Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Learning is defined as a relatively permanent
_______________________________.
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
The scientist who introduced the concept of classical
conditioning was named___________________.
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
According to classical conditioning theory, the bell can be
initially thought of as the ________________ stimulus, but after conditioning
is considered the ___________________ stimulus.
Question 4
1.5 out of 5 points
After returning from the war in Afghanistan, Gerald becomes
fearful and dives for cover when he hears firecrackers on July 4th. In this
situation, the firecracker is the _________________ stimulus and the diving for
cover is the _______________________response. By responding to the firecracker,
does Gerald show stimulus generalization or stimulus
discrimination?____________________________.
Question 5
5 out of 5 points
Operant conditioning differs from classical conditioning in
several ways. State two of these differences.
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
The scientist most associated with operant conditioning is _______________________.
Question 7
1.5 out of 5 points
Tommy is having difficulties following directions in school.
His teacher puts him on a behavior modification plan. Each time Tommy follows
directions he receives a sticker. The sticker is ______________ reinforcer. If
Tommy shows an increase in the number of times he follows directions, the
sticker can be considered a______________________. If Tommy does not show an
increase in the number of times he follows directions, the sticker is not a
__________________________.
Question 8
0 out of 5 points
Carla’s teacher is trying to coax her to sit with the group
for story time. Carla insists on sitting away from the group but sometimes
stands up to peek at what the group is doing. Carla’s teacher reinforces Carla
whenever she shows interest in the group. Eventually Carla joins the group. The
reinforcement strategy of rewarding successive approximations of the desired
behavior is known as _________________.
Question 9
5 out of 5 points
The scientist most associated with stating the importance of
observational learning is __________________. Through his famous ÒBobo DollÓ
experiment, he suggested that children exposed to violent behavior via adult
modeling may be more likely to _________________________.
Question 10
0 out of 5 points
Three year-old Evan is watching violent cartoons on TV.
Specialized neurons in his brain known as ________________ might be firing when
he thinks about mimicking the violent behavior.
Question 11
5 out of 5 points
Intelligence is defined as
_____________________________________________.
Question 12
5 out of 5 points
General intelligence is known as _______________.
Question 13
0 out of 5 points
Anna is excellent at solving puzzles and reasoning
abstractly. She is strong in ___________ intelligence.
Question 14
0 out of 5 points
Adam is excellent at recalling the meaning of vocabulary
words. He is strong in ________________ intelligence.
Question 15
5 out of 5 points
Howard Gardner’s theory of ___________________ suggested 8
different forms of intelligence.
Question 16
5 out of 5 points
Karen is a natural athlete. According to Gardner, she possess
__________________intelligence.
Question 17
5 out of 5 points
Anna wants to become a psychotherapist. According to Gardner,
it would be advantageous if she possessed _____________________________
intelligence.
Question 18
Partial Credit
Keith is excellent at solving word problems, but his sister
says he has no “common sense” to figure out how to solve problems in
everyday living. According to Sternberg, Keith
lacks____________________________.
Question 19
Henry often insults his classmates. He does not understand
why his classmates are reluctant to work with him on group projects. Henry
could use some helpful suggestions to improve his _________________________
intelligence.
Question 20
5 out of 5 points
IQ scores are normally distributed within the population.
When plotted, this normal distribution forms a ________ shaped curve with a
mean IQ score of _________.
