A. Extinction
B. Reinforcement
C. Contiguity
D. Trial and error
E. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - William James, James Cattell, John Dewey and E.L. Thorndike all belonged to which school of thought?
A. Structuralist
B. Behaviorist
C. Gestaltists
D. None of the above - Edward Thorndike established the:
A. Principle of reinforcement
B. Law of effect
C. Contiguity hypothesis
D. Theory of behaviorism - E.L. Thorndike is famous for____.
A. Drill upon learning
B. Lesson making
C. Scientific investigation
D. None of these - The “Saving method” developed by Ebbinghaus to measure memory performance was an early form of measuring ________________?
A. encoding specificity
B. semantic memory
C. implicit memory
D. deductive reasoning - We often a series of dots on a printed form as a “solid” line because of the Gestalt principle of:
A. figure – ground
B. symmetry
C. similarity
D. closure - The tilt illusion, the luminance contrast effect and the color illusion are examples of what type of contrast effect?
A. Before-effects
B. After-effects
C. Waterfall illusions
D. Perceptual illusions - The law of effect first formulated by ________________?
A. John Garcia
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Edward Thorndike
D. Edward Tolman - The Law of Effect is concerned with the effects of _____________________?
A. hormones in behavior
B. activity states on behavior
C. internal drive states on behavior
D. rewards and punishment on behavior
