Learning & Behavior
8th Edition
by James E. Mazur
Complete Chapters Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 12)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
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, Chapter 1. History, Background, and Basic Concepts
Test Bank
1. B. F. Skinner used white rats in his early experiments because
a. they exhibit only the simplest learning abilities
b. they had been frequently used in medical research
c. he felt it did not matter what species he studied
d. none of these
Answer: c
2. Aristotle’s rules of association included all of the following except
a. contiguity
b. recency
c. similarity
d. contrast
Answer: b
3. Nativism is
a. the view that all knowledge comes from experience
b. the view that no knowledge comes from experience
c. a position that has been shown to be incorrect
d. none of these
Answer: d
4. If a child learns the concept of house before the concept of floor, this learning
a. is evidence for Aristotle’s principle of contiguity
b. is evidence against Aristotle’s principle of contiguity
c. is evidence for James Mill’s theory of complex ideas
d. is evidence against James Mill’s theory of complex ideas
Answer: d
5. According to Thomas Brown’s secondary principles of association, learning is affected by
a. the length of time two stimuli are presented together
b. the liveliness or vividness of the stimuli
c. how frequently two stimuli have been presented together
d. all of these
Answer: d
6. Ebbinghaus used nonsense syllables in his list-learning experiments primarily because
a. they were relatively free from prior associations
b. they were difficult to learn
c. they were all three letters long
d. he needed a supply of hundreds of different list items
Answer: a
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, 7. If a person memorizes a list perfectly in 10 trials, and then takes 6 trials to relearn the list the
next day, the amount of savings is
a. 33.3%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 66.7%
Answer: b
8. Ebbinghaus discovered that continuing to study a list of nonsense syllables after he could
already recite the list perfectly
a. increased the savings on a later relearning test
b. did not change the savings on a later relearning test
c. actually decreased the savings on a later relearning test
d. increased the strength of backward associations
Answer: a
9. Ebbinghaus’s results suggest that studying a large number of names and dates immediately
before an exam
a. is a good strategy
b. is a poor strategy
c. will neither help nor hurt
d. will help only if this information has also been studied at some earlier time
Answer: a
10. If the savings in a serial learning experiment are 75% after a delay of 1 hour, the savings
after a delay of 2 hours will probably be
a. more than 75%
b. more than 50%
c. about 50%
d. less than 50%
Answer: b
11. Ebbinghaus’s experiments, in which a previously learned list was systematically rearranged
and the new list was learned, provided evidence supporting
a. the recency principle
b. the contiguity principle
c. the similarity principle
d. none of these
Answer: b
12. Ebbinghaus’s results suggest that continuing to recite a poem after you have learned it
perfectly
a. will improve your ability to remember it later
b. will harm your ability to remember it later
c. will have no effect on your ability to remember it later
d. will interfere with your ability to learn other poems
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8th Edition
by James E. Mazur
Complete Chapters Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 12)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
, Chapter 1. History, Background, and Basic Concepts
Test Bank
1. B. F. Skinner used white rats in his early experiments because
a. they exhibit only the simplest learning abilities
b. they had been frequently used in medical research
c. he felt it did not matter what species he studied
d. none of these
Answer: c
2. Aristotle’s rules of association included all of the following except
a. contiguity
b. recency
c. similarity
d. contrast
Answer: b
3. Nativism is
a. the view that all knowledge comes from experience
b. the view that no knowledge comes from experience
c. a position that has been shown to be incorrect
d. none of these
Answer: d
4. If a child learns the concept of house before the concept of floor, this learning
a. is evidence for Aristotle’s principle of contiguity
b. is evidence against Aristotle’s principle of contiguity
c. is evidence for James Mill’s theory of complex ideas
d. is evidence against James Mill’s theory of complex ideas
Answer: d
5. According to Thomas Brown’s secondary principles of association, learning is affected by
a. the length of time two stimuli are presented together
b. the liveliness or vividness of the stimuli
c. how frequently two stimuli have been presented together
d. all of these
Answer: d
6. Ebbinghaus used nonsense syllables in his list-learning experiments primarily because
a. they were relatively free from prior associations
b. they were difficult to learn
c. they were all three letters long
d. he needed a supply of hundreds of different list items
Answer: a
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, 7. If a person memorizes a list perfectly in 10 trials, and then takes 6 trials to relearn the list the
next day, the amount of savings is
a. 33.3%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 66.7%
Answer: b
8. Ebbinghaus discovered that continuing to study a list of nonsense syllables after he could
already recite the list perfectly
a. increased the savings on a later relearning test
b. did not change the savings on a later relearning test
c. actually decreased the savings on a later relearning test
d. increased the strength of backward associations
Answer: a
9. Ebbinghaus’s results suggest that studying a large number of names and dates immediately
before an exam
a. is a good strategy
b. is a poor strategy
c. will neither help nor hurt
d. will help only if this information has also been studied at some earlier time
Answer: a
10. If the savings in a serial learning experiment are 75% after a delay of 1 hour, the savings
after a delay of 2 hours will probably be
a. more than 75%
b. more than 50%
c. about 50%
d. less than 50%
Answer: b
11. Ebbinghaus’s experiments, in which a previously learned list was systematically rearranged
and the new list was learned, provided evidence supporting
a. the recency principle
b. the contiguity principle
c. the similarity principle
d. none of these
Answer: b
12. Ebbinghaus’s results suggest that continuing to recite a poem after you have learned it
perfectly
a. will improve your ability to remember it later
b. will harm your ability to remember it later
c. will have no effect on your ability to remember it later
d. will interfere with your ability to learn other poems
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