AP Psychology Learning — practice questions
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Practice AP Psychology Learning in the app →Psychologists define learning as:Which of these is an example of a reflex rather than a learned behaviour?In classical conditioning, a stimulus that does not initially elicit any response is called:Which of the following is NOT a primary reinforcer?Ivan Pavlov, who first described classical conditioning, was:Observational learning, in which we learn by watching and imitating others, was proposed by:According to Bandura, the four steps of the modeling process occur in which order?Positive reinforcement is best described as:A slot machine pays out after an unpredictable number of plays. This is which reinforcement schedule?In the Little Albert study, the unconditioned stimulus was:Extinction in classical conditioning occurs when:After a conditioned response has been extinguished, it reappears following a rest period. This is called:Little Albert came to fear a rabbit, a furry coat and a Santa Claus mask after being conditioned to fear a whiHigher-order (second-order) conditioning is produced by pairing:A car beeps until the driver fastens the seatbelt, and the beeping then stops. Fastening the seatbelt is strenA parent takes away a child's favourite toy after the child misbehaves, and the misbehaviour drops. This is:A hospital patient may press a button for pain medication, but the pump delivers at most one dose per hour. ThA restaurant manager keeps standards high because a quality inspector arrives at unpredictable times to award The principle that behaviours followed by satisfying consequences are repeated, while those followed by unpleaTolman's rats explored a maze without any reward, then ran it quickly once food appeared. This demonstrates:A child sees her older sister given a time-out for playing with their mother's make-up, and then avoids the maTaste aversion is an unusual form of classical conditioning because:Comparing fixed-ratio and fixed-interval schedules, the chapter concludes that:Which reinforcement schedule is the most productive and the most resistant to extinction?In shaping, once the learner reliably performs a closer approximation to the target behaviour, the trainer shoWhich statement correctly captures the timing difference between classical and operant conditioning?A time-out is most likely to backfire as a form of discipline when:In Bandura's Bobo doll experiment, the children's imitation of the adult's aggression depended on:What does the chapter say about attempts at third-order conditioning?How does habituation differ from extinction?