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Learning: Principles and Applications, 4/e
Stephen B Klein, Mississippi State University
Complex Learning Tasks

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

A symbol that represents a class or group of objects or events with common properties is a
A)concept.
B)construct.
C)prototype.
D)analogy.
2

A baseball announcer remarks that the batter "swings and misses for strike three." In this example, the concept of strike three is defined by
A)the affirmative rule.
B)the conjunction rule.
C)the negation rule.
D)the disjunction rule.
3

An eligible voter can be defined as someone who lives in and/or owns property in a given county. An eligible voter is defined by which rule?
A)affirmation
B)conjunction
C)disjunction
D)negation
4

The FBI has dedicated an entire branch to creating "psychological" profiles of various types of criminals. These profiles constitute
A)prototypes.
B)nanotypes.
C)compensatory types.
D)non-compensatory types.
5

According to Hull, concept learning is an example of
A)delayed matching to sample.
B)divergent learning.
C)convergent thinking.
D)discrimination learning.
6

A person associates specific stimuli or examples with a concept according to which concept learning position?
A)prototype
B)exemplar
C)discrimination learning
D)hypothesis testing
7

When the path to a desired goal is blocked, we have encountered a(n)
A)exemplar.
B)prototype.
C)problem.
D)conundrum.
8

Thorndike believed that problem solving involved
A)insight.
B)trial and error.
C)hypothesis testing.
D)mental rotation.
9

The definition of a problem involves a starting point called the
A)goal state.
B)insightful state.
C)initial state.
D)fugue state.
10

Successfully learning to use statistical formulas involves using
A)heuristics.
B)matching to sample.
C)representativeness.
D)algorithms.
11

You need a new gonkulator for your car. You approach this problem by calling only the auto parts stores with large advertisements in the yellow pages. You are using which problem solving strategy?
A)algorithm
B)heuristic
C)matching to sample
D)hypothesis guessing
12

Solving a problem by using only the most obvious characteristics is using which heuristic?
A)means-end analysis
B)representativeness
C)working backward
D)availability
13

The inability to see a novel use for an object is called
A)learning set.
B)cognitive bifurcation.
C)mentalistic block.
D)functional fixedness.
14

The simplest functional speech sound is the
A)morpheme.
B)phoneme.
C)dipheme.
D)biomeme.
15

The rules by which words can be combined into meaningful phrases, clauses, and sentences are collectively called
A)grammar.
B)syntax.
C)semantics.
D)phonemics.








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