Introduction to Psychology 1/IPSY102/Learning/Quiz

Review questions

Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:

• Which of the following descriptions does NOT represent learning?
  • Iko looks up the Wikipedia article about Albert Bandura, and he now knows that Alberta Bandura was born in Mundare, Alberta.
    • Correct.
  • Geri looks up a video about how to dye fabric and then uses the same technique to dye a t-shirt.
    • Incorrect.
  • Petra used to get a small shock from her car door but now touches the ground before touching the door to avoid it.
    • Incorrect.
  • Preeti completes all of her choirs without being asked because she knows she will receive a cookie.
    • Incorrect.
• ____ is a reflex, while ___ is an instinct.
  • Protecting one’s baby; a baby breastfeeding
    • Incorrect.
  • A baby breastfeeding; preferring the taste of fatty foods
    • Incorrect.
  • Preferring the taste of fatty foods;
    • Incorrect.
  • Blinking to a puff of air to the eye; protecting one’s baby
    • Correct.
• Karaan was never afraid of heights prior to meeting their partner Chris, who has a phobia of heights. Karaan has never had a bad experience with heights, but after 10 years with Chris, Karaan now experiences wobbly knees and a rapid heart rate when they approach a ledge or cliff. Karaan’s behavior is an example of:
  • classical conditioning.
    • Incorrect.
  • observational learning.
    • Incorrect.
  • operant conditioning.
    • Incorrect.
  • an instinct.
    • Incorrect.
• Using physical punishment to discourage specific behaviors in children can result in a conditioned emotional response toward the child’s parent(s). In this example, what is the conditioned response?.
  • Fear of parent(s)
    • Correct.
  • Getting hit
    • Incorrect.
  • The parent(s)
    • Incorrect.
  • Fear of getting hit
    • Incorrect.
• Gerhardt got sick after eating a peach. Now he feels sick when he looks at peaches, nectarines or plums. This illustrates:
  • spontaneous recovery.
    • Incorrect.
  • extinction.
    • Incorrect.
  • acquisition.
    • Incorrect.
  • generalization
    • Correct.
• You are online one evening when an advert appears showing your favourite movie star wearing a new brand of sunglasses. The advertiser hopes that your positive feelings toward the movie star will make you want the sunglasses. In this situation, the sunglasses would be the:
  • US
    • Incorrect.
  • UR
    • Incorrect.
  • CS
    • Correct.
  • CR
    • Incorrect.

Sources

• OpenStax, Psychology. OpenStax CNX. Oct 31, 2016 Download for free at http://cnx.org/contents/4abf04bf-93a0-45c3-9cbc-2cefd46e68cc@5.52.