The initial stage of learning a response is called: ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The tendency for prior learning to inhibit recall later learning is called: ____________?

   A. encoding failure
   B. repression
   C. retroactive interference.
   D. proactive interference

2. “Rather than rote learning, we believe in learning by doing.” This statement is reflective of which school of psychology?

   A. Structuralism
   B. Functionalism
   C. Behaviorism
   D. Gestalt

3. Decreased perceptual response to a repeated stimulus is called: ____________?

   A. habituation
   B. selective attention
   C. divided attention
   D. hallucination

4. Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called: ____________?

   A. retrieval
   B. encoding
   C. storage
   D. organization

5. Distributed practice refers to learning: ____________?

   A. All at once
   B. over several sessions
   C. from several different sources
   D. through several different senses

6. Which early school of psychology emphasizes the observable consequences that follow a response?

   A. Functionalism
   B. Gestalt
   C. Structuralism
   D. Behaviorism

7. the cognitive revolution psychology was a response to the limitations of which school of thought?

   A. Psychoanalysis
   B. Behaviorism
   C. Human information-processing
   D. Gestalt psychology

8. The shape of the sigmoid curve of learning is indicated where:

   A. The number of wrong responses is greater in the beginning of training
   B. The number of correct responses is greater in the beginning of training
   C. The number of wrong responses is greater in the end of training
   D. The number of wrong responses is greater in the middle of training

9. In classical conditioning, learning is evident when a: ______________?

   A. stimulus automatically produces a response without a prior history of experience
   B. stimulus which did not initially produce a response now elicits that response
   C. spontaneously emitted response increases in frequency as a result of in consequences
   D. subjects repeats an action he or she has observed in another and is praised for it

10. State dependent learning is a term which refers to the fact that: _____________?

    A. bodily states can be a strong cue for later memory
    B. learning and memory can be increased with the use of drugs
    C. happy people have better memories
    D. adults lose any eidetic memory as they grow older