science of behaviour Flashcards
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What was the Little Albert Experiment (1920)?
a) An experiment by Pavlov on classical conditioning
b) An experiment by John Watson demonstrating classical conditioning in children
c) An experiment on social learning
d) None of the above
c
What is operant conditioning?
a) Learning by association
b) Learning by reinforcement and punishment
c) Learning through observation
d) None of the above
b
What are the ABC’s of operant conditioning?
a) Attention, Behavior, Consequence
b) Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
c) Attention, Behavior, Contingency
d) Antecedent, Behavior, Contingency
b
What are the four stages of social learning according to Bandura?
a) Attention, Recognition, Reproduction, Motivation
b) Attention, Retention, Reproduction, Motivation
c) Observation, Retention, Reproduction, Motivation
d) None of the above
b
What is the role of opportunity in the COM-B model?
a) It involves psychological capacity and physical capacity
b) It represents the voluntary and involuntary aspects of motivation
c) It includes factors outside the control of the individual
d) It refers to the type of behavior being exhibited
e) It focuses on the consequences of behavior
c
In classical conditioning, what is the process by which a previously neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus?
a) Acquisition
b) Generalization
c) Discrimination
d) Extinction
e) Counterconditioning
a
According to Bandura’s social learning theory, what term describes the expectation that a behavior will lead to a particular outcome?
a) Outcome anticipation
b) Self-efficacy
c) Behavioral expectancy
d) Outcome expectancy
e) Response expectancy
d
Which type of reinforcement schedule involves reinforcing a behavior after a variable number of responses, making it difficult to predict when reinforcement will occur?
a) Fixed-ratio schedule
b) Variable-ratio schedule
c) Fixed-interval schedule
d) Variable-interval schedule
e) Continuous reinforcement
b
