Multiple Choice Practice for Learning

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In this unit, you’ll be learning all about learning and three specific types of learning!

Facts about the test: The AP Psychology exam has 100 multiple choice questions and you will be given 1 hour and 10 minutes to complete the section. That means it should take you around 11 minutes to complete 15 questions.

*The following questions were not written by CollegeBoard and although they cover information outlined in the AP Psychology Course and Exam Description, the formatting on the exam may be different.

1. Who is considered the Father of Behaviorism?

A. Raymond Cattell

B. Carl Rogers

C. John Watson

D. Sigmund Freud

2. An example of an Unconditioned Response (UR) is

A. A pigeon pecks at a red light and is rewarded with a pellet of food.

B. Salivating at the smell of fresh bread baking in the oven.

C. Earning an A on an AP Psych test because Dad pays 5.00 for each A earned.

D.Clapping at a piano recital

3.  An example of negative reinforcement is:

A. Taking an aspirin because you have a headache. In the future, the likelihood of taking aspirin will increase.

B. Mom treats her son to ice cream because he took out the trash. In the future, the likelihood that her son will take out the trash for her will increase.

C. Dad spanks little Johnny because he disobeyed his mom. In the future, Johnny's disobedience will decrease.

D. Little Zef gets put in time out because he bit another child in preschool. In the future, the likelihood of Zef's biting will decrease.

4. An example of negative punishment is:

A. Taking an aspirin because you have a headache. In the future, the likelihood of taking aspirin will increase.

B. Mom treats her son to ice cream because he took out the trash. In the future, the likelihood that her son will take out the trash for her will increase.

C. Dad spanks little Johnny because he disobeyed his mom. In the future, Johnny's disobedience will decrease.

D. Little Zef gets put in time out because he bit another child in preschool. In the future, the likelihood of Zef's biting will decrease.

5. An example of positive reinforcement is:

A. Carrying an umbrella on a rainy day to avoid getting wet.

B. Mom treats her son to ice cream because he took out the trash. In the future, the likelihood that her son will take out the trash for her will increase.

C. Dad spanks little Johnny because he disobeyed his mom. In the future, Johnny's disobedience will decrease.

D. Little Zef gets put in time out because he bit another child in preschool. In the future, the likelihood of Zef's biting will decrease.

6. An example of a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement is:

A. Sitting out on a dark night watching for shooting stars.

B. Random drug testing

C. Getting paid every two weeks

D. BOGO specials at Publix (buy-one-get-one-free)

7. Which is NOT an example of a variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement?

A. Hitting a home run during a baseball game.

B. Buying lottery tickets.

C. Fishing from a canoe on a quiet lake.

D.Going to Las Vegas and playing the slot machines.

8. In Watson's Little Albert experiment, Little Albert's fear of anything fuzzy and white, including Santa Claus' beard, illustrates which classical conditioning principle?

A. Generalization

B. Discrimination

C. Spontaneous Recovery

D. Extinction

9. Positively reinforcing closer and closer approximations of a desired behavior as an effective way of teaching a new behavior is called:

A. Law of Effect

B. Token economy

C. Premack principle

D. Shaping

10. Skinner is to shaping as Bandura is to:

A. Punishing

B. Discriminating

C. Generalizing

D. Modeling

11. The work of ________ focused on operant conditioning; that of ________ focused on classical conditioning.

A. Skinner; Watson

B. Thorndike; Skinner

C. Pavlov; Bandura

D. Watson; Garcia

12. The name of Albert Bandura's social-learning experiment is:

A. Learned helplessness

B. The Bobo Doll

C. Cat Puzzle Box

D. Skinner operant chamber

13. The neural basis for observational learning and empathy is:

A. Amygdala

B. Mirror neurons

C. Hippocampus

D. Hypothalamus

14. The reappearance, after a rest period, of an extinguished CR is called:

A. Generalization

B. Discrimination

C. Acquisition

D. Spontaneous Recovery

15. It is easier to train a dog to bark for food than to train it to chase its tail for food. This best illustrates the importance of ________ in learning.

A. negative reinforcement

B. respondent behavior

C. biological predispositions

D. generalization

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