Theories of Learning [GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Psychology]: Questions 1 - 5 of 169
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Question 1
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MCQ▾Older theory about the nature of classical conditioning is the theory of ________.
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Stimulus discrimination | |
b. | Stimulus response | |
c. | Stimulus substitution | |
d. | Stimulus demarcation | |
Question 2
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MCQ▾Secondary reinforcers are
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | innate. | |
b. | almost never effective. | |
c. | much more effective than primary reinforcers. | |
d. | learned. | |
Question 3
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MCQ▾A neutral stimulus is one that
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | does not evoke the UR. | |
b. | depends on the size of the UR. | |
c. | leads to a decrease of the UR. | |
d. | leads to an increase of the UR. | |
Question 4
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MCQ▾The response that reliably follows the unconditioned stimulus is known as the ________.
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Only response | |
b. | Conditioned response | |
c. | Unconditioned response | |
d. | None of the above | |
Question 5
Appeared in Year: 2014 (UGC)
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Assertion-Reason▾Assertion(Ꭺ)
Operant conditioning emphasized the study of overt, observable behavior, environmental conditions and the processes which determine behavior. (December)
Reason(Ꭱ)
Operant conditioning deals with the function of behavior rather than the structure of personality. It is deterministic theory in which there is no free will.
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Ꭺ is true but Ꭱ is false | |
b. | Ꭺ is false but Ꭱ is true | |
c. | Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true and Ꭱ is the correct explanation of Ꭺ | |
d. | Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true but Ꭱ is NOT the correct explanation of Ꭺ | |