University of Idaho

• PSYC 101

• CHAPTER 8 Pre-Test 94% Q: Psychologists define learning as ________. A: an enduring change in behavior due to experience Q: Bandura's famous studies incorporating a Bobo doll were powerful because they demonstrated which of the following? A: Children can learn aggression through exposure to aggressive adult models. Q: The phrase "use it or lose it" is particularly relevant to neural processes in that _______. A: synaptic connections will lose strength if they are not used regularly, and we may forget information Q: Which of the following decreases the likelihood that a behavior will recur? A: A punishment Q: Instinctive drift means that an organism will ________. A: revert back to inborn behavioral tendencies even if it learns a new behavior Q: Beth ate a candy bar and then went on a quick-moving ride in an amusement park. She got extremely sick to her stomach after the ride. Now, Beth cannot eat candy bars, because they make her sick to her stomach. In this learned association, to Beth the candy bar serves