COON JOURNEY: PSYCHOLOGY TEST BANK, ANSWERED-1. In the introduction to Chapter 6 in your textbook, Larry’s story about how he developed a fear of rats
... [Show More] was told. It seems that Larry learned to fear rats when he was a child as he observed his mother’s extreme, irrational fear response upon seeing a rat. Larry developed his fear of rats through
a. classical conditioning.
b. vicarious classical conditioning.
c. operant conditioning.
d. insight learning.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Rats! / What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 / 6.1.2 KEY: Application
2. Abstract “book learning” would be considered a form of
a. classical conditioning.
b. vicarious classical conditioning.
c. operant conditioning.
d. cognitive learning.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Rats! / What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 / 6.1.3 KEY: Concept
3. Often, the most effective method of helping people to overcome their irrational fears is through
a. classical conditioning.
b. abstract “book learning.”
c. operant conditioning.
d. cognitive learning.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Rats! / What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 / 6.1.2 KEY: Concept
4. Learning is best defined as
a. any change in behavior.
b. a relatively permanent change in behavior due to past experience.
c. a relatively permanent change in behavior due to physical development.
d. any change in behavior caused by motivation.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 KEY: Fact
5. Learning includes changes in behavior as a result of
a. motivation.
b. maturation.
c. experience.
d. all of these.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question)
6. When Tenisha shows any relatively permanent change in her behavior as a result of some experience she has had, she is exhibiting
a. reinforcement.
b. introspection.
c. motivation.
d. learning.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? OBJ: 6.1.1 KEY: Application MSC: * (New Question)
7. Psychologists define learning as
a. a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.
b. a temporary change in behavior due to one’s motivational state.
c. behavioral changes as a result of maturation and development.
d. the modification and replacement of old behaviors and habits with socially acceptable behaviors.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: What Is Learning-Does Practice Make Perfect? [Show Less]