Lesson 4.2.1.1
4.2.1.1 Learning approaches: behaviourism and classical conditioning Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 2
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Which type of behaviour do behaviourists argue is the only valid subject of study?
- Innate behaviour
- Repressed behaviour
- Unconscious behaviour
- Observable behaviour
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What was the unconditioned stimulus in Pavlov's research on dogs?
- Food
- Lab technician
- Salivation
- Bell
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What was the conditioned stimulus in Pavlov's dog experiment?
- Bell
- Salivation
- Food
- Footsteps
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What was the conditioned response in Pavlov's experiment with dogs?
- Salivation to bell
- Salivation to food
- Chewing food
- Ignoring bell
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What was the unconditioned response in Pavlov's research on dogs?
- Salivation to bell
- Tail wagging
- Barking at food
- Salivation to food
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Which type of learning occurs by associating a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus?
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Operant conditioning
- Classical conditioning
- Social learning
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In classical conditioning, what is paired with a neutral stimulus to produce a learned response?
- Operant stimulus
- Unconditioned response
- Conditioned response
- Unconditioned stimulus
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Which key assumption of behaviourism is demonstrated by Pavlov's research on salivation?
- Observable behaviour
- Internal thoughts
- Innate instincts
- Unconscious conflict
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A child fears the sound of a dentist's drill after feeling pain. What is the drill?
- Unconditioned response
- Conditioned stimulus
- Unconditioned stimulus
- Conditioned response
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A tone is paired with an air puff to cause blinking. What is the tone after conditioning?
- Unconditioned response
- Conditioned response
- Unconditioned stimulus
- Conditioned stimulus
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What was required for Pavlov's dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food?
- Repeated pairings
- Positive reinforcement
- Negative reinforcement
- Vicarious reinforcement
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Why does Pavlov's classical conditioning research strongly align with behaviourism?
- Explores unconscious minds
- Uses introspection
- Measures brain scans
- Measures observable behaviour
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What is a major limitation of classical conditioning research based on Pavlov's dogs?
- Extrapolation to humans
- Lack of control
- Subjective measurements
- Unscientific methods
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Which aspect of human behaviour is largely ignored by the behaviourist approach?
- Environmental factors
- Observable actions
- Learned responses
- Mental processes
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In Watson and Rayner's Little Albert study, what was the unconditioned stimulus?
- White rat
- Loud noise
- Fear response
- Santa mask
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How is a conditioned response established in a classical conditioning experiment?
- Punishing wrong actions
- Observing a role model
- Rewarding target behaviour
- Pairing stimuli repeatedly
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How does an unconditioned stimulus produce a response in classical conditioning?
- Through positive reinforcement
- By cognitive reflection
- Without prior learning
- After repeated pairings
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Feeling nervous upon hearing a ringtone previously associated with bad news demonstrates what?
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Classical conditioning
- Operant conditioning
- Social learning
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Which study supports the behaviourist view that learning occurs without conscious thought?
- Zimbardo's prison study
- Pavlov's dogs
- Bandura's Bobo doll
- Asch's line study
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According to behaviourism, how is all human behaviour primarily acquired?
- Innate genetics
- Biological maturation
- Environmental experience
- Unconscious conflict
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