MCQ Bank
Albert Bandura proposed:
- A) Social learning theory
- B) Cognitive theory
- C) Behavioral theory
- D) Humanistic theory
The overt responses that result in reinforcement are the ones that are _____________.
- A) Unlearned
- B) Learned
- C) Simultaneous
- D) Abrupt
Which of the following is the most important cue producing response?
- A) Labeling
- B) Secondary Drives
- C) Primary Drives
- D) Innate Equipment
According to Murray, needs are satisfied by reducing which of the following?
- A) Aggression
- B) Harmony
- C) Contentment
- D) Tension
Who gave the concept of extinction of a behavior?
- A) John Watson
- B) Albert Bandura
- C) B.F Skinner
- D) Ivan Pavlov
The tendency to approach a goal becomes stronger when the individual is nearer to the goal. This is referred to as what?
- A) The gradient of motivation
- B) The gradient of success
- C) The gradient of need
- D) The gradient of approach
Who suggested that Psychology should be studied objectively?
- A) J. Watson
- B) Edward Thorndike
- C) B. F Skinner
- D) Ivan Pavlov
Which of the following is NOT a principle of observational learning?
- A) Cognitive Processes
- B) Production Processes
- C) Attentional Processes
- D) Retention Processes
According to Bandura, which of the following occurs when an individual compares his or her own behavior to internal standard?
- A) Self-reinforcement
- B) Self-judgment
- C) Self-harm
- D) Self-protection
Murray identified that the satisfaction of the need, involves reduction of the what?
- A) Tension
- B) Aggression
- C) Harmony
- D) Contentment
In classical conditioning, S-R stands for:
- A) Stimulus-Response
- B) Stimulus-Reciprocity
- C) Shallow-Response
- D) Surface -Response
According to Thorndike, when behaviors are rewarded they get reinforced. This is known as the law of:
- A) Cause
- B) Thermodynamics
- C) Effect
- D) Attraction
Murray's system of needs has been the basis for which of the following personality inventory?
- A) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
- B) Narcissistic Personality Inventory
- C) Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
- D) Big Five Personality Inventory
A reinforcer that adds something directly rewarding is:
- A) Triary reinforcer
- B) Secondary reinforcer
- C) Positive reinforcement
- D) Negative reinforcer
According to Dollard and Miller, a response and a stimulus in learning are:
- A) Observed
- B) Learned
- C) Connected
- D) Disconnected
The tendency to approach a goal becomes stronger when the individual is nearer to the goal. This is referred to as the gradient of:
- A) Approach
- B) Motivation
- C) Success
- D) Need
Which process of observed behavior depends mainly upon mental images and verbal representations?
- A) Retention
- B) Production
- C) Motivation
- D) Attention
According to Murray which of the following method used by investigator or clinicians is the basics of all personality assessment?
- A) Imitation
- B) Projection
- C) Identification
- D) Observation
Bandura's social learning theory emphasizes the distinction between performance and:
- A) Training
- B) Acquisition
- C) Exercise
- D) Practice
Who formulated the Law of Effect?
- A) Albert Bandura
- B) Ivan Pavlov
- C) Edward Thorndike
- D) B. F Skinner