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

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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. Christina was skiing down an intermediate run when the run broke into two separate trails. One trial turned off at a 90-degree angle; the second trail appeared to continue in the same general direction she had been headed if Christina takes the second trial her actions would be consistent with the Gestalt principle of:

   A. common region
   B. simplicity
   C. closure
   D. continuity

5. 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

6. 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

7. In learning by doing, learning comes through:

   A. Skills
   B. Observation
   C. Limitation
   D. Theories

8. _______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

9. 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 above

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 4

10. 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 event

    A. 1,2 & 3
    B. 2,3 & 4
    C. 1,2 & 4
    D. 4