Psychology Exam II - Classical
Conditioning Questions and Answers
Learning - Correct Answers --The process of acquiring new and relatively enduring
information or behaviors
-We learn b/c of experience
Associative Learning - Correct Answers --Learning that certain events occur together.
-The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its
consequence (as in operant conditioning)
-Law of association first suggested by Aristotle 2,000 years ago.
-Ex. We see lightning and expect a crash of thunder
Stimulus - Correct Answers -Any event or situation that evokes a response
Cognitive Learning - Correct Answers --The acquisition of mental information, whether
by observing events, by watching others, or through language
-Observational learning is one example
Acquisition - Correct Answers --The initial stage of classical conditioning, when one lins
a NS and an US so that the NS begins triggering the CR
-In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response
Extinction - Correct Answers --The diminishing of a conditioned response
-Occurs in classical conditioning when a US does not follow a CS
-Occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer enforced
Spontaneous Recovery - Correct Answers -The reappearance, after a pause, of an
extinguished CS
Generalization - Correct Answers --The tendency, once a response has been
conditioned for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses
-Ex. Abused kids see angry faces as scary
Classical Conditioning - Correct Answers --A type of learning in which one learns to link
two or more stimuli and anticipate events
Behaviorism - Correct Answers -The view that psychology:
1) Should be an objective science that
2) Studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
-Most research psychologists today agree with 1 but not with 2
Conditioning Questions and Answers
Learning - Correct Answers --The process of acquiring new and relatively enduring
information or behaviors
-We learn b/c of experience
Associative Learning - Correct Answers --Learning that certain events occur together.
-The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its
consequence (as in operant conditioning)
-Law of association first suggested by Aristotle 2,000 years ago.
-Ex. We see lightning and expect a crash of thunder
Stimulus - Correct Answers -Any event or situation that evokes a response
Cognitive Learning - Correct Answers --The acquisition of mental information, whether
by observing events, by watching others, or through language
-Observational learning is one example
Acquisition - Correct Answers --The initial stage of classical conditioning, when one lins
a NS and an US so that the NS begins triggering the CR
-In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response
Extinction - Correct Answers --The diminishing of a conditioned response
-Occurs in classical conditioning when a US does not follow a CS
-Occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer enforced
Spontaneous Recovery - Correct Answers -The reappearance, after a pause, of an
extinguished CS
Generalization - Correct Answers --The tendency, once a response has been
conditioned for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses
-Ex. Abused kids see angry faces as scary
Classical Conditioning - Correct Answers --A type of learning in which one learns to link
two or more stimuli and anticipate events
Behaviorism - Correct Answers -The view that psychology:
1) Should be an objective science that
2) Studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
-Most research psychologists today agree with 1 but not with 2
