PSYC 2301 EXAM 2 EXAMPREP 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Moro reflex.
Answer: If a baby feels that he might fall, his arms shoot out, palms
open, and he will have a look of surprise. He may cry.
◉ Suckling reflex.
Answer: When the area around the mouth is touched, the infant will
begin to suck. This prepares her to for her mother's breast.
◉ Startle reflex.
Answer: When an infant hears a loud noise, he will pull his arms and
legs into his chest.
◉ Step reflex.
Answer: Though infants do not have the ability to stand upright
when the soles of their feet touch a hard surface they will start to
make stepping motions with their legs.
◉ Grasp reflex.
,Answer: When you stroke the palm of an infant's hand, she will ball
her fingers into a fist. If she has grasped your finger, the more you
try to pull it away the harder she will grasp it.
◉ orienting reflex.
Answer: an immediate response to a change in environment. A
person may look up or turn around to orient themselves toward the
source of the stimulus
◉ habituation.
Answer: the tendency of the brain to ignore constant, unchanging, or
familiar stimuli
◉ instinct.
Answer: a complex behavior that is preprogrammed
◉ imprinting.
Answer: a period of rapid learning that occurs during a specific
window of time during development or in life
◉ classical conditioning.
Answer: a type of associative learning that connects to a particular
stimulus to a behavioral response
,◉ Ivan Pavlov.
Answer: Russian physiologist and noted Behaviorist, who is known
for his pioneering work on classical conditioning
◉ Pavlonian conditioning.
Answer: a type of associative learning that connects a particular
stimulus to a behavioral response
◉ Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS).
Answer: a stimulus that produces an unlearned response
The researcher starts with a stimulus that results in an automatic,
unlearned physiological or emotional response.
In Pavlov's dog experiment this is the dog food.
◉ Unconditioned Response (UCR).
Answer: in classical conditioning, an automatic physiological or
emotional response to an unconditioned stimulus
The researcher notes the subject's automatic physiological response
to the stimulus.
, In Pavlov's dog experiment this would be the dog salvating.
◉ Conditioned Stimulus (CS).
Answer: a neutral stimulus but that eventually elicits a desired
response due to being paired with the unconditioned stimulus
The researcher selects a stimulus that is initially neutral, but will
eventually elicit the desired response through its linkage with the
unconditioned stimulus.
In Pavlov's dog experiment this would be the sound of the bell.
◉ Conditioned Response (CR).
Answer: a learned behavior that is elicited by the conditioned
stimulus that is identical or similar identical to the unconditioned
response
The researcher linked the conditioned stimulus (bell) and the
unconditioned stimulus (food) so that they become associated with
one another.
Over time, a conditioned response (i.e. salivating) will emerge in
response to the conditioned stimulus (bell).
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Moro reflex.
Answer: If a baby feels that he might fall, his arms shoot out, palms
open, and he will have a look of surprise. He may cry.
◉ Suckling reflex.
Answer: When the area around the mouth is touched, the infant will
begin to suck. This prepares her to for her mother's breast.
◉ Startle reflex.
Answer: When an infant hears a loud noise, he will pull his arms and
legs into his chest.
◉ Step reflex.
Answer: Though infants do not have the ability to stand upright
when the soles of their feet touch a hard surface they will start to
make stepping motions with their legs.
◉ Grasp reflex.
,Answer: When you stroke the palm of an infant's hand, she will ball
her fingers into a fist. If she has grasped your finger, the more you
try to pull it away the harder she will grasp it.
◉ orienting reflex.
Answer: an immediate response to a change in environment. A
person may look up or turn around to orient themselves toward the
source of the stimulus
◉ habituation.
Answer: the tendency of the brain to ignore constant, unchanging, or
familiar stimuli
◉ instinct.
Answer: a complex behavior that is preprogrammed
◉ imprinting.
Answer: a period of rapid learning that occurs during a specific
window of time during development or in life
◉ classical conditioning.
Answer: a type of associative learning that connects to a particular
stimulus to a behavioral response
,◉ Ivan Pavlov.
Answer: Russian physiologist and noted Behaviorist, who is known
for his pioneering work on classical conditioning
◉ Pavlonian conditioning.
Answer: a type of associative learning that connects a particular
stimulus to a behavioral response
◉ Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS).
Answer: a stimulus that produces an unlearned response
The researcher starts with a stimulus that results in an automatic,
unlearned physiological or emotional response.
In Pavlov's dog experiment this is the dog food.
◉ Unconditioned Response (UCR).
Answer: in classical conditioning, an automatic physiological or
emotional response to an unconditioned stimulus
The researcher notes the subject's automatic physiological response
to the stimulus.
, In Pavlov's dog experiment this would be the dog salvating.
◉ Conditioned Stimulus (CS).
Answer: a neutral stimulus but that eventually elicits a desired
response due to being paired with the unconditioned stimulus
The researcher selects a stimulus that is initially neutral, but will
eventually elicit the desired response through its linkage with the
unconditioned stimulus.
In Pavlov's dog experiment this would be the sound of the bell.
◉ Conditioned Response (CR).
Answer: a learned behavior that is elicited by the conditioned
stimulus that is identical or similar identical to the unconditioned
response
The researcher linked the conditioned stimulus (bell) and the
unconditioned stimulus (food) so that they become associated with
one another.
Over time, a conditioned response (i.e. salivating) will emerge in
response to the conditioned stimulus (bell).
