Portage Learning General Psychology
Module 4 questions and answers 2025\2026
A+ Grade
a type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. A neutral stimulus that signals an
unconditioned stimulus (US) begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the
unconditioned stimulus. Also called Pavlovian or respondent conditioning.
- correct answer classical conditioning
Who came up with classical conditioning?
- correct answer Ivan Pavlov
What experiment to Pavlov conduct?
- correct answer Dog experiment
an automatic and natural response to a stimulus
- correct answer Reflex
something that creates a response
- correct answer Stimulus
stimulus that elicits an automatic response that is natural not learned
- correct answer unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
behavior that becomes associated with a specific stimulus through conditioning
- correct answer conditioned behavior
, an unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs without previous conditioning
- correct answer unconditioned response (UCR)
a stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has taken place
- correct answer conditioned stimulus (CS)
a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
- correct answer conditioned response (CR)
What is a common classical conditioning experience in humans?
- correct answer Food aversions
the learned response dies away
- correct answer Extinction
the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
- correct answer spontaneous recovery
when a classically conditioned response is limited to a single stimulus (one type of bell tone in dog
experiment)
- correct answer stimulus discrimination
happens when primary classically conditioned response is generalized to items that are similar to
conditioned stimulus (dog responds to a few different bell tones rather than just one)
- correct answer stimulus generalization
Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that
behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely
- correct answer law of effect
uses rewards and punishments to change behavior
- correct answer opperant conditioning
Module 4 questions and answers 2025\2026
A+ Grade
a type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. A neutral stimulus that signals an
unconditioned stimulus (US) begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the
unconditioned stimulus. Also called Pavlovian or respondent conditioning.
- correct answer classical conditioning
Who came up with classical conditioning?
- correct answer Ivan Pavlov
What experiment to Pavlov conduct?
- correct answer Dog experiment
an automatic and natural response to a stimulus
- correct answer Reflex
something that creates a response
- correct answer Stimulus
stimulus that elicits an automatic response that is natural not learned
- correct answer unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
behavior that becomes associated with a specific stimulus through conditioning
- correct answer conditioned behavior
, an unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs without previous conditioning
- correct answer unconditioned response (UCR)
a stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has taken place
- correct answer conditioned stimulus (CS)
a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
- correct answer conditioned response (CR)
What is a common classical conditioning experience in humans?
- correct answer Food aversions
the learned response dies away
- correct answer Extinction
the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
- correct answer spontaneous recovery
when a classically conditioned response is limited to a single stimulus (one type of bell tone in dog
experiment)
- correct answer stimulus discrimination
happens when primary classically conditioned response is generalized to items that are similar to
conditioned stimulus (dog responds to a few different bell tones rather than just one)
- correct answer stimulus generalization
Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that
behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely
- correct answer law of effect
uses rewards and punishments to change behavior
- correct answer opperant conditioning
