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A type of learning that occurs when an organism learns to associate two or more stimuli with a specific event. -

ANSWERS -classical conditioning

A stimulus that naturally provokes a behavior or response. -

ANSWERS -unconditioned stimulus

A response to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs naturally and

does not have to be learned. - ANSWERS -unconditioned

response A stimulus for which there is no conditioned response. -

ANSWERS -neural stimulus

An originally neutral stimulus that stimulates a response due to its

association to an unconditioned stimulus. - ANSWERS -

conditioned stimulus A response that is elicited from a conditioned stimulus. -

ANSWERS -conditioned response

A.

B. F. Skinner B. John B. Watson C. Ivan Pavlov D.

Sigmund Freud - ANSWERS -B.

When planning a classical conditioning experiment, what is the goal of the researcher? A. to teach the subject to respond to a conditioned response B. to teach the subject to respond to the conditioned stimulus C. to teach the subject to respond to the unconditioned stimulus D. to teach the subject to respond to an unconditioned response -

ANSWERS -B.

A stimulus that naturally provokes a behavior or response is known as a(n) __________. A. unconditioned stimulus

B.

neutral response C. conditioned stimulus D.

conditioned response - ANSWERS -A.

Which process is responsible for the gradual diminishment of the association between a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response? A. acquisition B. generalization C. discrimination D.

extinction - ANSWERS -D.

Which learning process occurs when a connection between a stimulus and a response is strengthened as learning begins? A. acquisition B. discrimination

They salivated even when food was not present. - ANSWERS -D.

When Ivan Pavlov observed evidence of classical conditioning, he was studying the __________. intestines and digestive process of dogs effects of cold on soldiers during wartime growth of fungus in a sterile environment

behavior of lab rats raised in isolation - ANSWERS -intestines

and digestive process of dogs Molly and Mark are new parents. Their daughter Alvina often cries when she is uncomfortable. Each time Alvina cries, her parents give her a stuffed rabbit. Eventually, Alvina looks at the rabbit and cries because she associates the rabbit with being uncomfortable. What is the conditioned stimulus (CS) in this scenario? A. the rabbit B. Alvina being uncomfortable C. Alvina's parents D.

Alvina getting hungry - ANSWERS -A.

Which of the following is considered a naturally occurring behavior that does not have to be learned?

conditioned response reconditioned stimulus unconditioned response

neutral stimulus - ANSWERS -unconditioned response

Which two stimuli did John B. Watson associate in his infamous "Little Albert" experiment? a white lab rat and the boy's mother fear and a loud noise a white lab rat and a loud noise

fear and the boy's mother - ANSWERS -a white lab rat and a

loud noise Classical conditioning has an effect only when the subject is not

aware it is occurring. - ANSWERS -F

Which of the following represents the initial stage of learning in the process of conditioning? A. acquisition B. generalization C. discrimination D.

A.

the vervent monkey eating bugs B. the vervent monkey crying out C. the group of monkeys descending D.

the sight of the hawk circling - ANSWERS -D.

Once a conditioned behavior is extinguished, it can no longer

appear again. - ANSWERS -F

Watson's "Little Albert" experiment demonstrated which of the following pairs of classical conditioning processes? A. acquisition and discrimination B. discrimination and extinction C. extinction and generalization D.

generalization and acquisition - ANSWERS -D.

Higher-order conditioning occurs when a conditioned response

acts as an unconditioned response. - ANSWERS -F

One of the implications of John B. Watson's work was that human phobias might be the result of classical conditioning. -

ANSWERS -T

When a response becomes generalized, then someone will react to things that remind them of the first stimuli that caused a

response. - ANSWERS -T

Behaviors never come back once they have been extinguished. -

ANSWERS -F

During the process of classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus (NS) is converted into the __________. A. conditioned stimulus B. conditioned response C. unconditioned stimulus D.

unconditioned response - ANSWERS -A.