PSYCH387 Unit 2 Questions and Verified
Answers
Many people think of scientist as dull people without feelings, but Pavlov said that
science requires:
the energy of a wailing baby
supreme passion
absolute objectivity
absolute integrity Correct Answer: absolute objectivity
The author of your text uses the terms unconditional reflex and conditional reflex,
but he notes that most authors use the terms ___and ____ reflexes
innate and learned
natural and contrived
conditioned and unconditioned
primary and secondary Correct Answer: conditioned and unconditioned
Which type of stimuli are typically events that are important to survival
unconditional stimuli
conditional stimuli
maintenance stimuli
second-order stimuli Correct Answer: unconditional stimuli
,The notation that best describes the Pavlovian procedure is
S--R
CS---UR
CS---CR
CS---US Correct Answer: CS---US
John, "Mr. Anxiety," finally musters up the courage to ask the beautiful and popular
Carole to go to the movies. She finds the idea so ridiculous that she laughs out loud
the instant he has gotten the question out. John's face turns the color of a steamed
lobster. In classical conditioning terms, John's experience is an example of
________.
trace conditioning
delayed conditioning
simultaneous conditioning
backward conditioning Correct Answer: trace conditioning
J.M. Graham and Claude Desjardins established a(n)___as a CS for sexual arousal in
rat
odour
colour
sound
tactile stimulus Correct Answer: odour
, The experiment in which a dog learned to salivate at the sight of a black square
after it had been paired with a CS for salivating is an example of
second-tier
higher-order
signal
second-signal Correct Answer: higher-order
Of the following conditioning procedures, the one that is least like the others is
trace conditioning
delayed conditioning
simulataneous conditioning
backward conditioning Correct Answer: backward conditioning
Two students, Edward and Edwina, serve as subjects in a conditioning experiment.
The CS is a
buzzer; the US is a mild electric shock; the UR is a change in the electrical
conductivity of their skin called the Galvanic Skin Response. Both subjects undergo
50 trials, but the experimenter feels sorry for Edwina so periodically he lets her off
without a shock. The results will indicate that _______.
The CR is stronger in Edward
the CR is stronger in Edwina
there is no difference in CR produced by Edward and Edwina
Answers
Many people think of scientist as dull people without feelings, but Pavlov said that
science requires:
the energy of a wailing baby
supreme passion
absolute objectivity
absolute integrity Correct Answer: absolute objectivity
The author of your text uses the terms unconditional reflex and conditional reflex,
but he notes that most authors use the terms ___and ____ reflexes
innate and learned
natural and contrived
conditioned and unconditioned
primary and secondary Correct Answer: conditioned and unconditioned
Which type of stimuli are typically events that are important to survival
unconditional stimuli
conditional stimuli
maintenance stimuli
second-order stimuli Correct Answer: unconditional stimuli
,The notation that best describes the Pavlovian procedure is
S--R
CS---UR
CS---CR
CS---US Correct Answer: CS---US
John, "Mr. Anxiety," finally musters up the courage to ask the beautiful and popular
Carole to go to the movies. She finds the idea so ridiculous that she laughs out loud
the instant he has gotten the question out. John's face turns the color of a steamed
lobster. In classical conditioning terms, John's experience is an example of
________.
trace conditioning
delayed conditioning
simultaneous conditioning
backward conditioning Correct Answer: trace conditioning
J.M. Graham and Claude Desjardins established a(n)___as a CS for sexual arousal in
rat
odour
colour
sound
tactile stimulus Correct Answer: odour
, The experiment in which a dog learned to salivate at the sight of a black square
after it had been paired with a CS for salivating is an example of
second-tier
higher-order
signal
second-signal Correct Answer: higher-order
Of the following conditioning procedures, the one that is least like the others is
trace conditioning
delayed conditioning
simulataneous conditioning
backward conditioning Correct Answer: backward conditioning
Two students, Edward and Edwina, serve as subjects in a conditioning experiment.
The CS is a
buzzer; the US is a mild electric shock; the UR is a change in the electrical
conductivity of their skin called the Galvanic Skin Response. Both subjects undergo
50 trials, but the experimenter feels sorry for Edwina so periodically he lets her off
without a shock. The results will indicate that _______.
The CR is stronger in Edward
the CR is stronger in Edwina
there is no difference in CR produced by Edward and Edwina
