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Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review Learning and Behavior, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
Choose one
1 point

A driver buckles a seat belt to stop an irritating warning sound. Which operant-conditioning procedure is illustrated?

  1. A

    Positive punishment

  2. B

    Negative reinforcement

  3. C

    Positive reinforcement

  4. D

    Negative punishment

02
True or false
1 point

True or false: After conditioning, a conditioned stimulus can predict an unconditioned stimulus and produce a learned response.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

In Pavlov’s example, food naturally causes a dog to salivate. Food is the , and salivation is the .

04
Choose one
1 point

A person repeatedly checks for an unexpected message because a new message may become available after an unpredictable amount of time. Which reinforcement schedule best describes this pattern?

  1. A

    Fixed-ratio schedule

  2. B

    Variable-ratio schedule

  3. C

    Variable-interval schedule

  4. D

    Fixed-interval schedule

05
Written response
1 point

Enter the term for teaching a complex behavior by reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior.

06
Choose all
1 point

A new employee watches an experienced worker use a machine and later performs the procedure safely. Which processes support this observational learning? Select all correct choices.

  1. A

    Attention

  2. B

    Retention

  3. C

    Reproduction

  4. D

    Motivation

  5. E

    Direct punishment of the observer

07
True or false
1 point

True or false: When extinction occurs, the original conditioned association is necessarily erased completely.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

08
Written response
1 point

After conditioning, a tone alone causes a dog to salivate. Enter the term for the learned response produced by the tone.

09
Fill in the blank
1 point

A driver receives a speeding ticket after driving too fast. This is because the added consequence the likelihood of speeding.

10
Choose one
1 point

Why might a delayed consequence be less effective than an immediate consequence when teaching a behavior?

  1. A

    The learner may not clearly connect the delayed consequence with the behavior.

  2. B

    Delayed consequences always increase the learner’s motivation.

  3. C

    A delayed consequence changes a voluntary behavior into a reflex.

  4. D

    The learner automatically generalizes every delayed consequence.

11
Choose all
1 point

A teacher is introducing a difficult new academic skill. Which actions are supported by the learning principles described in the material? Select all correct choices.

  1. A

    Reinforce an observable academic behavior, such as submitting work on time.

  2. B

    Break the difficult skill into smaller steps.

  3. C

    Provide frequent feedback during early learning.

  4. D

    Use models and demonstrations before independent performance.

  5. E

    Rely only on a final reward after the entire skill is mastered.

12
Choose one
1 point

A person becomes ill several hours after eating a particular food and later avoids that food after only one such experience. Which learning phenomenon best explains this behavior?

  1. A

    Discrimination

  2. B

    Spontaneous recovery

  3. C

    Conditioned taste aversion

  4. D

    Fixed-interval learning

13
True or false
1 point

True or false: The material concludes that behavior is determined entirely by genes rather than by an interaction between biology and experience.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

14
Open ended
1 point

A person becomes anxious when entering a hospital after repeated painful procedures and later begins avoiding hospitals because avoidance immediately reduces anxiety. Explain how classical conditioning and operant conditioning each contribute to this pattern, and distinguish the two forms of learning.

15
Choose one
1 point

In Pavlov’s dog example, what is the tone after it has been repeatedly paired with food and later produces salivation by itself?

  1. A

    The tone is the unconditioned stimulus because it naturally produces salivation.

  2. B

    The tone is the conditioned stimulus because it predicts food after learning.

  3. C

    Salivation is the conditioned stimulus because it follows the tone.

  4. D

    Food is the conditioned response because it occurs after the tone.

16
Choose one
1 point

A driver buckles a seat belt to stop an irritating warning sound, making the driver more likely to buckle up in the future. Which procedure is illustrated?

  1. A

    Positive punishment

  2. B

    Negative punishment

  3. C

    Negative reinforcement

  4. D

    Positive reinforcement

17
Choose one
1 point

A behavior is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, as in gambling. Which reinforcement schedule is being used?

  1. A

    Fixed-ratio schedule

  2. B

    Fixed-interval schedule

  3. C

    Variable-interval schedule

  4. D

    Variable-ratio schedule

18
Choose one
1 point

A new employee watches an experienced worker use a machine, but learns nothing because the employee never notices the worker’s safety procedure. Which process of observational learning is missing?

  1. A

    Attention

  2. B

    Retention

  3. C

    Reproduction

  4. D

    Motivation

19
Written response
1 point

What is the operant-conditioning process in which successive approximations of a desired complex behavior are reinforced?

20
Written response
1 point

What is the classical-conditioning procedure called when a previously feared stimulus is paired with a competing response such as relaxation?