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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

In classical conditioning two______are associated.

A Punishers

B Stimuli

C Responses

D Reinforces

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Correct Answer: Stimuli

Who founded the school of psychology known as Behaviorism:

A Skinner

B Thorndike

C Watson

D Pavlov

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Correct Answer: Pavlov

Learning is based on:

A Knowledge

B Comprehension

C Understanding

D Practice

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Correct Answer: Practice

According to Rescorla, the strength of a conditioned response depends on:

A the number of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

B the number of trials in which the CS is presented alone

C the percentage of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

D resistance of extinction

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Correct Answer: the percentage of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

The presentation of an aversive stimulus of the removal of a positive stimulus are both examples of:

A negative reinforcement

B punishment

C positive reinforcement

D secondary reinforcement

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Correct Answer: punishment

If you have a snake phobia because you once heard a loud noise while looking at a snake, for you a snake is a (n):

A US

B CS

C UR

D CR

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Correct Answer: CS

In Thorndike’s law of effect, events critical for conditioning:

A occur after the response

B occur before the response

C occur simultaneously with the response

D are unrelated to the response except during extinction

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Correct Answer: occur after the response

Watson and Rayner (1`920) conditioned “Little Albert’ to fear white rats by banging a hammer on a steel bar as the child played with a white rat. Later, it was discovered that Albert feared not only white rats but white stuffed toys and Santa’s beard as well. Albert’s fear of these other objects can be attributed to:

A the law effect

B stimulus generalization

C stimulus discrimination

D an overactive imagination

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Correct Answer: stimulus generalization

Sam’s wife always wears the same black nightgown whenever she is “in the mood” for sexual relations. Sam becomes sexually aroused as soon as he sees his wife in the nightgown. For Sam, the night is a (n):

A unconditioned stimulus

B unconditioned response

C conditioned stimulus

D conditioned response

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Correct Answer: conditioned stimulus

A pigeon in a Skinner box is pecking the disk at a high, steady rate. The graph portraying this pigeon’s responding will have:

A a steep, unchanging slope

B a shallow, unchanging slope

C a progressively steeper slope

D a progressively shallower slope

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Correct Answer: a steep, unchanging slope

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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In classical conditioning two______are associated.

Who founded the school of psychology known as Behaviorism:

Learning is based on:

According to Rescorla, the strength of a conditioned response depends on:

The presentation of an aversive stimulus of the removal of a positive stimulus are both examples of:

If you have a snake phobia because you once heard a loud noise while looking at a snake, for you a snake is a (n):

In Thorndike’s law of effect, events critical for conditioning:

Sam’s wife always wears the same black nightgown whenever she is “in the mood” for sexual relations. Sam becomes sexually aroused as soon as he sees his wife in the nightgown. For Sam, the night is a (n):

A pigeon in a Skinner box is pecking the disk at a high, steady rate. The graph portraying this pigeon’s responding will have: