Who had proposed the 'Goal gradient' concept in problem-solving?

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1.

The relation which Skinner has with rats and Thorndike has with cats, same relation Kohler has with

  • dogs

  • hens

  • monkeys

  • chimpanzees


2.

Learning plateau is

  • arrested growth in learning

  • cessation of learning

  • defect in learning

  • obstruction in learning


3.

The writer of the book, 'The Behaviour of Organisms' is

  • Skinner

  • Hull

  • Pavlov

  • Thorndike


4.

What is the most important for the training of right behaviour in students?

  • Praise

  • Punishment

  • Reward

  • Presentation of right behaviour


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5.

Who had proposed the 'Goal gradient' concept in problem-solving?

  • Hull

  • Kendler

  • Kohler

  • Brich


A.

Hull

Hull developed goal gradient hypothesis, which postulates that motivation to accomplish a goal increases monotonically from the goal initiation state to the goal ending state.


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6.

A child starts fearing after seeing a black cow, black dog and black objects. This type of conditioning includes

  • response conditioning
     

  • stimulus generalisation

  • response generalisation

  • None of the above


7.

Learning is a form of behavioural

  • withdrawal

  • continuation

  • modification

  • extension


8.

A Skinner box is used for

  • verbal learning

  • operant conditioning

  • motor learning

  • incidental learning


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9.

Propounder of collective counselling is

  • Thorn

  • Rogers

  • Williamson

  • None of them


10.

To modify undesirable behaviour of the student, the most effective method is

  • to punish the students

  • to avoid it

  • to inform it to the parents

  • to find out the causes of undesirable behaviour


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