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IPU CET B.Ed Learning and Conditioning — practice questions

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Learning to link two events that keep happening together is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Learning that links a behaviour with its consequence is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Learning by watching what other people do is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Russian scientist famous for conditioning experiments on dogs was:Read the answer and worked solution →Pavlov's original research interest was actually the:Read the answer and worked solution →Meat powder made dogs salivate without any training. The meat powder was the:Read the answer and worked solution →The dogs' natural salivation to meat powder was the:Read the answer and worked solution →After many pairings, the bell alone made the dogs salivate. The bell had become the:Read the answer and worked solution →Salivating to the bell alone is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Using an already conditioned cue to train a second cue is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The initial period when the link is being learned is called:Read the answer and worked solution →For conditioning to work well, the gap between the two stimuli should be:Read the answer and worked solution →Presenting the bell many times with no food makes the salivation fade. That is:Read the answer and worked solution →After a rest, an extinguished response can come back. That return is called spontaneous:Read the answer and worked solution →Learning to respond differently to similar stimuli is called stimulus:Read the answer and worked solution →Little Albert came to fear a rabbit, a coat and a mask. That spread of fear shows stimulus:Read the answer and worked solution →The idea that learning follows from consequences is based on the law of:Read the answer and worked solution →Adding a desirable stimulus to increase a behaviour is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behaviour is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Rewarding successive approximations of a target behaviour is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Water, food, sleep and shelter reward us without any training. They are:Read the answer and worked solution →Praise and stickers work only because they are linked to something else. They are:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the learning termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the primary rewardsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the learning gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the learning wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Pavlov or SkinnerRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the learning ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Learning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Learning to link two events that keep happening together is called:

  1. Classical conditioning
  2. Clinical consultation
  3. Clerical computation
  4. Classroom construction
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Correct answer: A. Classical conditioning

1. Two stimuli appear together again and again. 2. The learner starts to expect the second. 3. That is classical conditioning. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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Learning that links a behaviour with its consequence is called:

  1. Organic contraction
  2. Operant conditioning
  3. Optical calculation
  4. Optional connection
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Correct answer: B. Operant conditioning

1. A reward or a punishment follows the act. 2. The behaviour changes as a result. 3. That is operant conditioning. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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Learning by watching what other people do is called:

  1. Observational
  2. Occupational
  3. Operational
  4. Organisational
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Correct answer: A. Observational

1. No direct reward reaches the learner. 2. The model's behaviour is copied. 3. That is observational learning. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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