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PSY 121 EXAM 3 LATEST
QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
The neural stimulus, when paired with an unconditioned stimulus,
becomes a(n) ___________________ in classical conditioning. -
answer -conditioned stimulus
Every week, Jade spends her allowance on 1/2-pound of sour
lemon gummy candies, even though they always make her mouth
water. One day, as she is walking down the street, Jade sees a
girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag.
Jade notices that her mouth is puckering and overflowing with
saliva. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the
__________________. - answer -sour lemon gummy candy
Normally, when food is placed in the mouth of any animal, the
salivary glands start releasing saliva to help with chewing and
digestion. In terms of Pavlov's analysis of learning, salivation
would be referred to as a(n) ____________________. - answer -
unconditioned response
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In Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study, each time the rat
was presented to the boy, it was accompanied by a loud noise
which eventually led Albert to cry when presented with the rat. In
this experiment, Albert's reaction of fear upon seeing the rat was
a(n) ___________ response. - answer -conditioned
In the past, thunder has made you flinch because the loud noise
scares you. Lightning always comes before the thunder and after
time, you begin to flinch as soon as the lightning strikes. In this
scenario, lightning can be interpreted as a(n)
__________________. - answer -conditioned stimulus
In classical conditioning, __________ occurs when the
conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned
stimulus. - answer -extinction
Martha trains her cat Whiskers to salivate to the sound of a bell.
She rings the bell every fifteen minutes and doesn't follow it with
food for Whiskers. It salivates less and less and finally stops
salivating at the sound of the ringing bell. A week later, she finds
Whiskers salivating to the sound of a ringing bell. Which of the
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following terms explains this response? - answer -Spontaneous
recovery
Discrimination, generalization, and extinction can occur in
_______________________. - answer -both operant and
classical conditioning
_______ reinforcement occurs when something pleasant follows
a behavior. - answer -Positive
Fred is afraid of spiders. He won't even watch a nature show on
TV about them. When he sees a picture of a spider, he has a
panic attack, but when he avoids looking at the image, his panic
goes away. Fred's avoidance of spiders is being
____________________. - answer -negatively reinforced; he is
rewarded by his anxiety going down
Kyla wants to make sure that her dog Axel does not beg for food
from the table. Every time that Axel begs, Kyla says, "No," in a
sharp, scolding voice and she never gives in. Kyla is using
_________________. - answer -positive punishment
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Being grounded or put in "time out" effectively removes pleasant
stimuli (e.g., attention from others) from the individual. This is
called __________________. - answer -negative punishment
When the number of responses is important to a schedule of
reinforcement, that schedule is called a _____ schedule. - answer
-ratio
Which schedule of reinforcement tends to get the highest
response rate? - answer -Fixed ratio
________ is the process of reinforcement of complex behaviors
by rewarding the small steps in the overall sequence of behaviors.
- answer -Chaining
Gary trains his hamster to roll a marble. First, he reinforces the
hamster when it walks toward the marble, then he reinforces
when it touches the marble with its nose. Finally, the hamster
PSY 121 EXAM 3 LATEST
QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
The neural stimulus, when paired with an unconditioned stimulus,
becomes a(n) ___________________ in classical conditioning. -
answer -conditioned stimulus
Every week, Jade spends her allowance on 1/2-pound of sour
lemon gummy candies, even though they always make her mouth
water. One day, as she is walking down the street, Jade sees a
girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag.
Jade notices that her mouth is puckering and overflowing with
saliva. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the
__________________. - answer -sour lemon gummy candy
Normally, when food is placed in the mouth of any animal, the
salivary glands start releasing saliva to help with chewing and
digestion. In terms of Pavlov's analysis of learning, salivation
would be referred to as a(n) ____________________. - answer -
unconditioned response
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In Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study, each time the rat
was presented to the boy, it was accompanied by a loud noise
which eventually led Albert to cry when presented with the rat. In
this experiment, Albert's reaction of fear upon seeing the rat was
a(n) ___________ response. - answer -conditioned
In the past, thunder has made you flinch because the loud noise
scares you. Lightning always comes before the thunder and after
time, you begin to flinch as soon as the lightning strikes. In this
scenario, lightning can be interpreted as a(n)
__________________. - answer -conditioned stimulus
In classical conditioning, __________ occurs when the
conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned
stimulus. - answer -extinction
Martha trains her cat Whiskers to salivate to the sound of a bell.
She rings the bell every fifteen minutes and doesn't follow it with
food for Whiskers. It salivates less and less and finally stops
salivating at the sound of the ringing bell. A week later, she finds
Whiskers salivating to the sound of a ringing bell. Which of the
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following terms explains this response? - answer -Spontaneous
recovery
Discrimination, generalization, and extinction can occur in
_______________________. - answer -both operant and
classical conditioning
_______ reinforcement occurs when something pleasant follows
a behavior. - answer -Positive
Fred is afraid of spiders. He won't even watch a nature show on
TV about them. When he sees a picture of a spider, he has a
panic attack, but when he avoids looking at the image, his panic
goes away. Fred's avoidance of spiders is being
____________________. - answer -negatively reinforced; he is
rewarded by his anxiety going down
Kyla wants to make sure that her dog Axel does not beg for food
from the table. Every time that Axel begs, Kyla says, "No," in a
sharp, scolding voice and she never gives in. Kyla is using
_________________. - answer -positive punishment
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Being grounded or put in "time out" effectively removes pleasant
stimuli (e.g., attention from others) from the individual. This is
called __________________. - answer -negative punishment
When the number of responses is important to a schedule of
reinforcement, that schedule is called a _____ schedule. - answer
-ratio
Which schedule of reinforcement tends to get the highest
response rate? - answer -Fixed ratio
________ is the process of reinforcement of complex behaviors
by rewarding the small steps in the overall sequence of behaviors.
- answer -Chaining
Gary trains his hamster to roll a marble. First, he reinforces the
hamster when it walks toward the marble, then he reinforces
when it touches the marble with its nose. Finally, the hamster
