Learning is best defined as a process that involves:

A. Two stimuli being paired that produce a conditioned response over time
B. An organism interacting with its environment, becoming changed by experience, and thereby modifying subsequent behaviours
C. An organism interacting with its environment through autoshaping and conditioning
D. An organism responding to its environment based on reinforcement or punishment for behaviours
E. The effect of parents, teachers and peers

Related Mcqs:

A psychologist explains you that learning can be best defined in terms of underlying thought process. What theory is being stated ___________ ?
A. Social learning
B. Cognitive learning
C. Trial and error
D. None of these
A psychologist explains you that learning can be best defined in terms of underlying thought process. What theory is being stated __________?
A. Social learning
B. Cognitive learning
C. Trial and error
D. None of these
Since learning involves learner activity, educational theory and practice must represent the application of_______derived knowledge concerning human growth and maturation:
A. Psychologically
B. Selectively
C. Socially
D. Scientifically
The simplest form of learning that involves modification of behaviour through a diminution of responses to repeated stimuli:
A. Imprinting
B. Habituation
C. Latent learning
D. Conditioned reflex type II
The reporting of conceptual enquiry style of research can take a variety of formats. it usually involves persuasion based on a preferred basis (e.g. discovery learning), use of examples showing the effectiveness of the new idea, and often____________or other evidence:
A. Psychological
B. Technological
C. Logical
D. Strong
which of the following method of learning is used in learning by doing:
A. Learning thought trial & error
B. Learning thought imitation
C. Learning thought insight
D. All of the above
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
In learning by doing, learning comes through:
A. Skills
B. Observation
C. Limitation
D. Theories
A way of diagnosing and planning treatment for a patient that involves evaluating someone in order to figure out what is wrong is defined as which of the following?
A. Testing
B. Clinical assessment
C. Evaluation
D. Mental status examination
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