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Final Review Chapter Questions and
Answers
General Psychology ()
,
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. chapter 6
Which of the following is an example of a reflex that occurs at some point in the development of
a human being?
A. child riding a bike
B. teen socializing
C. infant sucking on a nipple
D. toddler walking
2. Learning is best defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior that ________.
A. is innate
B. occurs as a result of experience
C. is found only in humans
D. occurs by observing others
3. Two forms of associative learning are ________ and ________.
A. classical conditioning; operant conditioning
B. classical conditioning; Pavlovian conditioning
C. operant conditioning; observational learning
D. operant conditioning; learning conditioning
4. In ________ the stimulus or experience occurs before the behavior and then gets paired with
the behavior.
A. associative learning
B. observational learning
C. operant conditioning
D. classical conditioning
5. A stimulus that does not initially elicit a response in an organism is a(n) ________.
A. unconditioned stimulus
B. neutral stimulus
C. conditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned response
6. In Watson and Rayner’s experiments, Little Albert was conditioned to fear a white rat, and
then he began to be afraid of other furry white objects. This demonstrates ________.
A. higher order conditioning
B. acquisition
C. stimulus discrimination
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D. stimulus generalization
7. Extinction occurs when ________.
A. the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with an
unconditioned stimulus
B. the unconditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with a
conditioned stimulus
C. the neutral stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with an unconditioned
stimulus
D. the neutral stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with a conditioned
stimulus
8. In Pavlov’s work with dogs, the psychic secretions were ________.
A. unconditioned responses
B. conditioned responses
C. unconditioned stimuli
D. conditioned stimuli
9. ________ is when you take away a pleasant stimulus to stop a behavior.
A. positive reinforcement
B. negative reinforcement
C. positive punishment
D. negative punishment
10. Which of the following is not an example of a primary reinforcer?
A. food
B. money
C. water
D. sex
11. Rewarding successive approximations toward a target behavior is ________.
A. shaping
B. extinction
C. positive reinforcement
D. negative reinforcement
12. Slot machines reward gamblers with money according to which reinforcement schedule?
A. fixed ratio
B. variable ratio
C. fixed interval
Final Review Chapter Questions and
Answers
General Psychology ()
,
, lOMoAR cPSD| 6536636
. chapter 6
Which of the following is an example of a reflex that occurs at some point in the development of
a human being?
A. child riding a bike
B. teen socializing
C. infant sucking on a nipple
D. toddler walking
2. Learning is best defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior that ________.
A. is innate
B. occurs as a result of experience
C. is found only in humans
D. occurs by observing others
3. Two forms of associative learning are ________ and ________.
A. classical conditioning; operant conditioning
B. classical conditioning; Pavlovian conditioning
C. operant conditioning; observational learning
D. operant conditioning; learning conditioning
4. In ________ the stimulus or experience occurs before the behavior and then gets paired with
the behavior.
A. associative learning
B. observational learning
C. operant conditioning
D. classical conditioning
5. A stimulus that does not initially elicit a response in an organism is a(n) ________.
A. unconditioned stimulus
B. neutral stimulus
C. conditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned response
6. In Watson and Rayner’s experiments, Little Albert was conditioned to fear a white rat, and
then he began to be afraid of other furry white objects. This demonstrates ________.
A. higher order conditioning
B. acquisition
C. stimulus discrimination
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D. stimulus generalization
7. Extinction occurs when ________.
A. the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with an
unconditioned stimulus
B. the unconditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with a
conditioned stimulus
C. the neutral stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with an unconditioned
stimulus
D. the neutral stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with a conditioned
stimulus
8. In Pavlov’s work with dogs, the psychic secretions were ________.
A. unconditioned responses
B. conditioned responses
C. unconditioned stimuli
D. conditioned stimuli
9. ________ is when you take away a pleasant stimulus to stop a behavior.
A. positive reinforcement
B. negative reinforcement
C. positive punishment
D. negative punishment
10. Which of the following is not an example of a primary reinforcer?
A. food
B. money
C. water
D. sex
11. Rewarding successive approximations toward a target behavior is ________.
A. shaping
B. extinction
C. positive reinforcement
D. negative reinforcement
12. Slot machines reward gamblers with money according to which reinforcement schedule?
A. fixed ratio
B. variable ratio
C. fixed interval
