Psych 110 Exam 3 Practice Questions

Jemma wants to teach her son to say thank you. Every time he says thank you, Jemma praises him and gives him a hug. Which reinforcement schedule is this? A. Secondary B. Primary C. Partial D. Continuous

D. Continuous

Birds migrating, cats chasing prey, sea turtles moving toward the ocean immediately after birth, and joeys moving to the mother's pouch immediately after birth are all examples of ________. A. Instincts B. Learning C. Reflexes D. Conditioning

A. Instincts

Which of the following is an example of latent learning? A. A child earning tokens for good behavior and spending the tokens on prizes B. A rabbit knowing to run away from an unleashed dog C. An adult recalling the location of a gas station when he unexpectedly runs out of gas D. A teenager learning karate from her best friend who takes karate lessons

C. An adult recalling the location of a gas station when he unexpectedly runs out of gas

Which of the following is an example of a variable ratio reinforcement schedule? A. Bill traveling to Myrtle Beach for vacation every June B. Joyce playing scratch-off lottery tickets C. Jeremy checking Youtube every morning before work D. Nikita taking her dog to the vet once a year

B. Joyce playing scratch-off lottery tickets

A dog is conditioned to associate a bell with food. Which of the following responses by the dog illustrates stimulus discrimination? A. The dog drools when he hears either a bell or a whistle B. the dog drools when he hears a bell but not when he hears a whistle C. the dog drools only when food is paired with a bell D. the dog drools whenever a bell rings

B. the dog drools when he hears a bell but not when he hears a whistle

Frances receives one dollar for every pound of worms she gives her grandfather. Which reinforcement schedule is this? A. Fixed Interval B. Variable Ratio C. Fixed Ratio D. Variable Interval

C. Fixed Ratio

Gabrielle watches her father put batteries into her toy phone, and she is then able to put the batteries into the toy phone herself without further instruction from her father. In this example, Gabrielle's father is a ________. A. Response B. Cognition C. Model D. Stimulus

C. Model