AP Psychology Quiz 6A - Learning (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with Learning based questions.

Take this quiz as often as you would like. You goal for this exam should be 60% or higher.

1 Which of the following individuals is known for their work with conditioned taste aversion?

	Edward Thorndike
	John B.Watson
	Ivan Pavlov
	John Garcia
	Charles Darwin

2 Base your answer on the paragraph below.

Jessica brought home a new kitten that would salivate at the sight of kitty food. When it was time to feed the kitten, Jessica would first open the refrigerator door and then give the food to the kitten. Over time, the kitten began to salivate at the sight of the refrigerator door being opened.

The unconditioned stimulus is

	the kitten being hungry
	the food
	Jessica
	the refrigerator door
	the bowl the food is in

3 Receiving food when you are hungry is a

	biological reinforcer
	classical reinforcer
	primary reinforcer
	conditioned reinforcer
	secondary reinforcer

4 Bob wants to train his dog to fetch his newspaper. First, Bob trained the dog to stand up. Then, he trained him to go to the door. He then trained him to walk to the end of the driveway. Finally, Bob would only reward the dog after he went through that sequence of events, ultimately grabbing the newspaper and bringing it back.

This technique is called

	molding
	discrimination
	extinction
	chaining
	stacking

5 Positive punishment is

	the removal of something good
	getting something bad
	getting something good
	the removal of something bad
	escape avoidance

6 Negative punishment is

	the removal of something good
	getting something bad
	getting something good
	the removal of something bad
	passive avoidance

7 Base your answer on the following situation.

Every time a teacher rings the bell, her students know it is time to be quiet. When she presses a buzzer, that means the lesson is over and her students can talk.

If the teacher uses a different sounding bell, but the students still become quiet at the sound of it, which of the following has taken place?

	Abstraction
	Dialectical reasoning
	Cognition
	Observational learning
	Generalization

8 Spontaneous recovery refers to

	an animal demonstrating conditioned behavior ceases to perform it despite being rewarded
	the reoccurrence of a conditioned response after it has been extinguished
	the decreasing occurrence of a conditioned response
	the learned response to a given stimulus immediately after its presentation
	the response to a biological, primary reinforcer

9 A mother rewards her fourth-grader when he receives a good grade on his spelling exam. She doesn't always necessarily reward him for each good grade, but whenever she happens to have a dollar in her pocket, and limits the reward to only once a month. This best describes a

	fixed ratio reinforcement schedule
	variable ratio reinforcement schedule
	fixed interval reinforcement schedule
	variable interval reinforcement schedule
	None of the above

10 A young boy is rewarded for answering questions after he has answered three questions correctly, then four questions correctly, and then after answering six questions correctly. This best demonstrates a

	fixed ratio reinforcement schedule
	variable ratio reinforcement schedule
	fixed interval reinforcement schedule
	variable interval reinforcement schedule
	None of the above

11 Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment illustrated the power of

	social facilitation
	modeling
	prosocial behavior
	instrumental aggression
	prejudice

12 Watching someone else burn their hand when they touch a hot stove teaches you not to touch the hot stove. This type of learning is called

	operant conditioning
	modeling
	classical conditioning
	repetitive learning
	replication

13 Which of the following provides biological evidence for observational learning?

	Acquisition neurons
	Dendrite regeneration
	Modeling pathways
	Studies of the cerebellum
	Mirror neurons

14 Humans are more likely to learn to fear snakes than to fear flowers. This is an example of

	extinction
	learned preparedness
	generalization
	discrimination
	conditioned aversion

15 Sam became very nauseated and got sick after eating a shrimp dish one day. From then on, just the smell of shrimp made Sam nauseous.

This demonstrates

	conditioned taste aversion
	extinction
	shaping
	flooding
	conditioned food reinforcement