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- 1. Multiple Choice
Classical and operant conditioning are forms of ________ learning.
reflexive
observational
associative
instinctive
- 2. Multiple Choice
“Eyeblink conditioning” can be used to demonstrate classical conditioning safely with a human volunteer. A puff of air aimed at your eye will naturally produce a blinking response. Using this reflex, what could we do to create a complete classical conditioning demonstration?
Ring a bell just after the puff of air, until the person blinks to the bell alone.
Ring a bell just before the puff of air, until the person blinks to the puff of air alone.
Ring a bell just after the puff of air, until the person blinks to the puff of air alone.
Ring a bell just before the puff of air, until the person blinks to bell alone.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Mabel clicks her tongue while tickling Francis. Eventually, Francis starts to squirm and giggle every time Mabel clicks her tongue, even when he is not being tickled. In this example, tongue clicking is a(n) ________.
conditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
conditioned response
unconditioned stimulus
- 4. Multiple Choice
Hideki tells a lie and is grounded. He does this several times, finally learning that his behavior (lying) is associated with a consequence (being grounded). Which kind of learning is this?
classical conditioning
modeling
operant conditioning
latent learning
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which statement about B. F. Skinner is correct?
He is famous for demonstrating observational learning, and is best known for his Bobo doll experiment, where children watched models of aggression and mimicked the aggression they saw adults display when they played with the doll.
He placed hungry rats in a maze with no reward for finding their way through it, and he studied a comparison group that was rewarded with food at the end of the maze.
He is famous for demonstrating the principles of operant conditioning: The motivation for a behavior happens after the behavior is demonstrated.
He worked with Edward C. Tolman to prove that fear is both an instinct and a reflex.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Dave’s boss told him that he doesn’t have to attend the company picnic (which everybody dislikes) if Dave meets his sales quota this month. Dave’s boss is using ________.
negative reinforcement
negative punishment
positive reinforcement
positive punishment
- 7. Multiple Choice
According to Albert Bandura, ________.
Learning can occur when creatures make a cognitive map of their surroundings
Learning is the result of reinforcing desired behavior at fixed intervals.
Organisms cannot learn if they do not receive immediate reinforcement.
Learning can occur by watching others and modeling what they do or say.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Ben is asked to memorize the words canine, feline, and avian. He remembers the words by associating them with their synonyms: dog, cat, and bird. This is an example of ________ encoding.
visual
semantic
automatic
sensory
- 9. Multiple Choice
Felipe looks over his presentation, and he notices that some of the words are written in bold and some are written in italic. His ability to remember these differences is an example of ________ encoding.
acoustic
visual
semantic
sensory
- 10. Multiple Choice
What kind of memory involves storage of brief events, such as sights, sounds, and tastes?
sensory
effortful
implicit
procedural
- 11. Multiple Choice
What type of memories do we consciously try to remember and recall?
implicit memories
sensory memories
procedural memories
explicit memories
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is procedural memory?
type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things
memories that we consciously try to remember or recall
information about events we have personally experienced
storage of facts
- 13. Multiple Choice
If I am looking at a snake and processing the fear caused by the snake, what part of my brain am I using?
hippocampus
amygdala
cerebellum
prefrontal cortex
- 14. Multiple Choice
Remembering ________ is a good example of episodic memory.
what the word “onomatopoeia” means
how to bake cookies
the taste of pickles.
your 16th birthday party
- 15. Multiple Choice
Elaine wakes up in the hospital with a head injury. She gets to know her doctors and nurses over time, but it soon becomes clear that she has no memories from before she woke up in the hospital. Elaine has ________ amnesia.
anterograde
total
flashbulb
retrograde
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