Question 1

Which of the following provides evidence that a CR is not completely eliminated during extinction?

Accepted Answer

A)   higher-order conditioning
B)   spontaneous recovery
C)   generalization
D)   discrimination

Question 2

In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World,infants develop a fear of roses after roses are presented with electric shock.In this fictional example,the presentation of the roses is the

Accepted Answer

A)   conditioned stimulus.
B)   unconditioned stimulus.
C)   unconditioned response.
D)   conditioned response.

Question 3

Our capacity to learn new behaviors that help us cope with our changing world is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   learning.
B)   cognition.
C)   association.
D)   adaptability.

Question 4

Before learning painfully that the sound of a buzzing bee signaled she was about to be stung,Sara felt no fear in response to the buzzing sound.At that time the sound of the buzzing bee was most clearly a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   conditioned stimulus.
B)   neutral stimulus.
C)   conditioned response.
D)   unconditioned stimulus.

Question 5

Children often learn to associate their pushing a vending machine button with the delivery of a candy bar.This best illustrates the process underlying

Accepted Answer

A)   observational learning.
B)   respondent behavior.
C)   spontaneous recovery.
D)   operant conditioning.

Question 6

An allergy attack triggered by the sight of plastic flowers best illustrates the process of

Accepted Answer

A)   operant conditioning.
B)   observational learning.
C)   generalization.
D)   spontaneous recovery.

Question 7

Monica's psychotherapist reminds her so much of her own father that she has many of the same mixed emotional reactions to him that she has to her own dad.Her reactions to her therapist best illustrate the importance of

Accepted Answer

A)   spontaneous recovery.
B)   discrimination.
C)   an unconditioned response.
D)   generalization.

Question 8

The tendency for a CR to be evoked by stimuli similar to the CS is called

Accepted Answer

A)   spontaneous recovery.
B)   discrimination.
C)   acquisition.
D)   generalization.

Question 9

In classical conditioning,generalization refers to the tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the

Accepted Answer

A)   unconditioned stimulus.
B)   respondent behavior.
C)   conditioned stimulus.
D)   unconditioned response.

Question 10

In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World,infants develop a fear of books after books are repeatedly presented with a loud noise.In this fictional example,the loud noise is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   unconditioned stimulus.
B)   unconditioned response.
C)   conditioned stimulus.
D)   conditioned response.

Question 11

The smell of ammonia that repeatedly precedes the experience of a painful medical procedure first begins to trigger a conditioned anxiety response during the process of

Accepted Answer

A)   spontaneous recovery.
B)   generalization.
C)   acquisition.
D)   discrimination.

Question 12

Classically conditioned habits are said to involve

Accepted Answer

A)   observational learning.
B)   respondent behavior.
C)   spontaneous recovery.
D)   operant behavior.

Question 13

Jordan is frightened by the sound of a train whistle.The sound is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   unconditioned response.
B)   generalization.
C)   acquisition.
D)   stimulus.

Question 14

Who showed us how a process such as learning could be studied objectively?

Accepted Answer

A)   B.F.Skinner
B)   Ivan Pavlov
C)   John Locke
D)   John B.Watson

Question 15

In classical conditioning,the conditioned stimulus signals the impending occurrence of

Accepted Answer

A)   a neutral stimulus.
B)   generalization.
C)   an unconditioned stimulus.
D)   operant behavior.

Question 16

The acquisition of mental information by observing events,watching others,or through language is called

Accepted Answer

A)   classical conditioning.
B)   cognitive learning.
C)   operant conditioning.
D)   shaping.

Question 17

Researchers condition a flatworm to contract its body to a light by repeatedly pairing the light with electric shock.The stage in which the flatworm's contraction response to light is established and gradually strengthened is called

Accepted Answer

A)   discrimination.
B)   acquisition.
C)   generalization.
D)   spontaneous recovery.

Question 18

For the most rapid acquisition of a CR,the NS should be presented

Accepted Answer

A)   shortly after the CR.
B)   shortly after the US.
C)   shortly before the US.
D)   at the same time as the US.

Question 19

Watson and Rayner's study of Little Albert demonstrated how specific fears

Accepted Answer

A)   can interfere with the process of learning.
B)   can be extinguished.
C)   are acquired through observational learning.
D)   may be produced through classical conditioning.

Question 20

In classical conditioning,a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus is referred to as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   conditioned stimulus.
B)   unconditioned stimulus.
C)   conditioned response.
D)   unconditioned response.

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