Marjorie drives a school bus. Sometimes the kids get rather noisy. She decides to play music the kids like through speakers on the bus, but whenever the kids get too noisy she turns the music off. When they quiet down, she turns the music back on. In this way, she hopes to get the kids to make less noise. Marjorie is probably going to measure learning as a change in response _________.
a. topography
b. intensity
c. speed
d. rate
Question 2Harry teaches an advanced painting class. His goal is to teach students to paint more creatively. Harry will probably measure learning as a change in response _________.
a. topography
b. intensity
c. speed
d. rate
Question 3The person who suggested that to learn how nature works, we must sit down before fact as a little child, and be prepared to give up every preconceived notion was ______.
a. Charles Darwin
b. T. H. Huxley
c. E. L. Thorndike
d. John B. Watson
Question 4Learning always involves the acquisition of new behaviors.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5The word stimulus always refers to events in an organism's surroundings.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 6The author of your text excludes thoughts and feelings from the realm of behavior.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 7It is sometimes difficult to say whether an event is behavior or physiology.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 8Your text views learning as a change in the brain that is represented in behavior.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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