Difference between revisions of "Introduction to Psychology 1/IPSY102/Learning/Quiz"

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

• Which of the following is an example of a reflex that occurs at some point in the development of a human being?
  • child riding a bike
    • Incorrect.
  • teen socializing
    • Incorrect.
  • infant sucking on a nipple
    • Correct.
  • toddler walking
    • Incorrect.
• Learning is best defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior that ________.
  • is innate
    • Incorrect.
  • occurs as a result of experience
    • Correct.
  • is found only in humans
    • Incorrect.
  • occurs by observing others
    • Incorrect.
• Two forms of associative learning are ________ and ________.
  • classical conditioning; operant conditioning
    • Correct.
  • classical conditioning; Pavlovian conditioning
    • Incorrect.
  • operant conditioning; observational learning
    • Incorrect.
  • operant conditioning; learning conditioning
    • Incorrect.
• In ________ the stimulus or experience occurs before the behavior and then gets paired with the behavior.
  • associative learning
    • Incorrect.
  • observational learning
    • Incorrect.
  • operant conditioning
    • Incorrect.
  • classical conditioning
    • Correct.
• A stimulus that does not initially elicit a response in an organism is a(n) ________.
  • unconditioned stimulus
    • Incorrect.
  • neutral stimulus
    • Correct.
  • conditioned stimulus
    • Incorrect.
  • unconditioned response
    • Incorrect.
• In Watson and Rayner’s experiments, Little Albert was conditioned to fear a white rat, and then he began to be afraid of other furry white objects. This demonstrates ________.
  • higher order conditioning
    • Incorrect.
  • acquisition
    • Incorrect.
  • stimulus discrimination
    • Incorrect.
  • stimulus generalization
    • Correct.
• Extinction occurs when ________.
  • the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
    • Correct.
  • the unconditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with a conditioned stimulus
    • Incorrect.
  • the neutral stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
    • Incorrect.
  • the neutral stimulus is presented repeatedly without being paired with a conditioned stimulus
    • Incorrect.
• In Pavlov’s work with dogs, the psychic secretions were ________.
  • unconditioned responses
    • Incorrect.
  • conditioned responses
    • Correct.
  • unconditioned stimuli
    • Incorrect.
  • conditioned stimuli
    • Incorrect.