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Chapter 6: Learning Textbook Quiz for Psych 1020

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Chapter 6: Learning and Behavior Analysis

Question 1 of 12

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When Joan first moved to the city, she couldn't sleep because of the traffic noise. Now she hardly hears the traffic at all. This is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • Sensitization.

  • Habituation.

  • Consistency.

  • Classical conditioning.

Explanation

Question 2 of 12

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You would not expect a close adherent to Skinner's ideas to focus on

Select one of the following:

  • Internal states as causes of behavior.

  • Forms of learning conserved across species.

  • Association between behaviors and rewards.

  • The environmental stimuli that cause behaviors.

Explanation

Question 3 of 12

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In Pavlov's experiments, ________ served as the unconditioned stimulus.

Select one of the following:

  • Salivation

  • Food powder

  • The sight of the assistant

  • Tones

Explanation

Question 4 of 12

1

Six-year-old Pavel has a neighbor with a small dog who barks at him everyday. Over time, Pavel has become frightened of all dogs. This is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • Stimulus discrimination.

  • Backward conditioning.

  • Spontaneous recovery.

  • Stimulus generalization.

Explanation

Question 5 of 12

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Peter wishes to use classical conditioning in which a light will be his CS and en electric shock will be the UCS. You tell him that the light must ________ the shock.

Select one of the following:

  • Be temporally contiguous with

  • Reliably predict

  • Be in a blocking relationship with

  • Occur after

Explanation

Question 6 of 12

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When classical conditioning contributes to drug tolerance, the conditioned stimulus is the

Select one of the following:

  • Setting in which individuals take the drugs.

  • Body's compensatory reaction to the drug.

  • High the drugs give when the individual takes them.

  • Individual's fear of an overdose.

Explanation

Question 7 of 12

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One night after eating a hot dog you get very sick; now you shudder at the idea of eating a hot dog. A friend suggests that extinction trials will allow you to overcome this aversion. This means that you should

Select one of the following:

  • Associate hot dogs with foods you like.

  • Make yourself sick eating something else.

  • Eat some more hot dogs.

  • Use hot dogs as a reward.

Explanation

Question 8 of 12

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For people undergoing chemotherapy, an unconditioned response would be

Select one of the following:

  • Anticipatory fatigue.

  • The setting in which the individual receives the treatment.

  • The infusion of drugs into their bodies.

  • Their bodies' reaction to the drugs.

Explanation

Question 9 of 12

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In an operant conditioning experiment, you offer people expensive chocolate each time they perform a desired behavior. You think it's likely that the chocolate will be a ________ of the people.

Select one of the following:

  • Reinforcer for all

  • Reinforcer for none

  • Punisher for all

  • Reinforcer for some

Explanation

Question 10 of 12

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In one study, the children who had received the most physical punishment as 15-month-olds showed ________ behavioral problems at 36 months and ________ behavior problems in the first grade then their less-punished peers.

Select one of the following:

  • Fewer; fewer

  • Fewer; more

  • More; fewer

  • More; more

Explanation

Question 11 of 12

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In your new job, you get paid $2 every time you finish polishing 20 apples. This situation puts you on a ________ schedule.

Select one of the following:

  • Variable-interval

  • Variable-ratio

  • Fixed-ratio

  • Fixed-interval

Explanation

Question 12 of 12

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Zoe watches her older sister slip on ice and bruise her arm. After that, Zoe is very careful when she walks on ice. This is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • Observational learning.

  • Classical conditioning.

  • Operant extinction.

  • Sensitization.

Explanation