Which of the following is accurate in relation to the law of effect?

A. The law of effect relates to Pavlov’s proposal that reward will strengthen the connection between the response that preceded it and any stimuli present when it is delivered
B. In modern terminology, Thorndike’s ‘satisfiers’ and ‘annoyers’ are called enforces and punishers
C. In the law of effect, a stimulus-response (S-R) association is learned
D. It is generally thought that the likelihood of an animal responding in a particular way cannot be controlled by the consequence of the response

Related Mcqs:

Which of the following is closely associated with the effectiveness of the law of effect:
A. Learning
B. Stimulus
C. Responses
D. Sensation
In Thorndike’s law of effect, events critical for conditioning:
A. occur after the response
B. occur before the response
C. occur simultaneously with the response
D. are unrelated to the response except during extinction
Phobias can be very debilitating and distressing phenomena. Which, if any, of the following statements are correct in relation to Watson and Rayner’s (1920) research into them?
1:Watson and Rayner speculated that the complexity of emotional responsiveness in adults might be explained by the conditioning of children’s simple emotional reactions when they are exposed to new stimuli
2:Watson and Rayner found evidence for emotional from a test trial in which the rat was accompanied by the noise
3:The fear reaction in Albert could be produced by a loud noise
4:None of the above
A. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4
Which TWO of the following are true of the learning set procedure?
1:The animals learns to focus on classes of cues that are inaccurate predictors of reward
2:In the win-stay, lose-shift strategy, the animal learns to persist with a choice that yields food, but shift to the other object if it does not
3:In the learning-set procedure, all stimuli and associations have equal effect on the animal’s behaviour
4:The occurrence of reward can be regarded as a stimulus that can enter into associations or acquire discriminative control over an instrumental action
A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4
which of the following is not included in the law of learning:
A. Law of readiness
B. Law of modification
C. law of exercise
D. Law of effect
Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer?
A. sex
B. grades
C. food
D. a pain-relieving drug
Which of the following is also called factors influencing learning:
A. Law of learning
B. Condition of learning
C. Transfer of learning
D. none of the above
Which of the following is a comprehensive achievement test for clients aged 4 to 50 years and is administered face-to-face and one-on-one?
A. WIAT-III
B. WAIS-IV
C. WISC-V
D. WPPSI-IV
Community psychology, health psychology, and neuropsychology are considered which of the following in clinical psychology?
A. Precursors
B. Continuums
C. Inferences
D. Subspecialties
During World War II, clinical psychologists were called upon to help treat which of the following?
A. Alzheimer’s
B. Schizophrenia
C. Shell shock
D. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)