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PSYCHOLOGY 387 - LEARNING (ATHABASCA)
- FINAL STUDY GUIDE (1) QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS | GUARANTEED
SUCCESS.
E. L. Thorndike's studies of learning started as an attempt to
understand _______.
a. operant conditioning
b. the psychic reflex
c. animal intelligence
d. maze learning - correct answer- animal intelligence
In one of Thorndike's puzzle boxes, a door would fall open
when a cat stepped on a treadle, thus allowing the cat to reach
food outside the box. Eventually the cat would step on the
treadle as soon as it was put into the box. Thorndike concluded
that ________.
a. the reasoning ability of cats is quite remarkable
b. treadle stepping increased because it had a "satisfying
effect"
c. the treadle is a CS for stepping
d. learning meant connecting the treadle with freedom and food
- correct answer- treadle stepping increased because it had a
"satisfying effect"
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Operant learning is sometimes called ________ learning.
a. free
b. higher-order
c. instrumental
d. reward - correct answer- Instrumental
Operant learning may also be referred to as _______.
a. trial-and-error learning
b. effects learning
c. non-Pavlovian conditioning
d. instrumental learning - correct answer- Instrumental learning
Mary's grandmother, Pearl, is from the Old Country. Although
she knows some English, she continues to speak her native
tongue. Pearl can't go anywhere without a member of the family
because she can't communicate with people about prices,
directions, bus routes, etc. Pearl's resistance to learning
English is most likely the result of ______.
a. a lack of intelligence
b. age. Studies show that after the age of 60 learning a second
language is nearly impossible.
c. the length of time she has spent speaking her native
language
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d. the benefits she receives for not speaking English - correct
answer- the benefits she receives for not speaking English
Mary decides to try to modify Pearl's behavior (see above item).
She and the rest of the family refuse to respond to any
comment or request by Pearl that they know she is capable of
expressing in English. For example, if during dinner she says,
"Pass the potatoes" in English, she gets potatoes; if she says it
in her native language she gets ignored. The procedure being
used to change Pearl's behavior is ______.
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. adventitious reinforcement
d. punishment - correct answer- positive reinforcement
. The number of operant procedures indicated in the
contingency square is ______.
a. two
b. four
c. six
d. nine - correct answer- four
Positive reinforcement is sometimes called _______.
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a. escape training
b. positive training
c. satisfier training
d. reward learning - correct answer- reward learning
Negative reinforcement is also called _______.
a. punishment
b. aversive training
c. escape-avoidance training
d. reward training - correct answer- escape-avoidance training
. The author of your text calls Skinner the ______.
a. Newton of psychology
b. Thorndike of free operant work
c. discoverer of reinforcement
d. Darwin of behavior science - correct answer- Darwin of
behavior science
The opposite of a conditioned reinforcer is a ______.
a. tertiary reinforcer
b. secondary reinforcer
c. primary reinforcer
PSYCHOLOGY 387 - LEARNING (ATHABASCA)
- FINAL STUDY GUIDE (1) QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS | GUARANTEED
SUCCESS.
E. L. Thorndike's studies of learning started as an attempt to
understand _______.
a. operant conditioning
b. the psychic reflex
c. animal intelligence
d. maze learning - correct answer- animal intelligence
In one of Thorndike's puzzle boxes, a door would fall open
when a cat stepped on a treadle, thus allowing the cat to reach
food outside the box. Eventually the cat would step on the
treadle as soon as it was put into the box. Thorndike concluded
that ________.
a. the reasoning ability of cats is quite remarkable
b. treadle stepping increased because it had a "satisfying
effect"
c. the treadle is a CS for stepping
d. learning meant connecting the treadle with freedom and food
- correct answer- treadle stepping increased because it had a
"satisfying effect"
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Operant learning is sometimes called ________ learning.
a. free
b. higher-order
c. instrumental
d. reward - correct answer- Instrumental
Operant learning may also be referred to as _______.
a. trial-and-error learning
b. effects learning
c. non-Pavlovian conditioning
d. instrumental learning - correct answer- Instrumental learning
Mary's grandmother, Pearl, is from the Old Country. Although
she knows some English, she continues to speak her native
tongue. Pearl can't go anywhere without a member of the family
because she can't communicate with people about prices,
directions, bus routes, etc. Pearl's resistance to learning
English is most likely the result of ______.
a. a lack of intelligence
b. age. Studies show that after the age of 60 learning a second
language is nearly impossible.
c. the length of time she has spent speaking her native
language
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d. the benefits she receives for not speaking English - correct
answer- the benefits she receives for not speaking English
Mary decides to try to modify Pearl's behavior (see above item).
She and the rest of the family refuse to respond to any
comment or request by Pearl that they know she is capable of
expressing in English. For example, if during dinner she says,
"Pass the potatoes" in English, she gets potatoes; if she says it
in her native language she gets ignored. The procedure being
used to change Pearl's behavior is ______.
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. adventitious reinforcement
d. punishment - correct answer- positive reinforcement
. The number of operant procedures indicated in the
contingency square is ______.
a. two
b. four
c. six
d. nine - correct answer- four
Positive reinforcement is sometimes called _______.
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a. escape training
b. positive training
c. satisfier training
d. reward learning - correct answer- reward learning
Negative reinforcement is also called _______.
a. punishment
b. aversive training
c. escape-avoidance training
d. reward training - correct answer- escape-avoidance training
. The author of your text calls Skinner the ______.
a. Newton of psychology
b. Thorndike of free operant work
c. discoverer of reinforcement
d. Darwin of behavior science - correct answer- Darwin of
behavior science
The opposite of a conditioned reinforcer is a ______.
a. tertiary reinforcer
b. secondary reinforcer
c. primary reinforcer
