Lesson 4.6.1
4.6.1 Issues and debates in learning theories Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 4
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The 20 questions
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What is the main ethical concern when using animals in learning psychology experiments?
- Confidentiality
- Protection from harm
- Right to withdraw
- Informed consent
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What issue arises when applying animal conditioning research directly to human behaviour?
- Extrapolating findings
- Social desirability
- Observer bias
- Demand characteristics
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Why is the behaviourist approach criticised for being reductionist?
- Lacks scientific rigour
- Ignores environmental factors
- Ignores internal cognition
- Uses qualitative data
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Which learning mechanism is unique to operant conditioning compared to classical conditioning?
- Unconditioned responses
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Consequences
- Association
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Which feature of behaviourism gives it strong scientific status?
- Unconscious motives
- Cognitive introspection
- Subjective feelings
- Measurable behaviour
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Why might social learning theory explanations of behaviour vary across different cultures?
- Hormonal variation
- Universal reflexes
- Different role models
- Genetic differences
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In Bandura's observational learning research, children were most likely to imitate which models?
- Older models
- Same-sex models
- Passive models
- Opposite-sex models
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Where do learning theories primarily position themselves in the nature-nurture debate?
- Biological determinism
- Interactionist
- Nurture
- Nature
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What application of operant conditioning in prisons raises ethical issues regarding social control?
- Flooding therapy
- Token economy systems
- Psychoanalysis
- Systematic desensitisation
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Why are cognitive mediational processes in Social Learning Theory difficult to measure scientifically?
- Unobservable internal states
- Direct physical rewards
- External environmental stimuli
- Observable motor reproduction
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Which clinical treatment for phobias represents a practical application of classical conditioning?
- Psychoanalysis
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Token economy
- Systematic desensitisation
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Which debate issue is raised when teachers use reward charts to shape student behaviour?
- Biological determinism
- Ethnocentrism
- Social control
- Reductionism
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In learning theories, individual differences between people are mainly explained by differing what?
- Genetic mutations
- Hormonal levels
- Brain structures
- Reinforcement histories
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Which type of determinism claims that all human behaviour is caused by environmental conditioning?
- Reciprocal determinism
- Biological determinism
- Environmental determinism
- Psychic determinism
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What key issue arises when applying animal conditioning findings directly to human learning?
- Generalisability
- Reliability
- Objectivity
- Internal validity
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Which methodology used in learning theories best supports psychology's scientific status?
- Unstructured interviews
- Qualitative case studies
- Subjective self-reports
- Controlled experiments
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Using only university students in a study on social learning theory limits which evaluation point?
- Inter-rater reliability
- Test-retest reliability
- Predictive validity
- Population validity
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Which term describes issues concerning the rights and welfare of research participants?
- Methodological issues
- Ethical issues
- Practical issues
- Theoretical issues
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Social learning theory developed classical and operant conditioning by introducing which additional factor?
- Unconscious drives
- Hormonal changes
- Genetic factors
- Cognitive processes
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Implementing a token economy on a psychiatric ward most directly raises which debate issue?
- Reductionism
- Nature versus nurture
- Ethnocentrism
- Social control
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