Lesson 4.2.1.2

4.2.1.2 Operant conditioning and social learning theory Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. In operant conditioning, what does positive reinforcement involve giving after a behaviour?

    • Unpleasant consequence
    • Pleasant consequence
    • No consequence
    • Punishing stimulus

  2. Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behaviour repeating is called what?

    • Positive reinforcement
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Negative punishment
    • Positive punishment

  3. What is any consequence that decreases the likelihood of a behaviour repeating called?

    • Extinction
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Punishment
    • Positive reinforcement

  4. Which type of reinforcer satisfies a basic biological need such as hunger or thirst?

    • Primary reinforcer
    • Conditioned reinforcer
    • Vicarious reinforcer
    • Secondary reinforcer

  5. Money gains reinforcing power through association with basic biological needs. What type of reinforcer is it?

    • Unconditioned reinforcer
    • Vicarious reinforcer
    • Primary reinforcer
    • Secondary reinforcer

  6. In Skinner's operant conditioning research, which action did rats learn to perform to receive food?

    • Peck a disc
    • Navigate a maze
    • Pull a string
    • Press a lever

  7. In social learning theory, what term describes copying the observed behaviour of a role model?

    • Imitation
    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Modelling
    • Identification

  8. An observer adopts behaviours of a model they admire or feel similar to. What is this called?

    • Identification
    • Modelling
    • Internalisation
    • Vicarious reinforcement

  9. Observing a role model being rewarded for a behaviour increases the likelihood of imitation. What is this called?

    • Classical conditioning
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Direct reinforcement

  10. Which mediational process in social learning theory refers to paying attention to the model?

    • Retention
    • Motivation
    • Reproduction
    • Attention

  11. Which mediational process refers to remembering what was observed?

    • Reproduction
    • Retention
    • Motivation
    • Attention

  12. Which mediational process refers to whether the observer wants to perform the learned behaviour?

    • Reproduction
    • Attention
    • Motivation
    • Retention

  13. What did children observing an aggressive model in Bandura's Bobo doll study show?

    • Increased aggression
    • Immediate compliance
    • No behavioural change
    • Decreased aggression

  14. Children imitated aggressive models more when seeing the model rewarded. Which concept does this demonstrate?

    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Classical conditioning
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Direct punishment

  15. What is a key limitation of Skinner's operant conditioning research?

    • Lack of control
    • Low ecological validity
    • High demand characteristics
    • Subjective measurement

  16. Which cognitive factors does social learning theory include that traditional behaviourism ignores?

    • Automatic reflexes
    • Unconscious drives
    • Mediational processes
    • Biological instincts

  17. A child copies a parent's habit after seeing the parent praised. What type of reinforcement occurred?

    • Positive reinforcement
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Direct reinforcement

  18. A teenager copies a footballer's celebration because they admire the player and see them as successful. Which concept best explains this?

    • Imprinting
    • Identification
    • Classical extinction
    • Operant punishment

  19. A driver fastens their seatbelt to stop an annoying alarm sound. What process maintains this behaviour?

    • Positive punishment
    • Negative punishment
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Positive reinforcement

  20. Learning a behaviour purely by observing others without direct rewards challenges which learning theory?

    • Operant conditioning
    • Social learning theory
    • Psychodynamic theory
    • Cognitive theory

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