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Learning: Principles and Applications, 4/e
Stephen B Klein, Mississippi State University

Traditional Learning Theories

True or False



1

Guthrie was a prolific researcher who provided much empirical evidence to support his view.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Tolman's habit hierarchy contained the cognitive map.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

Hull (1943) initially believed that only events that threaten survival can activate the internal drive state.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

For Tolman, expectation of reward or punishment motivates instrumental behavior.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

According to Rotter, our expectations of reward vary depending on the situation.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

In Hull's model, reactive inhibition is temporary and dissipates with time.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Mowrer's two-factor theory was a cognitive alternative to Hull's mechanistic approach.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

In the Sidman avoidance paradigm, there is no signal to indicate the impending aversive event.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

In the traditional learning literature, there are anticipatory goal responses, anticipatory frustration responses, anticipatory pain responses, and anticipatory relief responses.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

There are no physiological correlates of Spence's anticipatory goal mechanism that led to the postulation of a central rather than a peripheral mechanism.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11

Guthrie is a pure contiguity theorist.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

Tolman believed that deprivation produced an internal drive state that motivated behavior.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13

Hull rejected Thorndike's law of effect and suggested that reinforcement was not necessary for learning.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14

Money is an example of Tolman's equivalence belief principle.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15

According to Skinner, an operant response is elicited by environmental stimuli.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE