Q1. In an experiment, the conditioned stimulus (CS) was the word ‘good’ pronounced aloud by the experimenter. After a conditioning had been established, sentences like ‘The pioneer helps his comrade’ also produced salivation. This is known as
(a) semantic conditioning
(b) response conditioning
(c) operant conditioning
(d) unconditioned
S1. Ans.(a)
Q2. Mirror drawing is an example of
(a) visual skill
(b) sensory motor skill
(c) motor skill
(d) None of the above
S2. Ans.(b)
Q3. When a conditioned response to a stimulus has been acquired other similar stimuli will evoke the same response. This is due to
(a) variable of generalisation
(b) generalisation
(c) discrimination
(d) extinction
S3. Ans.(b)
Q4. In operant training the reinforced behaviour and the behaviour normally elicited by the reinforcing stimulus-bear the following relationship. They are
(a) same
(b) extinction
(c) totally different
(d) none of the above
S4. Ans.(c)
Q5. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) In classical conditioning, the response is elicited whereas in operant conditioning, the response is emitted
(b) In both classical and operant conditioning, the response is elicited
(c) In classical conditioning, the response is emitted whereas in operant conditioning the response is emitted
(d) None of the above
S5. Ans.(a)
Q6. Learning may be best defined as change in
(a) behaviour
(b) personality
(c) habits
(d) aptitudes
S6. Ans.(a)
Q7. Punishment results in the response being
(a) strong
(b) suppressed
(c) unlearned
(d) substituted always by a more desirable response
S7. Ans.(b)
Q8. Punishing a child for wetting the bed often
(a) does not have any effect.
(b) decreases the frequency of the behaviour
(c) increases the frequency of the behaviour
(d) all of these
S8. Ans.(c)
Q9. In Pavlov’s original demonstration of classical conditioning, salivation to the bell was the
(a) conditioned stimulus
(b) conditioned response
(c) unconditioned stimulus
(d) unconditioned response
S9. Ans.(b)
Q10. General reading ability
(a) increases regularly with age
(b) increase up to forty five years and then declines very slowly
(c) increases up to middle twenties, declines very slowly to about age of forty five, and more sharply thereafter
(d) decreases regularly but the rate of decrease is imperceptible up to twenty five, very slow up to forty five, and faster thereafter
S10. Ans.(c)
