Essentials of Psychology |

Essentials of Psychology

Benjamin B Lahey, University of Chicago

Basic Principles of Learning


1	In classical conditioning, a stimulus that comes to elicit responses by being paired with an unconditioned stimulus is called a conditioned stimulus.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	The infamous "Little Albert" experiment demonstrated the power of operant conditioning.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	Food and water are examples of secondary reinforcement.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	Gambling is a behavior that is typically rewarded on a fixed schedule.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Another term for shaping is "the method of successive approximations."
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	Escape conditioning and avoidance conditioning are two types of negative reinforcement.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	In classical conditioning, the reinforcing consequence is contingent upon the occurrence of the response.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	Stimulus discrimination applies more to laboratory animals than to humans.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	The ability to form cognitive maps is consistent with the cognitive rather than the connectionist point of view.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	According to Bandura and others, modeling is a powerful type of learning.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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