ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Acquisition learning curve - CORRECT ANSWER - Involves pairing of the conditioned
stimulus (cs) and the conditioned (USC); the greater the number of pairings the stronger the
conditioned response.
Unconditioned stimulus (uds) - CORRECT ANSWER - A stimulus that automatically triggers
a response. (The water being sprayed on Shawn)
Unconditioned response (ucr) - CORRECT ANSWER - The naturally occurring response to
the USC. (Shawn flinching)
Conditioned stimulus (cs) - CORRECT ANSWER - A stimulus that has come to elicit a
conditioned response. (The word "can" being said everytime he hits him with water)
Conditioned response (cr) - CORRECT ANSWER - Learned response to the previously
neutral stimulus. (Shawn flinching)
Stimulus generalization - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurs when a cr results from stimuli that
are similar to the cs, even though these stimulus may never been associated with the USC. (The
word "car" that sounds like "can")
Stimulus discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurs when stimuli similar to the cs do
not result in a cr (how Shawn didn't flinch to the other words being said)
Extinction - CORRECT ANSWER - Procedure that leads to the gradual weakening and
eventual disappearance of the cr (behavior disappearing)