A. classical; operant
B. operant; classical
C. classical; classical
D. operant; operant
Related Mcqs:
- Which one of the following approaches tries to analyze human behaviour in terms of stimulus-response units acquired through the process of learning, mainly through instrumental conditioning ?
A. Cognitive Approach
B. Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
C. Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic Approach
D. Existential Approach - Skinner maintained that reinforcement determines the acquisition of a response; Bandura maintains that reinforcement determines the_______of a response.
A. acquisition
B. development
C. performance
D. generalization - Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 4
D. 3 & 4 - Which one of the following is necessary before an avoidance response can take place?
A. a positive reinforce
B. a discriminative stimulus
C. punishment
D. shaping - Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single eventA. 1,2 & 3
B. 2,3 & 4
C. 1,2 & 4
D. 4 - Watson and Rayner (1`920) conditioned “Little Albert’ to fear white rats by banging a hammer on a steel bar as the child played with a white rat. Later, it was discovered that Albert feared not only white rats but white stuffed toys and Santa’s beard as well. Albert’s fear of these other objects can be attributed to:
A. the law effect
B. stimulus generalization
C. stimulus discrimination
D. an overactive imagination - While considerable research suggests that human’s exhibit relatively poor reasoning ability what reasons have been given to be critical of this research?
A. Rationality is not absolute
B. Experiments lack ecological validity
C. Satisficing responses are rational responses
D. People have limited time and data available
E. All of the above - Towards the close of the 19th century, who, as a result of his experiments with animals, formulated laws of learning that seemed to confirm his belief concerning the trial and error nature of learning?
A. William james
B. Edward Thomdike
C. G.Stanely Hall
D. Charles H.judd - A child who has been frightened by a dog develops a fear response to all dogs. This is known as:
A. Stimulus Discrimination
B. Extinction
C. Spontaneous recovery
D. Stimulus Generalization - 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 aboveA. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4
