ESSENTIALS OF UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY 10TH EDITION BY ROBERT FELDMAN TEST BANK UPDATED 2025!!

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1. Psychologists use the term
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behavior resulting from
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experience.
A. growth
B. maturation
C. cognition
D. learning
2. Learning reflects
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A. nurture; nature
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D. nurture; nurture as well vvv vvv vvv


3. is the decrease in response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated
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presentations of the same
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stimulus.
A. Sensation
B. Disinhibition
C. Habituation
D. Conservation
4. You toss a newly purchased felt mouse across the floor; your cat chases it excitedly,
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clutches it in her
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paws and rolls around with it. Several tosses later, your cat yawns pointedly and
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settles herself for a nap.
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The change in your cat’s behavior illustrates:
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A. adaptation.
B. habituation.
C. conditioning.
D. maturation.
5. refers to a decrease in the response to a stimulus when it is presented
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repeatedly, whereas
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refers to the eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when an unconditioned
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stimulus is no
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A. Extinction; habituation vvv


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6. is credited with laying the foundation for the study of classical
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conditioning in psychology.
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A. Thorndike
B. Skinner
C. Pavlov
D. Watson
7. is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to bring about a
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response after it is paired
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with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response.
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8. stimulus is a stimulus that does not naturally bring about the response of interest.
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A. Reflexive
B. Unconditioned
C. Neutral
D. Normative

, 9. stimulus is a stimulus that naturally brings about a particular response without
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having been
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learned.
A. Conditioned
B. Unconditioned
C. Neutral
D. Normative
10. In Pavlov’s study, the UCS was ; the neutral stimulus was ; and, finally, the
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CS was
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A. meat; the bell; meat vvv vvv vvv


B. meat; the bell; the bell
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C. the bell; meat; meat
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D. meat; meat; the bell vvv vvv vvv


11. Tim loves dill pickles. Now, the sight of a jar on the supermarket shelf makes
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his mouth water. In the
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terminology of classical conditioning, the sight of the jar is a(n) .
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12. Alexis uses cocaine, which activates her sympathetic nervous system. Expecting her
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dealer, her hands
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shake and her heart pounds when she hears a knock on the door. Which alternative below
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CORRECTLY
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identifies the neutral stimulus, the CS, and the UCS?
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A. Neutral stimulus—knock on the door; CS—cocaine; UCS—cocaine
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B. Neutral stimulus—knock on the door; CS—knock on the door; UCS—pounding heart
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C. Neutral stimulus—knock on the door; CS—knock on the door; UCS—cocaine
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D. Neutral stimulus—cocaine; CS—knock on the door; UCS—cocaine
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13. In classical conditioning, how are the neutral stimulus and the conditioned response
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related?
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A. They are not related; they are completely different stimuli.
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B. They are the same thing; the terms are interchangeable.
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C. The neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus.
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D. The conditioned stimulus becomes the neutral stimulus.
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14. Nature is to nurture what is to
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B. conditioned response; unconditioned response vvv vvv vvv


C. neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus
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D. unconditioned response; conditioned response vvv vvv vvv


15. Classical conditioning is most successful when the neutral stimulus begins:
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A. just before the unconditioned stimulus begins.
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B. at exactly the same time that the unconditioned stimulus begins.
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C. long before the unconditioned stimulus begins.
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16. Which pair below CORRECTLY identifies a stimulus or response in Watson and Rayner’s
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