conditioning, the importance of ________ in classical a. neutral stimulus is presented before the conditioning. unconditioned stimulus. a. biological predispositions b. unconditioned stimulus elicits the b. generalization conditioned response. c. negative reinforcement c. neutral stimulus elicits salivation. d. cognitive processes d. unconditioned stimulus is the same as the e. spontaneous recovery conditioned stimulus. e. unconditioned response produces the ____ 18. After experiencing inescapable brutalities as a conditioned response. prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, Mr. Sternberg became apathetic, stopped eating, ____ 14. Long after being bitten by a stray dog, Alonzo and gave up all efforts to physically survive found that his fear of dogs seemed to have the ordeal. Mr. Sternberg's reaction most disappeared. To his surprise, however, when clearly illustrates he was recently confronted by a stray dog, he a. negative reinforcement. experienced a sudden twinge of anxiety. This b. observational learning. sudden anxiety best illustrates c. learned helplessness. a. delayed reinforcement. d. partial reinforcement. b. latent learning. e. latent learning. c. spontaneous recovery. d. shaping. ____ 19. Wolves that were tempted into eating sheep e. discrimination. carcasses laced with poison develop an aversion to sheep meat. Which of the following provided the initial evidence leading to this practice? a. Robert Rescorla's research on the ____ 23. In classical conditioning, an organism forms importance of cognition in classical associations between a. mirror neurons. conditioning b. B. F. Skinner's studies on intermittent b. events that it does not control. c. primary and secondary reinforcers. schedules of reinforcement c. Martin Seligman's research on learned d. its own behavior and resulting outcomes. e. positive and negative reinforcers. helplessness d. John Garcia's studies on the importance of ____ 24. An automatic response to some stimulus is biological predispositions in conditioning called e. Edward L. Thorndike's research on the law a. associative learning. of effect b. respondent behavior. c. observational learning. ____ 20. The idea that any perceivable neutral stimulus d. operant behavior. can serve as a CS was challenged by a. Garcia and Koelling's findings on taste e. latent learning. aversion in rats. ____ 25. In which form of learning is behavior said to b. Pavlov's findings on the conditioned be influenced by its consequences? salivary response. a. observational learning c. Watson and Rayner's findings on fear b. classical conditioning conditioning in infants. c. operant conditioning d. Bandura's findings on observational d. latent learning learning and aggression in children. e. insight e. Skinner's research on schedules of reinforcement. ____ 26. The process of reinforcing successively closer ____ 21. Ivan Pavlov's experiments a. illustrated how the law of effect can be applied to conditioning. b. revealed how biological predispositions affect learning. c. showed that cognition is important to approximations to a desired behavior is called a. generalization. b. intermittent reinforcement. c. shaping. d. secondary reinforcement. e. modeling. learning. ____ 27. A pigeon is consistently reinforced with food d. demonstrated how learning can be studied for pecking a key after seeing an image of a objectively. e. exhibited the central principles of operant conditioning. ____ 22. After he was spanked on several occasions for human face, but not reinforced for pecking after seeing other images. By signaling that a pecking response will be reinforced, the image of a human face is a(n) a. unconditioned stimulus. b. partial reinforcement. c. discriminative stimulus. d. primary reinforcer. e. generalized stimulus. spilling his milk at a restaurant, Colin became afraid to go to the restaurant. In this case, spanking was a(n) ________ for Colin's fear. a. negative reinforcer b. conditioned stimulus c. secondary reinforcer ____ 28. Which of the following is true of positive and d. unconditioned stimulus negative reinforcers? e. primary reinforcer a. Positive reinforcers decrease the rate of operant responding; negative reinforcers increase the rate of operant responding. b. Positive reinforcers increase the rate of ____ 29. ____ 30. ____ 31. ____ 32. b. a spanking for eating cookies before dinner c. a cold root beer for mowing the lawn on a operant responding; negative reinforcers hot day d. decrease the rate of operant responding. termination of shock after removing one's c. Positive reinforcers increase the rate of finger from a live electric wire e. pudding for eating all your peas at supper operant responding; negative reinforcers increase the rate of operant responding. d. Positive reinforcers have no effect on the____ 33. To quickly teach a dog to roll over on command, you would be best advised to use rate of operant responding; negative a. classical conditioning rather than operant reinforcers decrease the rate of operant conditioning. responding. b. partial reinforcement rather than e. Positive reinforcers increase the rate of continuous reinforcement. operant responding; negative reinforcers c. latent learning rather than shaping. have no effect on the rate of operant d. immediate reinforcers rather than delayed responding. reinforcers. e. negative reinforcers rather than positive Because Mandisa always picked up her newborn daughter when she cried, her reinforcers. daughter is now a real crybaby. In this case, ____ 34. A trainer wants to train a chicken to peck a picking up the infant served as a(n) ________ key to obtain food. If she wants the chicken to for crying. learn this trick quickly and the behavior to be a. negative reinforcer resistant to extinction, she should use b. conditioned stimulus ________ reinforcement until the response is c. positive reinforcer mastered and then follow with a period of d. unconditioned stimulus ________ reinforcement. e. punisher a. positive; negative b. negative; positive Innately satisfying stimuli that fulfill c. primary; secondary biological needs are called ________ d. partial; continuous reinforcers. a. fixed e. continuous; partial b. primary ____ 35. Watching the night sky for shooting stars is c. positive likely to be reinforced on a ________ d. continuous schedule. e. unconditioned a. fixed-interval b. fixed-ratio A stimulus that acquires reinforcing power by c. variable-interval association with a primary reinforcer is called d. variable-ratio a ________ reinforcer. a. delayed e. partial-delayed b. negative ____ 36. The introduction of an unpleasant stimulus is c. partial to ________ as the withdrawal of an d. conditioned unpleasant stimulus is to ________. e. positive a. acquisition; extinction b. negative reinforcer; positive reinforcer Which of the following is the best example of c. primary reinforcer; secondary reinforcer a conditioned reinforcer? a. applause for an excellent piano recital d. punishment; reinforcement e. partial reinforcement; continuous c. intrinsic motivation; extrinsic motivation d. operant conditioning; classical reinforcement ____ 37. A child who is punished for swearing at home conditioning e. insight learning; latent learning but reinforced for swearing on the school playground is most likely to demonstrate a ____ 42. Promising people monetary rewards for doing patterned habit of swearing that is indicative what they already enjoy doing is most likely of to undermine a. negative reinforcement. a. latent learning. b. instinctive drift. b. intrinsic motivation. c. discrimination. c. spontaneous recovery. d. extinction. d. generalization. e. spontaneous reinforcement. e. discrimination. ____ 38. A young child who is spanked after running____ 43. It is easier to train a dog to bark for food than into the street learns not to repeat this behavior. In this case, the spanking is a a. positive reinforcer. b. conditioned reinforce. c. positive punishment. d. negative punishment. e. negative reinforcer. ____ 39. The best evidence that animals develop cognitive maps comes from studies of a. shaping. b. generalization. c. latent learning. d. secondary reinforcement. e. spontaneous recovery. ____ 40. Professor Kohler observed chimpanzees to train it to stand on its hind legs for food. This best illustrates the importance of ________ in learning. a. primary reinforcement b. generalization c. biological predispositions d. negative reinforcement e. spontaneous recovery ____ 44. Animals tend to revert from newly learned habits to their biologically predisposed behaviors. This is an example of a. latent learning. b. instinctive drift. c. the law of effect. d. spontaneous recovery. e. operant conditioning. discover a novel way to reach a banana hung out of their reach. This scenario is most likely ____ 45. Alex learned how to make 3-point basketball an example of which type of learning? shots by successfully making very short shots a. operant learning before shooting from increasingly longer b. classical conditioning distances from the hoop. This learning c. observational learning strategy best illustrates the process of d. insight learning a. observational learning. e. latent learning b. delayed reinforcement. c. classical conditioning. ____ 41. Marcy grows roses for the sheer joy of it; d. shaping. Jennifer grows them to sell at a profit. Marcy's e. operant conditioning. behavior reflects ________, whereas Jennifer's behavior reflects ________. a. spontaneous recovery; acquisition b. a variable-ratio schedule; a fixed-ratio schedule ____ 46. Mr. Schlenker has improved worker ____ 47. ____ 48. ____ 49. ____ 50. b. c. d. e. generalization. discrimination. cognitive processes. extinction. productivity at his furniture manufacturing plant by occasionally sending notes of appreciation to his hard-working employees. Mr. Schlenker has improved productivity by ____ 51. Jeremy wears his baseball cap backward means of because he noticed his older brother does so. a. latent learning. This illustrates the importance of b. classical conditioning. a. respondent behavior. c. modeling. b. immediate reinforcement. d. operant conditioning. c. spontaneous recovery. e. observational learning. d. modeling. e. shaping. The results of early research on biofeedback were surprising because they indicated that ____ 52. Which of the following become active both people could learn to control bodily functions when people watch an action being performed regulated by the and when they perform that action a. somatic nervous system. themselves? b. autonomic nervous system. a. cognitive maps c. cerebellum. b. fixed-ratio schedules d. frontal lobes. c. mirror neurons e. endocrine system. d. operant chambers e. biofeedback systems Both classical and operant conditioning are forms of ____ 53. The reduced imitative yawning displayed by a. associative learning. people with autism is most directly related to b. respondent behavior. their reduced levels of c. observational learning. a. mirror neuron activity. d. intrinsic motivation. b. spontaneous recovery. e. latent learning. c. respondent behavior. d. positive reinforcement. A learned association between a response and e. associative learning. a consequence is central to a. operant conditioning. ____ 54. Experiments suggest that children exposed to b. latent learning. a model who says one thing and does another c. classical conditioning. will d. intrinsic motivation. a. ignore both what the model says and does. e. insight learning. b. ignore what the model does but talk in After being classically conditioned to salivate ways consistent with what the model says. c. ignore what the model says but act in ways to a tone, a dog continues to hear a tone but does not receive food; as a result, salivation consistent with what the model does. d. talk in ways consistent with what the will decrease, then disappear. A dog owner may use operant conditioning to train a dog to model says and act in ways consistent with “sit” by presenting a treat each time the dog what the model does. e. talk in ways that contradict the model in sits. However, the behavior may diminish if the treats are discontinued. Both examples order to match the observed behavior. illustrate a. spontaneous recovery. ____ 55. Most researchers who have examined the effects of viewing televised aggression conclude that a. viewing violence takes people's minds off their own problems and thus reduces their aggressive urges. b. viewing violence leads children and teenagers to behave aggressively. c. there is no correlation between viewing aggression and behaving aggressively. d. although viewing violence is correlated with increased aggression, there is no evidence that viewing violence actually leads to aggression. e. viewing violence is cathartic and lessens aggressive impulses. Unit 6 Practice Test Answer Section MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. ANS: OBJ: 2. ANS: OBJ: 3. ANS: OBJ: 4. ANS: OBJ: 5. ANS: OBJ: 6. ANS: OBJ: 7. ANS: OBJ: 8. ANS: OBJ: 9. ANS: OBJ: 10. ANS: OBJ: 11. ANS: OBJ: 12. ANS: OBJ: 13. ANS: OBJ: 14. ANS: OBJ: MSC: 15. ANS: OBJ: MSC: 16. 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