04 Learning Online Quiz Questions

True or false: Learning is a relatively lasting change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience.

In Pavlov’s example, dogs naturally salivate when food appears. Which part of the example is the unconditioned stimulus?

A previously neutral sound is paired with food repeatedly and at appropriate times. Which classical-conditioning process is taking place?

True or false: “Work harder” describes a more specific study goal than “review notes for 20 minutes after dinner.”

After a rule violation, a teenager temporarily loses a privilege. If the behavior decreases, what type of operant-conditioning consequence is this?

What is the classical-conditioning process called when a conditioned response weakens because the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus?

What is the name of the process in which successive steps toward a complex behavior are reinforced to build that behavior?

A child watches another child receive praise for sharing and becomes more likely to share. What observational-learning process may explain this change?

Which processes did Bandura describe as supporting observational learning through modeling? Select all correct choices.

Which statements correctly describe the terms used for operant-conditioning consequences? Select all correct choices.

After someone has learned a behavior, what may happen if reinforcement is delivered intermittently rather than every time?

A person feels tense when a particular notification sound precedes an unpleasant message. Similar sounds also make the person tense, but the person later learns which sound actually predicts the message. Explain how generalization and discrimination are each illustrated.

A notification sound has repeatedly preceded unpleasant messages. Now the sound alone makes a person feel tense. What is the notification sound in this learned association?

Someone wants to establish a regular exercise habit. First they reinforce putting on walking shoes, then taking a short walk, and later completing a longer route. Which learning process are they using?

A learner watches someone demonstrate a new task and can later describe the steps accurately, although they have not yet had a chance to perform them. Which of Bandura’s modeling processes does this show?

A child watches an adult calmly resolve a disagreement and later uses the same approach in a conflict. Which type of learning best explains how the child acquired the approach?

A student wants to study more regularly but currently has only the vague goal of “working harder.” Which revised plan best applies the material’s advice for making a behavior-change goal specific?

True or false: When a conditioned response weakens because the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus, the original association is necessarily erased.