assessment

Review questions

Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:

  • Which of the following descriptions does NOT represent learning?
    • Iko looks up the Wikipedia article about Albert Bandura, and he now knows that Alberta Bandura was born in Mundare, Alberta.
      • Correct.
    • Geri looks up a video about how to dye fabric and then uses the same technique to dye a t-shirt.
      • Incorrect.
    • Petra used to get a small shock from her car door but now touches the ground before touching the door to avoid it.
      • Incorrect.
    • Preeti completes all of her choirs without being asked because she knows she will receive a cookie.
      • Incorrect.
  • ____ is a reflex, while ___ is an instinct.
    • Protecting one’s baby; a baby breastfeeding
      • Incorrect.
    • A baby breastfeeding; preferring the taste of fatty foods
      • Incorrect.
    • Preferring the taste of fatty foods;
      • Incorrect.
    • Blinking to a puff of air to the eye; protecting one’s baby
      • Correct.
  • Karaan was never afraid of heights prior to meeting their partner Chris, who has a phobia of heights. Karaan has never had a bad experience with heights, but after 10 years with Chris, Karaan now experiences wobbly knees and a rapid heart rate when they approach a ledge or cliff. Karaan’s behavior is an example of:
    • classical conditioning.
      • Incorrect.
    • observational learning.
      • Incorrect.
    • operant conditioning.
      • Incorrect.
    • an instinct.
      • Incorrect.
  • Using physical punishment to discourage specific behaviors in children can result in a conditioned emotional response toward the child’s parent(s). In this example, what is the conditioned response?.
    • Fear of parent(s)
      • Correct.
    • Getting hit
      • Incorrect.
    • The parent(s)
      • Incorrect.
    • Fear of getting hit
      • Incorrect.
  • Gerhardt got sick after eating a peach. Now he feels sick when he looks at peaches, nectarines or plums. This illustrates:
    • spontaneous recovery.
      • Incorrect.
    • extinction.
      • Incorrect.
    • acquisition.
      • Incorrect.
    • generalization
      • Correct.
  • You are online one evening when an advert appears showing your favourite movie star wearing a new brand of sunglasses. The advertiser hopes that your positive feelings toward the movie star will make you want the sunglasses. In this situation, the sunglasses would be the:
    • US
      • Incorrect.
    • UR
      • Incorrect.
    • CS
      • Correct.
    • CR
      • Incorrect.

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