Operant learning is sometimes called ________ learning.
a. free
b. higher-order
c. instrumental
d. reward
Question 2Thorndike emphasized that we learn mainly from _______.
a. errors
b. repeated trials
c. success
d. social experiences
Question 3Thorndike made important contributions to all of the following fields except _____.
a. educational psychology
b. animal learning
c. social psychology
d. psychological testing
Question 4The law of effect says that _______.
a. satisfying consequences are more powerful than annoying consequences
b. behavior is a function of its consequences
c. how an organism perceives events is more important than the events themselves
d. effective behavior drives out ineffective behavior
Question 5Thorndike plotted the results of his puzzle box experiments as graphs. The resulting curves show a _____ with succeeding trials.
a. decrease in time
b. decrease in errors
c. change in topography
d. increase in the rate of behavior
Question 6In one of Thorndike's puzzle boxes, a door would fall open when a cat stepped on a treadle, thus allowing the cat to reach food outside the box. Eventually the cat would step on the treadle as soon as it was put into the box. Thorndike concluded that ________.
a. the reasoning ability of cats is quite remarkable
b. treadle stepping increased because it had a satisfying effect
c. the treadle is a CS for stepping
d. learning meant connecting the treadle with freedom and food
Question 7Thorndike complained that _______ evidence provided a supernormal psychology of animals..
a. anecdotal
b. case study
c. informal experimental
d. intuitive
Question 8E. L. Thorndike's studies of learning started as an attempt to understand _______.
a. operant conditioning
b. the psychic reflex
c. animal intelligence
d. maze learning
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