Learning and Behavior Quiz

Test your knowledge on behaviorism with questions on classical conditioning, operant conditioning, observational learning, and more!

#1

In classical conditioning, what is the unconditioned response?

The response caused by the conditioned stimulus
The initial response to the unconditioned stimulus
The learned response to the conditioned stimulus
The automatic response to the unconditioned stimulus
#2

Which type of reinforcement involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior?

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
#3

What is the process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information called?

Learning
Memory
Cognition
Conditioning
#4

Which type of learning involves making associations between stimuli and responses?

Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Cognitive learning
Social learning
#5

Which type of reinforcement involves the presentation of a pleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior?

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
#6

Who proposed the theory of operant conditioning?

Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
John B. Watson
Albert Bandura
#7

What is the term for learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others?

Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Social learning
Cognitive learning
#8

What is the term for the weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response?

Extinction
Spontaneous recovery
Generalization
Discrimination
#9

Which psychologist is associated with the concept of the hierarchy of needs?

Abraham Maslow
Sigmund Freud
Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
#10

What is the term for the process of learning to associate a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus?

Acquisition
Generalization
Discrimination
Extinction
#11

Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?

Money
Praise
Food
Grades
#12

According to Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory, what are the three factors that interact to influence learning?

Observational learning, reinforcement, and punishment
Memory, attention, and motivation
Observational learning, modeling, and self-efficacy
Reinforcement, shaping, and extinction
#13

What is the term for the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus?

Generalization
Discrimination
Extinction
Spontaneous recovery
#14

What term is used to describe the process of reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior?

Punishment
Shaping
Chaining
Modeling
#15

According to classical conditioning principles, what is the term for a previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus?

Neutral stimulus
Conditioned stimulus
Unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned response

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