PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM -
MULTIPLE CHOICE WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Learning is _________. correct answers >> Any relatively
permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or
practice.
A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. If the
child also shows fear when shown a white rabbit, this is called
___________. Also a person who reacts with anxiety to the sound of
a dentist's drill might react with some slight anxiety to a similar-
sounding machine, such as an electric coffee grinder. correct
answers >> Stimulus generalization.
The fact that some kinds of stimuli (like a taste) are more easily
and quickly connected to a response (like nausea) is explained by
the concept of _______. correct answers >> Biological
Preparedness
In classical conditioning, the _______ are important in learning, but
in operant conditioning, it is the _________ that determine whether
learning will occur. correct answers >> antecedents (what
comes directly before);
consequences (what comes after)
, For every 10 boxes of cookies that Lisa sells, her scout troop gets
a dollar. Lisa is being reinforced on what schedule? correct
answers >> Fixed-Ratio
Dennis buys a lottery ticket every Saturday using the same set of
numbers. Although he has only won $25 on one occasion, he
keeps buying the tickets. In fact, he's a little afraid that if he
doesn't buy a ticket, that would be the one that would win really
big. The fact that Dennis seems addicted to buying lottery tickets
is a common characteristic of which schedule of reinforcement?
correct answers >> Variable-Ratio
Liz failed her math test, so her parents told her that she could not
play video games for a month. Her parents are using ________.
correct answers >> punishment by removal
To make punishment more effective, it should be ________.
correct answers >> paired with reinforcement of the correct
behavior
Jody has had repeated failures at asking guys out on dates.
Finally, she gives up. One day at the office a really nice guy
seems interested in her, but she refuses to even approach him.
What concept might explain her reluctance? correct answers
>> Learned Helpfulness
Memory can be best be described as ________. correct answers
>> an active system that encodes, stores, and retrieves
information.
MULTIPLE CHOICE WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Learning is _________. correct answers >> Any relatively
permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or
practice.
A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. If the
child also shows fear when shown a white rabbit, this is called
___________. Also a person who reacts with anxiety to the sound of
a dentist's drill might react with some slight anxiety to a similar-
sounding machine, such as an electric coffee grinder. correct
answers >> Stimulus generalization.
The fact that some kinds of stimuli (like a taste) are more easily
and quickly connected to a response (like nausea) is explained by
the concept of _______. correct answers >> Biological
Preparedness
In classical conditioning, the _______ are important in learning, but
in operant conditioning, it is the _________ that determine whether
learning will occur. correct answers >> antecedents (what
comes directly before);
consequences (what comes after)
, For every 10 boxes of cookies that Lisa sells, her scout troop gets
a dollar. Lisa is being reinforced on what schedule? correct
answers >> Fixed-Ratio
Dennis buys a lottery ticket every Saturday using the same set of
numbers. Although he has only won $25 on one occasion, he
keeps buying the tickets. In fact, he's a little afraid that if he
doesn't buy a ticket, that would be the one that would win really
big. The fact that Dennis seems addicted to buying lottery tickets
is a common characteristic of which schedule of reinforcement?
correct answers >> Variable-Ratio
Liz failed her math test, so her parents told her that she could not
play video games for a month. Her parents are using ________.
correct answers >> punishment by removal
To make punishment more effective, it should be ________.
correct answers >> paired with reinforcement of the correct
behavior
Jody has had repeated failures at asking guys out on dates.
Finally, she gives up. One day at the office a really nice guy
seems interested in her, but she refuses to even approach him.
What concept might explain her reluctance? correct answers
>> Learned Helpfulness
Memory can be best be described as ________. correct answers
>> an active system that encodes, stores, and retrieves
information.
