Text: Learning and Memory
Text: Learning and Memory
Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)
1. The central question for the field of Learning is:
(a) How do genetics influence behavior?
(b) What role does the environment play in the development of mental process- es?
(c) How do we come to have knowledge? (d) Why do learning disabilities develop?
2. Which of the following could be considered valid ways to measure learning?
(a) the rate at which an animal presses a bar in an experimental chamber (b) the degree to which one’s respiration rate changes from one situation to another
(c) the ability of an individual to recall material while completing an exam (d) all of the above
3. Which of the following is not demonstrative of learning?
(a) possessing factual knowledge (b) the acquisition of a new skill
(c) experiencing a surge in one’s attentional ability following the consumption of a stimulant medication
(d) feeling more competent after training, compared to before training
4. One’s potential for learning could be demonstrated if:
(a) acquired knowledge is used after it is initially obtained (b) acquired knowledge is used as it is obtained
(c) acquired knowledge is used before it is obtained (d) none of the above
5. Which of the following changes in behavior are typically excluded from a formal definition of learning?
(a) changes that are transient
(b) permanent changes in behavior
(c) changes in one’s behavioral repertoire (d) none of the above
6. Bandura’s “BoBo doll” experiment illustrated the distinction between:
(a) physiological and affective changes in behavior (b) potential and actual changes in behavior
(c) potential and maturational changes in behavior (d) actual and physiological changes in behavior
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7. Changes due to maturation are excluded from the definition of learning because:
(a) they may arise from innate forces (b) neural
(c) they occur independent from one’s experiences (d) all of the above
8. Which of the following is a maturation-based, as opposed to experience- based, change in behavior?
(a) a rat’s faster pace through a maze after 10 attempts through the maze
(b) a decrease in one’s anxiety level towards horror films after viewing one horror film per day for an entire year
(c) developing aggressive tendencies after viewing models acting in an aggressive manner
(d) bone growth
9. Habituation can be measured by:
(a) observing whole-body startle reactions to loud tones (b) measuring the amount of blood flowing into one’s brain
(c) measuring changes in the electrical conductivity of the skin (d) all of the above
10. Which of the following is most likely to result in suppressed responding during a habituation experiment?
(a) spaced presentations (b) massed presentations (c) savings
(d) generalization
