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51.

The object in the environment which an organism tries to attain is called

  • Reinforcement

  • Motive

  • Stimulus

  • Incentive


52.

Powerful motivation is effective factor of learning.

  • Child becomes healthy

  • Does meditation

  • Learns rapidly

  • Feels happy


53.

How will you eradicate stealing habit of the students?

  • Giving rewards

  • Through example

  • Scolding

  • Punishment


54.

Which one of the following statements about motivation and learning is correct?

  • Learning is effective only when the students have intrinsic motivation - a desire to learn from inside

  • Learning is effective only when the students are extrinsically motivated - motivated by external factors

  • Motivation does not have any role to play in learning

  • Learning is effective only when the students are motivated using external rewards


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55.

Which one of the following statements about learning is correct?

  • Learning is equivalent to acquisition of skills

  • Learning is facilitated by social actions

  • Learning is a passive receptive process

  • Learning does not depend on learner's previous knowledge


56.

Thorndike's theory falls under which of the following categories?

  • Behaviouristic theory

  • Cognitive theory

  • Psychoanalytic theory

  • None of the above


57.

Escape learning is based on

  • Positive reinforcement

  • Negative reinforcement

  • Delayed reinforcement

  • Omission reinforcement


58.

................... is one of the primary laws of learning.

  • Law of attitude

  • Law of effect

  • Law of analogy

  • Law of associative shifting


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59.

The principle of trial and error was propounded by

  • Pavlov

  • Hegarty

  • Thorndike

  • Ross


60.

Who is associated with 'Gestalt Theory of Learning' from the following?

  • Pavlov

  • Skinner

  • Thorndike

  • Kohler


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