Uwl PSYC 100 Exam 3 | Study
Questions and correct detailed Answers
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Learning - ANSWER- -Learning is a relatively permanent change in the ability to exhibit
behavior as a result of experience
Conditioning - ANSWER- -is learning as a function of pairing events
Classical Conditioning - ANSWER- -repeated s-s pairings
Operant Conditioning - ANSWER- -repeated R-C pairing
S - ANSWER- -Stimulus; input from the environment
R - ANSWER- -Response; behavior produced by an individual
C - ANSWER- -Consequence; outcome following a response
Unconditioned Stimulus: US - ANSWER- -Stimulus that elicits a response without conditioning
EX: painful injection
Unconditioned Response: UR - ANSWER- -Unlearned response to US EX: emotional reaction
to injection
, Conditioned Stimulus: CS - ANSWER- -Originally neutral stimulus that, through pairing with
the US, acquires the capacity to trigger a CR EX: a doctors office
Conditioned Response: CR - ANSWER- -Learned response to a CS EX: child's fear of the
doctors office
Prior to Conditioning - ANSWER- -US produces UR, but CS produces nothing
Acquisition phase ( during conditioning) - ANSWER- -The CS and US are repeatedly paired
Test Phase - ANSWER- -Occasionally present the CS alone interspersed among trials with US
Extinction in CC - ANSWER- -A decrease in the CR as a result of continually presenting the CS
without the US
Spontaneous recovery - ANSWER- -The reappearance of the CR after extinction and without
further pairings of the CS and US
Generalization - ANSWER- -when a stimulus similar to the Cs also evokes a CR
Discrimination - ANSWER- -the ability to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that are
irrelevant
Role of cognitive processes in CC - ANSWER- -learning the predictability of the second event
Role of biological predispositions in CC - ANSWER- -Biologically prepared to learn some things
more easily than others
Questions and correct detailed Answers
| 2026 Updates | 100% correct
Learning - ANSWER- -Learning is a relatively permanent change in the ability to exhibit
behavior as a result of experience
Conditioning - ANSWER- -is learning as a function of pairing events
Classical Conditioning - ANSWER- -repeated s-s pairings
Operant Conditioning - ANSWER- -repeated R-C pairing
S - ANSWER- -Stimulus; input from the environment
R - ANSWER- -Response; behavior produced by an individual
C - ANSWER- -Consequence; outcome following a response
Unconditioned Stimulus: US - ANSWER- -Stimulus that elicits a response without conditioning
EX: painful injection
Unconditioned Response: UR - ANSWER- -Unlearned response to US EX: emotional reaction
to injection
, Conditioned Stimulus: CS - ANSWER- -Originally neutral stimulus that, through pairing with
the US, acquires the capacity to trigger a CR EX: a doctors office
Conditioned Response: CR - ANSWER- -Learned response to a CS EX: child's fear of the
doctors office
Prior to Conditioning - ANSWER- -US produces UR, but CS produces nothing
Acquisition phase ( during conditioning) - ANSWER- -The CS and US are repeatedly paired
Test Phase - ANSWER- -Occasionally present the CS alone interspersed among trials with US
Extinction in CC - ANSWER- -A decrease in the CR as a result of continually presenting the CS
without the US
Spontaneous recovery - ANSWER- -The reappearance of the CR after extinction and without
further pairings of the CS and US
Generalization - ANSWER- -when a stimulus similar to the Cs also evokes a CR
Discrimination - ANSWER- -the ability to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that are
irrelevant
Role of cognitive processes in CC - ANSWER- -learning the predictability of the second event
Role of biological predispositions in CC - ANSWER- -Biologically prepared to learn some things
more easily than others
