AP Classroom Unit 4 Progress Check
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- Q1Molly is potty training her daughter, Mia. Every time Mia begins to urinate in her diaper, Molly says the word “bathroom” in the hope that Mia will begin to urinate when she hears this word while sitting on the toilet. Molly’s efforts most resemble the studies ofStanley Milgram, who studied obedienceSigmund Freud, who studied psychodynamic effectIvan Pavlov, who studied classical conditioningEdward Tolman, who studied latent learningB. F. Skinner, who studied operant conditioning30s
- Q2The best example of a biological predisposition to learning is which of the following?Little Cardi gets in her toy car and imitates the way her mother drives a real car.After getting kicked by a donkey, Sarah developed a fear of not only donkeys but also horses.Rats can learn to run complex mazes even without food rewards present.By using shaping techniques, a researcher can teach a chicken to play tic-tac-toe.After Ted got sick from eating sushi from the deli, he became nauseous whenever he thought of eating sushi.30s
- Q3Which of the following is the best example of social learning?Rita is a passenger in her friend’s car every day on the way to work. One day her friend is sick so Rita has to drive herself. She is able to navigate with no problem.Delilah was mildly shocked when she tried to remove her smoke detector batteries, so she now flinches whenever she has to change the smoke detector batteries.Jerome gives his dog a treat every time his dog does not jump on guests, and eventually the dog stops jumping on guests even without a treat.Jezabeth was scratched by a cat, so now she is afraid of cats.Sydney starts using the same word choices and vocal inflections as members of the popular group at her school.30s
- Q4In which scenario does sunblock serve as a conditioned stimulus?Helen pictures sunblock on her mantle to help her remember to buy some at the store.Lowell feels relaxed when he smells sunblock because it reminds him of his vacations at the beach.Sophia broke out in a painful rash when she spread sunscreen on her skin because she is allergic to an ingredient in it.Ernesto received a free lifetime supply of sunblock when he won a trivia contest.Sarah avoids sunblock because people compliment her on her tan when she goes without it.30s
- Q5Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates the acquisition of a fear of snakes?Tim used to be afraid of snakes, but after a number of harmless interactions with them, his fear subsided.Vivian’s long-held fear of snakes only applied to ones that were striped.Faye’s fear of snakes went away when she had a few pleasant encounters with them, but after a period of time, the fear returned.Chester received a painful bite from a snake years ago, and ever since he has feared not only snakes but also worms and caterpillars.Randolph’s brother frequently startled Randolph whenever he approached a snake, which caused Randolph to develop an intense fear of them.30s
- Q6Which of the following scenarios demonstrates stimulus generalization?Markus was stung by a wasp, and now he is scared of not only wasps but also bees.Craig’s fear of public speaking went away after he gave a good presentation last semester, but his fear of public speaking has returned during the current semester.Martin’s brother screams at him when he starts to pet a cat, and now Martin is terrified of cats.Tabitha used to be afraid of flying on airplanes, but after flying often for work she is no longer afraid of flying.Julia is scared of golden retriever dogs but not Chihuahua dogs.30s
- Q7Lynda stayed out past her curfew. As a result, her parents revoked her driving privileges. Which of the following statements is true of Lynda’s parents?Lynda's parents are using negative reinforcement to increase her driving behavior.Lynda's parents are using negative punishment to decrease her behavior of staying out past curfew.Lynda's parents are using negative reinforcement to decrease her behavior of staying out past curfew.Lynda's parents are using positive punishment to increase her good behavior.Lynda's parents are using positive reinforcement to decrease her driving behavior.30s
- Q8Which of the following statements is true regarding the application of operant conditioning to learning?Immediately reinforcing correct responses hurts students’ ability to learn new material, because they learn new material better when their correct responses are reinforced later.Modeling good study habits enhances student learning, because students benefit from observing others’ study habits.Negative reinforcement decreases student focus, because students do want to get negatively reinforced.Punishment is the most effective way to increase good study habits, because students do not want to get punished.Immediately reinforcing correct responses enhances student learning, because immediate reinforcement has shown to be most effective with regard to learning.30s
- Q9Gayle’s teacher wants to increase effective study habits in her students by using negative reinforcement. Gayle’s teacher would most likely enforce this byremoving an unpleasant stimulusintroducing an unpleasant stimulusremoving a pleasant stimulusrewarding successive approximations of effective study habitsintroducing a pleasant stimulus30s
- Q10Sebastian wants to earn an "A" in his biology course but finds it difficult to stay motivated to study every night. His teacher recommends that he surround himself with peers who study regularly to increase his studying behavior. Sebastian’s teacher made her recommendation based on the learning concept ofdiscriminationacquisitionclassical conditioninggeneralizationmodeling30s
- Q11Which of the following scenarios most accurately describes biofeedback?Julie’s employer stopped paying her, so she stopped coming to work.Rune conditioned his dog to salivate to a buzzer. He then paired the buzzer with a light flash, and his dog eventually began to salivate to the light flash.Taneesha became sick after eating funnel cake at the fair, so now she gags every time she smells funnel cake.Stacy participated in an experiment in which she wore a heart-rate monitor, watched the readout of her heart rate, and received points based on how many beats per minute she reduced her heart rate.Meike stopped giving her dog treats from the dinner table. Eventually, Meike’s dog stopped begging. Two months later, the dog started begging again.30s
- Q12Rogelio has a number of health problems and would like to avoid medication as much as possible. He is considering biofeedback as an alternative form of treatment. Biofeedback would most benefit which of Rogelio’s health problems?Tension headaches, because Rogelio can use the cues from biofeedback to learn to relaxArthritis, because Rogelio can use the cues from biofeedback to learn to relaxDepression, because Rogelio can use the cues from biofeedback to keep him from having depressive thoughtsIndigestion, because Rogelio can use the cues from biofeedback to control his indigestionObesity, because Rogelio can use the cues from biofeedback to control his eating30s