Q. Kohler's research with Sultan supports which theoretical view of learning?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
insight learning
Learning and Behaviour MCQs and Notes
Q. To teach a complex behavior, one should use
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
shaping
Q. Whenever Kendra's dog whines at the door to go out she says "good dog" and pets the dog. The word "good" becomes a secondary reinforcer through the process of
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
classical conditioning
Q. Skinner defines an operant behavior as that which is
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
emitted by the organism
Q. According to Skinner, a reinforcer is any event that
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
increases a behavior
Q. Once exposed to an aversive situation, learning a response that removes the aversive situation involves
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
escape learning
Q. Instrumental aversive conditioning involves
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
all of the above
Q. According to Tolman, reward is not required for learning but is required for
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
performance
Q. Guthrie rejected Thorndike's
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
law of effect
Q. Which traditional learning theorist believed that the use of hypothetical constructs does not contribute to our understanding of behavior?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
skinner