Chapter 6 MCT
While there are many different kinds of learning, the best definition of learning is a....
correct answers RELATIVELY PERMANANT CHANGE IN THE STATE OF THE
LEARNER
A general process in which repeated or prolonged exposure to a stimulus results in a
gradual reduction in responding is called... correct answers HABITUATION
Most behaviourists in the 1930's through to 1950's argued that.... correct answers
LEARNING COULD EASILY BE DEMONSTRATED IN OTHER ANIMALS AS WELL AS
IN HUMANS
When a neutral stimulus evokes a response after being paired with a stimulus that
naturally evokes a response, the result is..... correct answers CLASSICAL
CONDITIONING
The researcher most closely associated with classical conditioning is..... correct
answers IVAN PAVLOV
When Pavlov presented his dogs with food, they began to salivate. He called the dogs'
salivation the..... correct answers UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UR)
A reflexive reaction that is reliably elicited by an unconditional stimulus is called a....
correct answers UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UR)
In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, the food was the..... correct answers
UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (US)
A stimulus that is initially neutral and produces no reliable response in an organism is
called a ....... correct answers CONDITIONED STIMULUS (CS)
A reaction that resembles an unconditioned response but is produced by a conditioned
stimulus is called a...... correct answers CONDITIONED RESPONSE (CR)
The Happy Eater is your favourite restaurant, and lately you've noticed that every time
you think about stopping there for a burger after classes, your mouth starts to salivate.
In this incidence of classical conditioning, thinking about Happy Eater burgers is the
_______; your salivation is the ________. correct answers CS ; CR
The phase of classical conditioning in which the CS and the US are presented together
is called..... correct answers ACQUISITION
, In Classical Conditioning the ______ is originally neutral and produces no specific
response. correct answers CS
If your dog has learned to salivate to the sound of your pulling the bag of dog food out of
the pantry, the noise you make in preparing her food has become the..... correct
answers CS
Your dog is so smart; she's learned to salivate whenever you hum the theme from The
Simpsons on your way to the kitchen, even though your humming has never been
directly associated with food. This behaviour is the result of...... correct answers
SECOND-ORDER CONDITIONING
Conditioning in which the US is a stimulus that acquired its ability to produce learning
from an earlier procedure in which it was used as a CS is called..... correct answers
SECOND-ORDER CONDITIONING
Because your mum always plays her Madonna CD (turning up the volume) while she
cleans, she now finds that she wants to clean something whenever she hears
Madonna's voice. This is an example of..... correct answers CLASSICAL
CONDITIONING
The gradual elimination of a learned response that occurs when the US is no longer
presented is the..... correct answers EXTINCTION
When your dog's vet advised you to feed your dog in the morning instead of in the
evening, it took several days for your dog to stop salivating late in the afternoon as you
stirred round the kitchen. This is an example of..... correct answers EXTINCTION
The tendency of a learned behaviour to recover from extinction after a rest period is
called..... correct answers SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY
After another driver drove into the back of your car, it took several months for you to
become confident that you would not have the same experience every time a car
became up behind you at a light. Even now, when a car is approaching at a fast speed
you occasionally still experience the fear of a collision. This reaction is the result of......
correct answers SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY
Most animals can adjust to slight variations in the conditioned stimulus, an adaptation
known as..... correct answers GENERALIZATION
Accustomed to the sound of the old can opener, your cat still rushed to her food dish
even when she hears the sound of the new can opener for the first time. Your cat is
definitely smart; more than that, she is exhibiting..... correct answers
GENERALIZATION
While there are many different kinds of learning, the best definition of learning is a....
correct answers RELATIVELY PERMANANT CHANGE IN THE STATE OF THE
LEARNER
A general process in which repeated or prolonged exposure to a stimulus results in a
gradual reduction in responding is called... correct answers HABITUATION
Most behaviourists in the 1930's through to 1950's argued that.... correct answers
LEARNING COULD EASILY BE DEMONSTRATED IN OTHER ANIMALS AS WELL AS
IN HUMANS
When a neutral stimulus evokes a response after being paired with a stimulus that
naturally evokes a response, the result is..... correct answers CLASSICAL
CONDITIONING
The researcher most closely associated with classical conditioning is..... correct
answers IVAN PAVLOV
When Pavlov presented his dogs with food, they began to salivate. He called the dogs'
salivation the..... correct answers UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UR)
A reflexive reaction that is reliably elicited by an unconditional stimulus is called a....
correct answers UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UR)
In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, the food was the..... correct answers
UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (US)
A stimulus that is initially neutral and produces no reliable response in an organism is
called a ....... correct answers CONDITIONED STIMULUS (CS)
A reaction that resembles an unconditioned response but is produced by a conditioned
stimulus is called a...... correct answers CONDITIONED RESPONSE (CR)
The Happy Eater is your favourite restaurant, and lately you've noticed that every time
you think about stopping there for a burger after classes, your mouth starts to salivate.
In this incidence of classical conditioning, thinking about Happy Eater burgers is the
_______; your salivation is the ________. correct answers CS ; CR
The phase of classical conditioning in which the CS and the US are presented together
is called..... correct answers ACQUISITION
, In Classical Conditioning the ______ is originally neutral and produces no specific
response. correct answers CS
If your dog has learned to salivate to the sound of your pulling the bag of dog food out of
the pantry, the noise you make in preparing her food has become the..... correct
answers CS
Your dog is so smart; she's learned to salivate whenever you hum the theme from The
Simpsons on your way to the kitchen, even though your humming has never been
directly associated with food. This behaviour is the result of...... correct answers
SECOND-ORDER CONDITIONING
Conditioning in which the US is a stimulus that acquired its ability to produce learning
from an earlier procedure in which it was used as a CS is called..... correct answers
SECOND-ORDER CONDITIONING
Because your mum always plays her Madonna CD (turning up the volume) while she
cleans, she now finds that she wants to clean something whenever she hears
Madonna's voice. This is an example of..... correct answers CLASSICAL
CONDITIONING
The gradual elimination of a learned response that occurs when the US is no longer
presented is the..... correct answers EXTINCTION
When your dog's vet advised you to feed your dog in the morning instead of in the
evening, it took several days for your dog to stop salivating late in the afternoon as you
stirred round the kitchen. This is an example of..... correct answers EXTINCTION
The tendency of a learned behaviour to recover from extinction after a rest period is
called..... correct answers SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY
After another driver drove into the back of your car, it took several months for you to
become confident that you would not have the same experience every time a car
became up behind you at a light. Even now, when a car is approaching at a fast speed
you occasionally still experience the fear of a collision. This reaction is the result of......
correct answers SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY
Most animals can adjust to slight variations in the conditioned stimulus, an adaptation
known as..... correct answers GENERALIZATION
Accustomed to the sound of the old can opener, your cat still rushed to her food dish
even when she hears the sound of the new can opener for the first time. Your cat is
definitely smart; more than that, she is exhibiting..... correct answers
GENERALIZATION
