CHAPTER 5 Learning

CHAPTER 5 Learning

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Most psychologists define learning as:
2. a) any change in behavior.
3. b) any change in behavior due to maturation.
4. c) any change in behavior due to experience.
5. d) a relatively permanent change in behavior due to natural development.
6. e) a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.

ANS: e         TOP:  MOD: Intro              REF: Chapter Introduction               MSC: factual       

OBJ: 1-Define learning in psychological terms.                KEY: Define/Describe

2. Which of the following best describes the nature of learning?
3. a) Learning is always adaptive. It involves enduring, but not necessarily permanent, changes in behavior.
4. b) Learning is always adaptive. It involves permanent changes in behavior.
5. c) Learning is adaptive in most cases. It involves enduring, but not necessarily permanent, changes in behavior.
6. d) Learning is adaptive in most cases. It involves permanent changes in behavior.
7. e) Learning is adaptive in most cases. It involves any type of change in behavior.

ANS: c         TOP:  MOD: Intro              REF: Chapter Introduction                               MSC: conceptual

OBJ: 1-Define learning in psychological terms.                KEY: Define/Describe

3. In psychology, learning is generally defined as:
4. a) any change in behavior that is not a simple reflex.
5. b) changes in behavior that reflect maturation.
6. c) any adaptive change in behavior.
7. d) relatively permanent changes in behavior due to natural development.
8. e) relatively permanent changes in behavior due to experience.

ANS: e         TOP:  MOD: Intro              REF: Chapter Introduction                               MSC: factual       

OBJ: 1-Define learning in psychological terms.                KEY: Define/Describe        NOT: WWW         

4. __________ is best defined as any relatively permanent change in behavior resulting from experience.
5. a) Operant conditioning
6. b) Classical conditioning
7. c) Learning
8. d) Cognitive learning
9. e) Behavior modification

ANS: c         TOP:  MOD: Intro              REF: Chapter Introduction                               MSC: factual       

OBJ: 1-Define learning in psychological terms.                KEY: Define/Describe

5. Who is most closely associated with classical conditioning?
6. a) John Watson
7. b) Ivan Pavlov
8. c) John Garcia
9. d) F. Skinner
10. e) Robert Rescorla

ANS: b        TOP:  MOD: 5.1  REF: Classical Conditioning: Learning through Association  

MSC: factual             OBJ: 3-Identify key figures in classical conditioning and describe their contributions.

KEY: Identify            NOT: WWW