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GRE Psychology Subject Test Questionsand Answers (Latest Update 2024)
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The relatively permanent or stable change in behavior as the
result of experience - Correct Answer ✅ Learning
This man suggested the law of effect, precursor of operant
conditioning. - Correct Answer ✅ E.L. Thorndike
E.L. Thorndike's idea that postulated a cause-and-effect chain
of behavior revolving around reinforcement. Any behavior
that is followed by reward is likely to be repeated. One
followed by unpleasant consequences is likely to be stopped.
- Correct Answer ✅ Law of Effect
This man developed the theory of association, forerunner of
behaviorism. - Correct Answer ✅ Kurt Lewin
Organisms associate certain behaviors with certain rewards
and certain cues with certain situations. Precursor to Pavlov's
Classical Conditioning. - Correct Answer ✅ Theory of
Association
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He is famous for work on digestion. Developed Classical
Conditioning. - Correct Answer ✅ Ivan Pavlov
A concept that involves teaching an organism to respond to a
neutral stimulus by pairing the neutral stimulus with a not-so-
neutral stimulus. - Correct Answer ✅ Classical/ Pavlovian
Conditioning
He founded the school of behaviorism. He believed that
everything can be explained by stimulus-response chains and
that conditioning was the key factor in developing these
chains. ONLY OBJECTIVE and OBSERVABLE elements were of
importance to organisms and psychology. - Correct Answer
✅ John B. Watson
This man developed operant conditioning. - Correct Answer
✅ B.F. Skinner
This concept of behavior being influenced primarily by
reinforcement. The Skinner Box was used to develop this
idea: to condition rats to perform an unnatural behavior--
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pressing the lever in the skinner box. - Correct Answer ✅
Operant Conditioning/ Instrumental Conditioning
A stimulus that does not produce a specific response on its
own. - Correct Answer ✅ Neutral Stimulus
Without conditioning, this stimulus elicits a response. -
Correct Answer ✅ Unconditioned Stimulus
The neutral stimulus once it has been paired with the UCS. -
Correct Answer ✅ Conditioned Stimulus
The naturally occurring response to the UCS. - Correct
Answer ✅ Unconditioned Response
The response that the CS elicits after conditioning. Often
times, it is the same as the UCR. - Correct Answer ✅
Conditioned Response
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A conditioning technique where the UCS and the CS are
presented at the same time. - Correct Answer ✅
Simultaneous Conditioning
A conditioning technique in which a previous CS now acts as
a UCS. - Correct Answer ✅ Higher Order/ Second-Oder
Conditioning
A conditioning technique in which the CS is presented before
the UCS - Correct Answer ✅ Forward Conditioning
The presentation of the CS begins before that of the UCs and
lasts until the UCS is presented. - Correct Answer ✅
Delayed Conditioning
The CS stimulus is presented and terminated before the UCS
is presented. - Correct Answer ✅ Trace Conditioning
A conditioning technique in which the CS is presented after
the UCS is presented. It proves to be ineffective. Produces an
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