AP Psychology: Unit – 4 – Learning Practice Test
AP Psychology: Unit – 4 – Learning Practice Test
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Question 1 of 19
1. Question
Which of the following scenarios illustrates a variable interval schedule of reinforcement?
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Question 2 of 19
2. Question
Brian ate a tuna salad sandwich that had become tainted from being in the sun too long. Not long after eating, Brian became extremely nauseated and felt awful. After that, even the sight of a tuna sandwich caused Brian to feel nauseated. In this scenario, what is the conditioned response (CR)?
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Question 3 of 19
3. Question
Maddie gets a speeding ticket, and her parents take her car away for 2 weeks. What type of Operational Conditioning is taking place?
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Question 4 of 19
4. Question
Which form of learning would most likely be studied in an operant chamber (Skinner box)?
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5. Question
Through direct experience with animals, small children come to anticipate that dogs will bark and that birds will chirp. This best illustrates what psychological learning concept?
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Question 6 of 19
6. Question
Maddie gets a speeding ticket, and her parents take her car away for 2 weeks. This is an example of what reinforcement schedule?
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Question 7 of 19
7. Question
What is an example of a secondary reinforcer?
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8. Question
Leah is interested in helping her daughter learn manners. Each time her daughter says something that is close to appropriate, she rewards her. Eventually, her daughter should learn good manners. What term is explained by this process?
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Question 9 of 19
9. Question
Which of the following is an example of a fixed-interval reinforcement schedule?
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Question 10 of 19
10. Question
Responding to a stimulus in order to avoid electric shock is an example of what?
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Question 11 of 19
11. Question
Rats that do not find a positive reinforcer at the end of a maze learn slowly when compared to rats that do find a positive reinforcer at the end of a maze. However, if the first group does begin receiving a positive reinforcement at the end of a maze, their performance in the maze begins to match the second group’s performance. This is an example of what effect?
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Question 12 of 19
12. Question
Under which reinforcement schedule is it most important for an organism to learn to accurately estimate time?
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Question 13 of 19
13. Question
Which is most true of punishment?
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Question 14 of 19
14. Question
What is the basis of Thorndike’s Law of Effect?
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Question 15 of 19
15. Question
The terms “reconditioning” and “spontaneous recovery” both describe the increase in a conditioned response that was believed to be extinguished. What is the key difference between these two terms?
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Question 16 of 19
16. Question
In signal-detection research, occasionally a subject will report detecting a signal even in the signal’s absence. What is this called?
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Question 17 of 19
17. Question
A gambler’s addiction is a result of what reinforcement schedule?
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18. Question
When an animal receives a punishment but learns that pressing a button will eliminate the punishment, escape learning takes place. However, if there is no response that will turn off the shock, the situation is best described as what?
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Question 19 of 19
19. Question
Every day, Zach walks home from school with his sister, Abby. One day, Abby has to stay late for soccer practice, so Zach tries to walk home by himself. He has never done this before, but he is surprised to discover that he learned the route correctly after all of those walks with his sister. What is Zach’s situation an example of?
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