Learning And Behaviour Set 1

Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology)

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This set of Learning and Behaviour Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Learning And Behaviour Set 1

Q1 | Learning may be defined as a ______ change in behavior that occurs as the result of experience.
  • relatively permanent
  • sensitization
  • fixed
  • continuous
Answer: relatively permanent
Q2 | Habituation involves learning about a _____.
  • multiple stimuli
  • single response
  • single stimulus
  • multiple response
Answer: single stimulus
Q3 | If the UCS is subsequently omitted, the CR will experience
  • reinforcement
  • extinction
  • learning
  • association
Answer: extinction
Q4 | It reflects the preservation of the original CS-UCS association after extinction training.
  • reinforcement
  • spontaneous recovery
  • generalization
  • discrimination
Answer: spontaneous recovery
Q5 | The best description for UCS is..
  • a stimulus that automatically elicits a response
  • a previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response
  • produced by association
  • influenced by the intensity of learned response
Answer: a stimulus that automatically elicits a response
Q6 | In Pavlov’s experiment, ___ is considered an unconditioned response.
  • meat powder
  • sleeping
  • food
  • salivation
Answer: salivation
Q7 | It is a change in the electrical activity of the skin that occurs during emotional stress.
  • gsr
  • ucr
  • ucs
  • crt
Answer: gsr
Q8 | Excitatory conditioning is..
  • it is an ability of a cs to decrease the probability or magnitude of a given behavior.
  • it is an inability of a cs to increase the probability or magnitude of a given behavior.
  • it is an ability of a cs to increase the probability or magnitude of a given behavior.
  • it is an inability of a cs to decrease the probability or magnitude of a given behavior.
Answer: it is an ability of a cs to increase the probability or magnitude of a given behavior.
Q9 | The child may expect playfulness only from dogs that look like hers. This refers to..
  • association
  • discrimination
  • generalization
  • extinction
Answer: discrimination
Q10 | If the doctor always tells a child that “it won’t hurt, when in fact it sometimes does, the child has nodanger or safety signals and may become terribly anxious whenever in the doctor’s office. This implies..
  • learning can be fearful
  • children do not respond to motivation
  • doctors are ineffective motivators
  • predictability is also important for emotional reactions
Answer: predictability is also important for emotional reactions
Q11 | Punishment is the _____ of reinforcement.
  • opposite
  • principle
  • basis
  • equivalent
Answer: opposite
Q12 | Skinner box is also known as..
  • simple latch
  • operant chamber
  • omission training
  • black box
Answer: operant chamber
Q13 | The likelihood that you bring your date chocolate on Valentine’s Day will decrease if he or she getsmad at you for offering the caloric gift. This shows..
  • baseline level
  • omission training
  • restructuring
  • change stimulus
Answer: omission training
Q14 | If leaving your apartment removes you from an unpleasant environment, then the time you spendaway from your apartment will increase referring to..
  • positive reinforcement
  • negative reinforcement
  • positive punishment
  • negative punishment
Answer: negative reinforcement
Q15 | When the dog is trained to catch a ball, you can give the animal a food reinforcer each time itapproaches the ball until finally the dog mouths and grabs the ball referring to..
  • sensitization
  • omission training
  • shaping
  • extinction
Answer: shaping
Q16 | Reinforcement is provided after a fixed number of responses.
  • fixed ratio
  • variable ratio
  • fixed interval
  • variable interval
Answer: fixed ratio
Q17 | Non-reflexive, voluntary behaviors are associated with _______________ conditioning.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: operant
Q18 | Responding decreases with the elimination of reinforcing consequences during the extinction processof _________________ conditioning.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: operant
Q19 | In __________ conditioning, the conditioned responses are active behaviors that operate on theenvironment.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: operant
Q20 | In _____________ conditioning, the basis of learning is the association of two stimuli, theconditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: classical
Q21 | The expectation that the conditioned response reliably predicts the unconditioned stimuluscharacterizes the cognitive aspect of _______________ conditioning.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: classical
Q22 | The behavior is emitted by the organism in ____________ conditioning.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: operant
Q23 | Conditions physiological and emotional responses.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: classical
Q24 | In ___________________ conditioning, the performance of the behavior is influenced by theexpectation of reinforcement or punishment.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: operant
Q25 | In ________________ conditioning, the basis of learning is the process of associating a response andthe consequence that follows it.
  • operant
  • classical
  • insight
  • social
Answer: operant
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