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AP Psychology Biopsychology — practice questions — page 3

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Jerome gets a toy for cleaning his room and cleans it more often. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the innate behavioursRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Pavlov's termsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the learning lanesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the learning wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Classical or operantRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three kinds of learningRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Learning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Jerome gets a toy for cleaning his room and cleans it more often. This is:

  1. Negative reinforcement
  2. Positive punishment
  3. Negative punishment
  4. Positive reinforcement
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Correct answer: D. Positive reinforcement

1. Something desirable is added. 2. The behaviour increases. 3. That is positive reinforcement. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning (CC BY 4.0)._

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Catch the innate behaviours

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Sucking
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Knee jerk
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Migration
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Web spinning
  5. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Surfing
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Bike riding
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Reading
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Cooking
Category
Innate
Instructions
Catch the reflexes and instincts. Let the learned skills fall.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning (CC BY 4.0)._

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Pop Pavlov's terms

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Other terms
  1. Lever
  2. Treat
  3. Skinner
  4. Punishment
Matching terms
  1. Pavlov
  2. Bell
  3. Salivation
  4. Tone
  5. UCS
  6. CS
Instructions
Pop the words from classical conditioning. Leave the operant ones.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning (CC BY 4.0)._

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