CHAP 6- LEARNING SOURCE- APC

Additional Questions
Section A: Learning Checks (l mark each)

1. Behavioural changes due to drug intake is an example of learning. (True/False)

2. Learning and performance are the same. (True/False)
3. People who live near the railway tracks do not find the noise of trains disturbing while studying. This
is due to_______________
4. We always need many experiences to learn a new thing. (True/False)
5. Our examination system mainly tests __________ (learning/performance) performance
6. The simplest kind of learning is called___________
7. You consider your blue shirt to be very lucky for you as whenever you wear it, you get positive
results. This is an example of_____________ conditioning. (classical/ operant)When the
unconditioned stimulus precedes the onset of the conditioned stimulus, it is called ____________
conditioning. (delayed/backward/simultaneous)
8. When unconditioned stimulus and conditioned stimulus are presented together, it is called
___________ conditioning. (delayed/backward/simultaneous)
9. The best-time relation between unconditioned stimulus and conditioned stimulus is called as
__________ conditioning. (delayed/backward/simultaneous)
10. Learning due to __________ conditioning is very rare. (delayed/backward/ simultaneous)
11. Simultaneous, trace and delayed conditioning can be called as ___________conditioning.
(forward/backward)
12. Aversive classical conditioning is quicker than appetitive classical conditioning.(True/Fa1se)
13. ________________are those behaviours or responses which are voluntary and under our control.
14. ________________ conditioning is a form of learning in which behaviour is learnt, maintained or
changed through its consequences.
15. _______________reinforcement leads to the learning of avoidance and escape responses.
(Positive/Negative)
16. Punishment can suppress a response permanently. (True/False)
17. Delayed punishment has no effect. (True/False)
18. Negative reinforcement is a type of punishment. (True/False)
19. ______________reinforcement is more resistant to extinction. (Partial/Continuous)
20. A __________ is any stimulus or event that increases the probability of the occurrence of a desired
response.
21. Money and praise are examples of___________ reinforcement.
22. A ____________ reinforcer is biologically important for an organism's survival.
23. ______________is often caused by learned helplessness.
24. ______________means the disappearance of a learned response due to the removal of reinforcement
from the situation in which the response used to occur.
25. The phenomenon of responding similarly to similar stimuli is known as__________
 26. Discrimination is a response to______________
27. Spontaneous recovery occurs after extinction. (True/False)
28. The shorter the duration of the time lapsed, the greater is the recovery of the learnt response.
(True/False)
29. Observational learning is also called _____________ learning.
30. In ___________ learning, there is change in what the learner knows rather than what he/she does.
31. Sudden solution is the hallmark of___________ learning.
32. In ___________ learning, a new behaviour is learnt but it is not demonstrated until a reinforcement is
given for displaying it.
33. Verbal learning is limited to human beings. (True/False)
34. In free recall, we tend to remember the items placed in the middle more than the other items that are
placed on the extremes. (True/False)
35. The __________method is useful for learning foreign language.(pairedassociate/free recall)
36. Verbal learning is both intentional as well as incidental. (True/False)
37. A ____________is a category that is used to refer to a number of objects and events.
38. Errorless performance is a hallmark of_________________
39. Zero transfer of training is theoretically impossible. (True/False)
40. The preparedness for learning means the willingness to learn. (True/False)
41. Personality affects the way we interact with the environment and learn. (True/False)
42. People with relational learning style learn best when they are exposed to the full unit.(True/Fa1se)
43. People with an analytical learning style learn more easily when information is presented step-by-step
in a cumulative sequential pattern. (True/False)
44. The _____________style of learning conflicts with the traditional school environment.
45. Learning disabilities are found in intellectually deficient children. (True/False)
46. Learning disabilities are incurable. (True/False)
47. _____________refers to a mental representation of the spatial locations and directions which are
needed for attaining the goals.
48. We observe others and emulate their behaviour. This is known as____________
49. We are capable of learning under any style, no matter what our preference may be. (True/False)

Answers: section A (Learning Checks)

4. False 5. performance
1. False 2. False 3. habituation
6. conditioning 7. classical 8. backward 9. simultaneous 10. delayed
11. backward 12. forward 13. True 14. Operants 15. Operant
16. Negative 17. False 18. True 19. False 20. Partial
21. reinforcer 22. secondary 23. primary 24. Depression 25. Extinction
26. generalisation 27. True 28. True 29. False
30. social 31. cognitive 32. insight 33. latent 34. True
35. False 36. paired-associate 37. True 38. concept
39. skill 40. True 41. False 42. True 43. True
44. True 45. relational 46. False 47. False 48. Cognitive map
49. modelling 50. True