A. positively reinforced
B. negatively reinforced
C. punished
D. extinguished
Psychology Mcqs
In order to obtain a reward, a monkey learns to press a lever when a bell tone is on but not when a Buzzer tone is on. What kind of training is this?
A. extinction
B. generalization
C. spontaneous recovery
D. discrimination
Which one of the following is necessary before an avoidance response can take place?
A. a positive reinforce
B. a discriminative stimulus
C. punishment
D. shaping
Which of the following is an example of reinforcement?
A. presenting a positive stimulus after a response
B. removing an unpleasant stimulus after a response
C. being told that you have done a good job
D. all of the above
The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a ________________ schedule?
A. fixed-ratio
B. variable-ratio
C. fixed-interval
D. variable-interval
Which of the following is a form of associative learning?
A. classical conditioning
B. operant conditioning
C. observational learning
D. all of the above
In classical conditioning, the relationship between the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response is __________________?
A. learned
B. reflexive
C. hereditary
D. conditioned
When Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response failed to occur. This is known as __________________?
A. condition failure
B. recovery
C. extinction
D. habituation
Which type of memory is being tested when you take a multiple-choice test?
A. method of Loci
B. Recognition
C. savings method
D. free recall
Associating a list of items you need to remember with a sequence of specific places is called __________________?
A. encoding specificity
B. chunking
C. the method of Loci
D. cognitive mapping