Unit 3: Development & Learning
Psychology · Unit 3 · Paper 3

Development & Learning unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 27 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 3, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 31 min 28 points0/17 attempted
1

UCS, UCR, CS, CR

2

Acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery

3

Learned helplessness

4

Primary vs secondary reinforcers

5

Harlow's monkeys

6

Fixed vs variable interval

7

Critical vs sensitive periods

8

Positive vs negative reinforcement

9

Attachment styles

10

Little Albert

11

Generalization vs discrimination

12

Assimilation vs accommodation

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Punishment vs negative reinforcement

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Fixed vs variable ratio

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Latent learning

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Authoritative vs authoritarian parenting

3 pts

Free response

4 pts

A therapist treats a client with a severe fear of flying. The client reports that the fear began after a turbulent flight three years ago and now avoids air travel entirely, which has cost the client a promotion.

Explain how classical conditioning could account for the development of this fear, identifying the UCS, CS and CR.

Explain how operant conditioning accounts for the maintenance of the avoidance behavior.

Describe how systematic desensitization would be used to treat this client.

Explain how a cognitive-behavioral therapist would approach this case differently.