Educational Psychology semester test

Q.1.The behaviorists believe that the only behavior worth describing is that which is measurable.

Q.2.…………………. is a form of learning whereby a conditioned stimulus (CS) becomes associated with an unrelated unconditioned stimulus (US) in order to produce a behavioral response known as a conditioned response (CR). 

Q.3.………… is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior

Q.4.Operand conditioning is based upon a reward, which is called a reinforcement

Q.6.……………….. is a term used in operant conditioning to refer to anything that increases the likelihood that a response will occur?

Q.6……………………. refers to an undesirable or unpleasant event.

Q.7.Reinforcement makes a behavior more likely to occur, so it must be pleasant

Q.8.…………………… are those that have been paired with primary reinforcers so often that they have become reinforcing in a number of situations and for a number of different behaviors

Q.10………………………………………. involves the addition of a reinforcing stimulus following a behavior that makes it more likely that the behavior will occur again in the future. 

Q.11………………… is a very strong motive and should be used wisely.

Q.12……………………. is the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood?

Q.13.Piaget’s theory emphasizes that the learner plays a very active role in adapting to the environment

Q.14…………………is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning

Q.15…………… is an enduring change in behavior, or in the capacity to behave in a given fashion, which results from practice or other forms of experience.