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?

Related Mcqs:

1. In learning by trial & error, an individual carries on his work unless:

   A. He finds an appropriate solution
   B. He commits a mistakes
   C. He comes across some negative response
   D. Both (a) and (b)

2. Sherif’s autokinetic experiments and Asch’s line studies demonstrated the power of which social psychological factor on the degree to which people confirm?

   A. Group identity
   B. individual norms
   C. Individual identity
   D. Group norms

3. In learning by trial & error, an individual:

   A. Has not already available solution to his problems
   B. Does not use his intellect
   C. Does not commit mistakes
   D. Does not retry after failure

4. Which of the following is the first step of learning by trial & error:

   A. Identification of the problem
   B. Realization of the problem
   C. Efforts for the solution of problem
   D. Remembering the solution of problem

5. _______developed detailed conclusions concerning learning, transfer, and reactive inhibition for learning theory and for education:

   A. E.j.Swenson
   B. Binet
   C. Lloyod Allen cook
   D. Nojne of the above

6. Laboratory experiments have supplied significant data concerning behavior reactions in relations to:

   A. Data
   B. Practice
   C. Skill
   D. Learning

7. The purpose of a_______is to test a belief or opinion concerning human behavior in a given situation or under given conditions:

   A. Psychological experiment
   B. Psychological behavior
   C. Psychological period
   D. Psychological influence

8. In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a “masking” stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effect of:

   A. Tinnitus
   B. Accommodation
   C. Blindsight
   D. Priming

9. Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?

   A. Behavioural compliance never leads to attitude change
   B. The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change
   C. The greater the inducement for compliance the more the attitude change
   D. Behavioural compliance always leads to attitude change

10. 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