MCQ Bank
Which of the following is NOT an acquired drive?
- A) Guilt
- B) Anxiety
- C) Survival
- D) Aggression
Who gave the stimulus-response theory?
- A) Ivan Pavlov
- B) Dollard and Miller
- C) Albert Bandura
- D) B. F Skinner
In which of the following we observe the behavior of others and use the information as a guide for our own behavior?
- A) Extinction
- B) Reinforcement
- C) Punishment
- D) Modeling
Which of the following concept has been given by Bandura?
- A) Vicarious reinforcement
- B) Positive transference
- C) Cognitive triad
- D) Negative transference
Bandura explains behavior in terms of interaction between cognitive, behavioral and ___________ determinants.
- A) Cultural
- B) Physiological
- C) Environmental
- D) Social
Which of the following will happen where we stop the reinforcement and the behavior will be extinguished?
- A) Shaping
- B) Extinction
- C) Spontaneous recovery
- D) Generalization
According to Murray, organisms learn to attend an object that in the past was associated with:
- A) Punishment
- B) Tension Reduction
- C) Reinforcement
- D) Pleasure Mechanism
Who rejected the use of inner states such as anxiety as the explanation of our overt/ observable behavior?
- A) B. F. Skinner
- B) Erik Erikson
- C) Carl Rogers
- D) Raymond Cattell
According to Dollard and Miller's stimulus response theory, learning is the study of the circumstances under which a response and a stimulus become:
- A) Connected
- B) Learned
- C) Strong
- D) Parted
Who assumed that unconscious conflict, learned during infancy and childhood, serves as the basis for most severe emotional problems in later life?
- A) B. F. Skinner
- B) Dollard and Miller
- C) Henrya and Murray
- D) Albert Bandura
Which of the following is a link or association between a stimulus and a response?
- A) Inhibition
- B) Habit
- C) Perception
- D) Extinction
Which of the following focuses on the idea that all behavior is learned?
- A) Humanistic school of thought
- B) Behavioral school of thought
- C) Gestalt school of thought
- D) Psychoanalysis school of thought
Which of the following is a principle of observational learning?
- A) Attentional Processes
- B) Cognitive Processes
- C) Emotional Processes
- D) Intellectual Processes
According to Dollard and Miller, learned drives are acquired on the basis of what?
- A) Primary drives
- B) Prenatal environment
- C) Tertiary drives
- D) External environment
In classical conditioning, CS stands for:
- A) Core stimulus
- B) Central stimulus
- C) Conditioned surface
- D) Conditioned stimulus
Who after Freud accepted the role of unconsciousness in the behavior?
- A) Murray
- B) Allport
- C) Maslow
- D) Cattell
The tendency to avoid a negative stimulus becomes stronger; the nearer the individual is to the stimulus. This is referred to as what?
- A) The gradient of avoidance
- B) The gradient of aggression
- C) The gradient of punishment
- D) The gradient of resistance
Which of the following theory shows the closest link to the natural sciences?
- A) Social Learning Theory
- B) Individual Psychology Theory
- C) Psychodynamic Theory
- D) Stimulus-Response Theory
Accurate hypotheses produce successful performance, and inaccurate hypotheses lead to:
- A) Successful behavior
- B) Negative attitude
- C) Ineffective behavior
- D) Positive response
The concept of vicarious reinforcement has been given by:
- A) Freud
- B) Rogers
- C) Bandura
- D) Watson