PSY Ch. 6 Quiz

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 punishment

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• positive reinforcement

In classical conditioning, the association that is learned is between a ________.

• conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned response

• neutral response and a conditioned response

• neutral stimulus and a neutral response

• neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus

What do psychologists call a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience?

• conditioning

• instincts

• learning

• reflexes

Classical and operant conditioning are forms of ________ learning.

• associational

• instinctive

• processual

• reflexive

In operant conditioning, ________ is when something is removed to increase the likelihood of a behavior.

• negative reinforcement

• positive reinforcement

• punishment

• punishment reinforcement

Dymesha watches her older sister do headstands. Dymesha falls over when she attempts to do a headstand herself. She watches her older sister more carefully, and she notices that her sister leans backward slightly to complete her headstand. Dymesha is then able to do headstands herself. Which type of learning is this?

• classical

• conditioning

• observational

• operant

Grace whistles while tickling Khaleel with a feather. Eventually, Khaleel starts to squirm and giggle every time Grace whistles, even when he is not being tickled. In this example, squirming and giggling is a(n) ________.

• conditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• unconditioned stimulus

In classical conditioning, the ________ is an unlearned reaction to a given stimulus. For example, if you have an allergy to pollen and sneeze, sneezing is an unlearned reaction to the pollen (i.e., the stimulus).

• conditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• unconditioned stimulus

What was the main point of Ivan Pavlov’s experiment with dogs?

• Behavior is motivated by the consequences we receive for the behavior: reinforcements and punishments.

• Fear is a conditioned response.

• Learning can occur when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

• One can learn new behaviors by observing others.

What is the main idea of operant conditioning?

• Behavior is motivated by the consequences we receive for the behavior: reinforcements and punishments.

• Fear is a conditioned response.

• Learning can occur when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

• One can learn new behaviors by observing others.