Psychology Test 3 - Classical Conditioning Questions
and Answers
A type of learning that occurs when an organism learns to associate two or more stimuli
with a specific event. - Answer-classical conditioning
/.A stimulus that naturally provokes a behavior or response. - Answer-unconditioned
stimulus
/.A response to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs naturally and does not have to be
learned. - Answer-unconditioned response
/.A stimulus for which there is no conditioned response. - Answer-neural stimulus
/.An originally neutral stimulus that stimulates a response due to its association to an
unconditioned stimulus. - Answer-conditioned stimulus
/.A response that is elicited from a conditioned stimulus. - Answer-conditioned response
/.The initial stage of learning. - Answer-acquisition
/.Learning process that occurs when a conditioned response is elicited from stimuli that
is similar to the conditioned stimulus. - Answer-generalization
/.The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli. -
Answer-discrimination
/.Learning process that occurs when a conditioned stimulus no longer elicits a
conditioned response. - Answer-extinction
/.Over the course of his famous conditioning experiments, what did Pavlov's dogs learn?
A.
They learned to eat food at the ring of a bell.
B.
They learned to ring a bell in order to get fed.
C.
They learned to eat when they began salivating.
D.
They learned to salivate at the sound of a bell. - Answer-D.
/.___________ is the psychologist who conducted the "Little Albert" study in which he
conditioned an infant to fear white rats.
A.
B. F. Skinner
, B.
John B. Watson
C.
Ivan Pavlov
D.
Sigmund Freud - Answer-B.
/.When planning a classical conditioning experiment, what is the goal of the researcher?
A.
to teach the subject to respond to a conditioned response
B.
to teach the subject to respond to the conditioned stimulus
C.
to teach the subject to respond to the unconditioned stimulus
D.
to teach the subject to respond to an unconditioned response - Answer-B.
/.A stimulus that naturally provokes a behavior or response is known as a(n)
__________.
A.
unconditioned stimulus
B.
neutral response
C.
conditioned stimulus
D.
conditioned response - Answer-A.
/.Which process is responsible for the gradual diminishment of the association between
a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response?
A.
acquisition
B.
generalization
C.
discrimination
D.
extinction - Answer-D.
/.Which learning process occurs when a connection between a stimulus and a response
is strengthened as learning begins?
A.
acquisition
B.
discrimination
C.
and Answers
A type of learning that occurs when an organism learns to associate two or more stimuli
with a specific event. - Answer-classical conditioning
/.A stimulus that naturally provokes a behavior or response. - Answer-unconditioned
stimulus
/.A response to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs naturally and does not have to be
learned. - Answer-unconditioned response
/.A stimulus for which there is no conditioned response. - Answer-neural stimulus
/.An originally neutral stimulus that stimulates a response due to its association to an
unconditioned stimulus. - Answer-conditioned stimulus
/.A response that is elicited from a conditioned stimulus. - Answer-conditioned response
/.The initial stage of learning. - Answer-acquisition
/.Learning process that occurs when a conditioned response is elicited from stimuli that
is similar to the conditioned stimulus. - Answer-generalization
/.The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli. -
Answer-discrimination
/.Learning process that occurs when a conditioned stimulus no longer elicits a
conditioned response. - Answer-extinction
/.Over the course of his famous conditioning experiments, what did Pavlov's dogs learn?
A.
They learned to eat food at the ring of a bell.
B.
They learned to ring a bell in order to get fed.
C.
They learned to eat when they began salivating.
D.
They learned to salivate at the sound of a bell. - Answer-D.
/.___________ is the psychologist who conducted the "Little Albert" study in which he
conditioned an infant to fear white rats.
A.
B. F. Skinner
, B.
John B. Watson
C.
Ivan Pavlov
D.
Sigmund Freud - Answer-B.
/.When planning a classical conditioning experiment, what is the goal of the researcher?
A.
to teach the subject to respond to a conditioned response
B.
to teach the subject to respond to the conditioned stimulus
C.
to teach the subject to respond to the unconditioned stimulus
D.
to teach the subject to respond to an unconditioned response - Answer-B.
/.A stimulus that naturally provokes a behavior or response is known as a(n)
__________.
A.
unconditioned stimulus
B.
neutral response
C.
conditioned stimulus
D.
conditioned response - Answer-A.
/.Which process is responsible for the gradual diminishment of the association between
a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response?
A.
acquisition
B.
generalization
C.
discrimination
D.
extinction - Answer-D.
/.Which learning process occurs when a connection between a stimulus and a response
is strengthened as learning begins?
A.
acquisition
B.
discrimination
C.
