CTET and State TET Sample Questions (MCQs) on Learning || Classical Conditioning

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Q.1 A behavioural change due to fatigue is _______ and is not considered as _______.

  • A. permanent; learning
  • B. temporary; development
  • C. temporary; learning
  • D. permanent; development

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Correct Answer is:     C. temporary; learning

Q.2 Which of the below statement is correct?

  • A. Learning is an inferred process and is same as performance.
  • B. Performance is a person's observed behaviour or response or action.
  • C. Behavioural changes that occur due to learning are relatively temporary.
  • D. Changes due to practice and experience, which are relatively permanent, cannot be considered as learning.

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Correct Answer is:     B. Performance is a person's observed behaviour or response or action.

Q.3 Changes in behaviour due to _____ , are illustrative of learning.

  • A. Fatigue
  • B. Habituation
  • C. Alcohol
  • D. Experience

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Correct Answer is:     D. Experience

Q.4 Classical conditioning was first investigated by which of the following psychologist?

  • A. P. Pavlov
  • B. J.B. Watson
  • C. Albert Bandura
  • D. Jean Piaget

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Correct Answer is:     A. P. Pavlov

Q.5 Which of the below statement is NOT correct in relation to S-S learning?

  • A. In this type of learning, one stimulus becomes a signal of another stimulus.
  • B. In this type of learning, one stimulus has no relation with another stimulus.
  • C. Here one stimulus signifies the possible occurrence of another stimulus.
  • D. Learning situation in classical conditioning is one of S–S learning.

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Correct Answer is:     B. In this type of learning, one stimulus has no relation with another stimulus.

Q.6 Which of the following doesn't explain the time relations between stimuli in a typical Classical Conditioning?

  • A. Backward Conditioning.
  • B. Trace Conditioning.
  • C. Delayed Conditioning.
  • D. Operant Conditioning.

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Correct Answer is:     D. Operant Conditioning.

Q.7 Given the statement that "all dogs salivate when they are presented with food". Which of the following statement is correct?

  • A. Food is an Unconditioned Stimulus (US) and salivation which follows it, an Unconditioned Response (UR).
  • B. Food is an Unconditioned Response (UR) and salivation which follows it, an Unconditioned Stimulus (US).
  • C. Food is an Conditioned Stimulus (CS) and salivation which follows it, an Unconditioned Response (UR).
  • D. Food is an Unconditioned Stimulus (US) and salivation which follows it, an Conditioned Response (CR).

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Correct Answer is:     A. Food is an Unconditioned Stimulus (US) and salivation which follows it, an Unconditioned Response (UR).

Q.8 ____ intense the conditioned stimulus, the _____ are the number of acquisition trials needed for conditioning.

  • A. More; fewer
  • B. Less; fewer
  • C. More; greater
  • D. None of the above. Intensity has no relation with acquisition trials.

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Correct Answer is:     A. More; fewer

Q.9 Which of the following procedure is least effective way of acquiring a CR?

  • A. Backward Conditioning.
  • B. Trace Conditioning.
  • C. Delayed Conditioning.
  • D. Simultaneous Conditioning.

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Correct Answer is:     A. Backward Conditioning.

Q.10 Which of the following statement is NOT correct?

  • A. Appetitive classical conditioning is slower in relation to Aversive classical conditioning.
  • B. Appetitive classical conditioning requires greater number of acquisition trials.
  • C. Aversive classical conditioning is established in one, two or three trials depending on the intensity of the aversive US.
  • D. Aversive unconditioned stimuli automatically elicits approach responses, which give satisfaction and pleasure.

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Correct Answer is:     D. Aversive unconditioned stimuli automatically elicits approach responses, which give satisfaction and pleasure.

Q.11 Suppose a small child catches an inflated balloon which bursts in her/his hands making a loud noise. The child becomes afraid. Now the next time s/he is made to hold a balloon, it becomes a signal or cue for noise and elicits fear response. This happens because of

  • A. contiguous presentation of balloon as an unconditioned stimulus (US) and loud noise as a conditioned stimulus (CS).
  • B. contiguous presentation of balloon as a conditioned stimulus (CS) and loud noise as an unconditioned stimulus (US).
  • C. contiguous presentation of balloon as a conditioned stimulus (CS) and loud noise as an unconditioned response (UR)..
  • D. contiguous presentation of balloon as an unconditioned stimulus (US) and loud noise as a conditioned response (CR).

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Correct Answer is:     B. contiguous presentation of balloon as a conditioned stimulus (CS) and loud noise as an unconditioned stimulus (US).

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