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- A. unconditioned stimulus
- B. unconditioned response
- C. conditioned stimulus
- D. conditioned response
Explanation: The tone began as a neutral stimulus but acquired the ability to elicit salivation after being paired with meat powder.
Correct answer: conditioned response- A. stimulus automatically produces a response without a prior history of experience
- B. stimulus which did not initially produce a response now elicits that response
- C. spontaneously emitted response increases in frequency as a result of in consequences
- D. subject repeats an action he or she has observed in another and is praised for it
Explanation: Learning is shown when a stimulus that originally did not produce a particular response later elicits it because of experience.
Correct answer: stimulus which did not initially produce a response now elicits that response- A. conditioned response
- B. unconditioned stimulus
- C. conditioned stimulus
- D. unconditioned response
Explanation: Pavlovian salivation to food occurs naturally without prior conditioning, making it an unconditioned response.
Correct answer: unconditioned response- A. intermittent
- B. partial
- C. negative
- D. continuous
Explanation: Continuous reinforcement means that every correct response is followed by a reinforcer.
Correct answer: continuous- A. continuous
- B. fixed interval
- C. variable interval
- D. fixed ratio
Explanation: A fixed-interval schedule reinforces the first response after a constant period, here the first bark in every ten-minute period.
Correct answer: fixed interval- A. Positive reinforcement
- B. Punishment
- C. Negative reinforcement
- D. Observation
Explanation: Punishment is defined by its effect: it decreases the future probability of the behavior it follows.
Correct answer: Punishment- A. Decreases
- B. Is punished
- C. Remains the same
- D. Increases
Explanation: Negative reinforcement strengthens behavior by removing or preventing an unpleasant stimulus, so the behavior increases.
Correct answer: Increases- A. Principle of reinforcement
- B. Law of effect
- C. Contiguity hypothesis
- D. Theory of behaviorism
Explanation: Thorndike's Law of Effect states that responses followed by satisfying consequences become more likely, forming an important foundation…
Correct answer: Law of effect- A. Unconditioned response
- B. Conditioned stimulus
- C. Conditioned response
- D. Unconditioned stimulus
Explanation: The loud noise naturally produced fear in Little Albert, so it was an unconditioned stimulus.
Correct answer: Unconditioned stimulus2630. Rahila found that a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus only if it is contingent and:
- A. Inclusive
- B. Dominant
- C. Informative
- D. Appropriate
Explanation: A neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus when its relationship with the unconditioned stimulus is both contingent and…
Correct answer: Informative- A. Unconditioned response
- B. Conditioned response
- C. Conditioned stimulus
- D. Unconditioned stimulus
Explanation: The nightgown has acquired its arousing meaning through association with sexual experiences, so it functions as a conditioned stimulus.
Correct answer: Conditioned stimulus- A. Extinction
- B. Generalization
- C. Spontaneous recovery
- D. Discrimination
Explanation: Extinction involves repeatedly presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus, so the learned response gradually…
Correct answer: Extinction- A. Conditioned stimulus
- B. Unconditional responses
- C. Conditioned response
- D. Unconditioned stimulus
Explanation: Food powder naturally elicits salivation without prior learning, making it an unconditioned stimulus.
Correct answer: Unconditioned stimulus- A. Trial & error
- B. Insight
- C. Imitation
- D. Doing
Explanation: Correct pronunciation is commonly acquired by hearing a model and reproducing the same speech pattern, which is learning through…
Correct answer: Imitation- A. Observation the people doing work
- B. Solving the problems of mathematics
- C. Attempting the works of people
- D. Repeating the methodology of doing work
Explanation: Imitation involves observing and reproducing another person's method or behaviour.
Correct answer: Solving the problems of mathematics- A. Observe the other people doing work
- B. Makes efforts to do the work by himself
- C. Makes efforts to perform the same
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Imitation includes observing another person's performance, attempting the activity oneself, and reproducing the same performance.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. A natural act
- B. An imitative act
- C. An emotional act
- D. A social act
Explanation: Drinking water to relieve thirst is a natural or physiological act because it responds to a bodily need.
Correct answer: A natural act- A. Learning by trial & error
- B. Learning by imitation
- C. Learning insight
- D. Learning by doing
Explanation: Watching people perform an action and then trying to perform the same action is the defining pattern of learning by imitation.
Correct answer: Learning by imitation- A. Identification of the problem
- B. Realization of the problem
- C. Efforts for the solution of problem
- D. Remembering the solution of problem
Explanation: Trial-and-error learning begins when the learner identifies the problem or goal that requires a solution.
Correct answer: Identification of the problem- A. He finds an appropriate solution
- B. He commits a mistakes
- C. He comes across some negative response
- D. Both (a) and (b)
Explanation: In trial-and-error learning, the learner continues trying different responses until an effective or appropriate solution is found.
Correct answer: He finds an appropriate solution