QUIZ #4 (Ch.5) Learning

Question 1

Learning that is in a step by step method assumes that any complex task can be broken into a number of small steps.

Answer 1

Programmed learning

Question 2

Relatively permanent change in behaviors or knowledge due to experience.

Answer 2

Learning

Question 3

A stimulus presented to a person or animal that decreases the probability of a particular response is known as __________.

Answer 3

punishment by application

Question 4

Thorndike was known for his work with ______.

Answer 4

a puzzle box

Question 5

Learning to make a reflex response to a stimulus other than to the original, natural stimulus is called _______________

Answer 5

classical conditioning

Question 6

Which of the following statements about learning is NOT true?
Learning is another word for “maturation.”
Learning is relatively permanent.
Learning involves changes in behavior.
Learning involves experiences

Answer 6

Learning is another word for “maturation.”

Question 7

A little boy learns that crying will cut short the time that he must remain in the room” is an example of:

Answer 7

Escape conditioning

Question 8

A process in which a person stops trying to exert control after experience suggests that no control is possible.

Answer 8

Learned helplessness

Question 9

Why does fear caused by punishment make the punishment ineffective in changing behavior?

Answer 9

Fear interferes with the child’s ability to learn from the punishment.

Question 10

Which learning style plays a major role in the development of phobias?

Answer 10

Classical conditioning

Question 11

The relearning of a conditioned response following extinction.

Answer 11

Reconditioning

Question 12

After a CS comes to elicit the CR response, the CS now can be paired with a new neutral stimulus and this second neutral stimulus will start to elicit a CR. This process is called _______________.

Answer 12

Higher-order conditioning

Question 13

The acronym CR stands for

Answer 13

Conditioned response

Question 14

Changes controlled by a genetic blueprint, such as an increase in height or the size of the brain, are examples of __________________

Answer 14

Maturation

Question 15

A negative reinforcer is a stimulus that is ___________and, thus, ________ the probability of a response.

Answer 15

Removed; increases

Question 16

Shaping is also called:

Answer 16

Successive approximation

Question 17

Punishment _________ the frequency of an operant behavior in an individual.

Answer 17

Reduces

Question 18

Learning to make a reflex response to a stimulus other than to the original, natural stimulus is called ________________.

Answer 18

Classical conditioning

Question 19

The acronym UCR stands for _____________.

Answer 19

Unconditioned response

Question 20

What was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in the case of Little Albert?

Answer 20

A loud noise

Question 21

___________________ calls for reinforcement after a certain number of responses, but that number changes each experience.

Answer 21

Variable ratio schedule

Question 22

Reduced responsiveness to a repeated stimulus.

Answer 22

Habituation

Question 23

Which is NOT a factor influencing the learning of conditioned responses?
Timing
Predictability
Volume
Intensity

Answer 23

Volume

Question 24

A box used in operant conditioning of animals that limits the available responses and, thus, increases the likelihood that the desired response will occur is called a ______.

Answer 24

Skinner box

Question 25

Biofeedback is an application of __

Answer 25

Operant conditioning