Which process is at work when a toddler learns to use a sippy cup when all he knew before was a bottle?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. After finishing a marathon, Adena grabs a water bottle and quickly drinks all of its contents in an attempt to satisfy a (n)_______drive.

   A. extrinsic
   B. secondary
   C. learned
   D. primary

3. In Piaget’s classification system, the child learns language and the logic of classification and numbers during which period?

   A. sensorimotor
   B. latency
   C. formal operations
   D. concrete operation

4. In order to obtain a reward, a monkey learns to press a lever when a bell tone is on but not when a Buzzer tone is on. What kind of training is this?

   A. extinction
   B. generalization
   C. spontaneous recovery
   D. discrimination

5. When an infant learns to call his father “daddy” and then calls all men “daddy”, this is an example of ____________________?

   A. overgeneralization
   B. over-discrimination
   C. under-generalization
   D. telegraphic speech

6. An individual learns through:

   A. Trial & error
   B. Imitation
   C. Insight
   D. All of the above

7. A child learns attitudes:

   A. Learns positive attitudes from his family
   B. Learns both positive and negative attitudes from his family
   C. Learns negative attitudes from his family
   D. None of the above

8. Aima just upgraded her software package. However, even though the updated version contains a number of more efficient methods for working with files, Aima continues to work with files the way she did before the upgrade. In this case, Aima is showing evidence of:

   A. functional fixedness
   B. belief perseverance
   C. the availability heuristic
   D. mental set

9. Which of the following are likely to make us find a situation stressful? 1: Having knowledge are experience of the job. 2: Poor relationships at work. 3: Reduced autonomy over work. 4: Neurotic temperament.

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

10. By scripting specific job-relevant to be asked of all those applying for a particular work position, a personnel psychologist is most clearly developing a frame work for:

    A. a refractory period
    B. the experience of flow
    C. structured interviews
    D. 360-degree feedback