PSYCHOLOGY 101 - CHAPTER 6
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An experiment finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he
hears a certain piece of music. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then plays the piece
of music. The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an
increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation the UNCONDITIONED
response is the: ANSW ✔✔ increased heartbeat
Many individuals decide that they feel hungry and eat lunch when they see both hands of
the clock on the 12, indicating that it is noontime. This may occur regardless of how recently
they ate breakfast. In this example, the conditioned response is: ANSW ✔✔ the act of
eating lunch
Rachel has found that when she opens the cupboard door to get the cat food, the cats come
running to the kitchen. Rachel knows that this is classical conditioning and that the
conditioned stimulus is the __________. ANSW ✔✔ cupboard door opening
A research participant hears a tone followed by a puff of air directed toward his eye. Later,
he blinks when he hears the tone. Before ending the experiment, what could the researcher
do in order to extinguish the blinking to that tone? ANSW ✔✔ present the tone alone
repeatedly
How does one know he/she has classically conditioned a person or an animal? ANSW ✔✔
The conditioned stimulus all by itself elicits the conditioned response
Most young children put their hands over their ears when they hear the loud boom of
firecrackers at a Fourth of July festival, but at first pay scant attention to the person lighting
the firecrackers. However, after just a few firecrackers have been exploded, some of the
children put their hands over their ears as soon as they see the person approach the
firecracker with a match! What is the unconditioned response? ANSW ✔✔ the children
putting their hands over their ears when the firecrackers explode
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An experiment finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he
hears a certain piece of music. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then plays the piece
of music. The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an
increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation the UNCONDITIONED
response is the: ANSW ✔✔ increased heartbeat
Many individuals decide that they feel hungry and eat lunch when they see both hands of
the clock on the 12, indicating that it is noontime. This may occur regardless of how recently
they ate breakfast. In this example, the conditioned response is: ANSW ✔✔ the act of
eating lunch
Rachel has found that when she opens the cupboard door to get the cat food, the cats come
running to the kitchen. Rachel knows that this is classical conditioning and that the
conditioned stimulus is the __________. ANSW ✔✔ cupboard door opening
A research participant hears a tone followed by a puff of air directed toward his eye. Later,
he blinks when he hears the tone. Before ending the experiment, what could the researcher
do in order to extinguish the blinking to that tone? ANSW ✔✔ present the tone alone
repeatedly
How does one know he/she has classically conditioned a person or an animal? ANSW ✔✔
The conditioned stimulus all by itself elicits the conditioned response
Most young children put their hands over their ears when they hear the loud boom of
firecrackers at a Fourth of July festival, but at first pay scant attention to the person lighting
the firecrackers. However, after just a few firecrackers have been exploded, some of the
children put their hands over their ears as soon as they see the person approach the
firecracker with a match! What is the unconditioned response? ANSW ✔✔ the children
putting their hands over their ears when the firecrackers explode
