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Psychology Quiz - 5 (Learning)


Q1. The term used in Plato's theory of epistemology, to the recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth which posits the claim that learning involves the act of rediscovering knowledge from within oneself:
A.    Law of Effect
B.    Anamnesis
C.    Object permanence
D.    Eudaimonia

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Q2. The idea of learners construct knowledge by expanding and changing their ideas based on the information they receive is:
A.    Constructivism by Jean Piaget
B.    Psychoanalysis by Sigmond Freud
C.    Behaviourism by JB Watson
D.    Social learning theory by Albert Bandura

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Q3. Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. Observational learning depends on the existence of appropriate model.
B. The aversive response is called as escape learning.
C. Reinforcement can be partial or continuous.
D. Partial reinforcement does not help in maintaining behaviour.

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Q4. Which theory sees cognitive development as something that happens because of biological maturation and one's interaction with their surrounding environment?
A.    Burrhus F. Skinner
B.    Jean Piaget
C.    John Broadus Watson
D.    Edward Thorndike
Q5. “Human development cannot be understood without referring back to the social and the cultural context in which it is embedded’. This statement (Social constructivism) nis related to:
A. Hermann Ebbinghaus
B. Edward Thorndike
C. Lev Vygotsky
D.  John B. Watson
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Q1. B Q2. A Q3. D Q4. B Q5. C
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