Classical Conditioning
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- Q1A cancer patient becomes nauseated following chemotherapy treatments. After a few treatments, the patient begins having a sick feeling whenever entering the treatment room. The treatment room has becomea primary reinforcera conditioned reinforcerA conditioned stimulusa neutral stimulus30s
- Q2A child whose family owns a dog may refer to any four-legged animal as “dog.” In learning theory, such behavior is known asoperant conditioningecological validitystimulus generalizationclassical conditioning30s
- Q3A person eats a hamburger at a restaurant and develops a very bad stomachache after finishing eating. As a result of the sudden illness, the person cannot eat hamburgers anymore. Just thinking about them makes the person feel sick to the stomach. In this scenario, the thought of a hamburger isan unconditioned stimulusa conditioned responsean unconditioned responsea conditioned stimulus30s
- Q4After several trials during which a dog is given a certain kind of food at the same time that a specific tone is sounded, there is evidence of conditioning if the dog salivates whenthe food only is presenteda different tone is presented with the foodthe tone only is presentedthe food and tone are presented together30s
- Q5An individual’s fear of dogs that is lost as the individual is exposed to dogs in non-threatening situations is referred to by behaviorists as a fear that has beensatiatedsuppressedsuppressedextinguished30s
- Q6In which of the following scenarios is someone showing evidence of extinction in classical conditioning?Randy was always worried about his exams in high school and felt anxiety when in the building. However, now that he is a teacher at the same high school the anxiety has gone away.After a painful procedure at the hospital, Erin experiences anxiety any time she sees a hospital.When Clara smells a certain cologne it makes her smile because it reminds her of her first boyfriend, but other colognes do not have that effect on her.After his first kiss at a school dance, Lester not only gets a warm feeling every time he hears the song that was playing during the kiss, but also whenever he hears a song by the same artist.30s
- Q7Four-year-old Scott fell down the stairs at his grandmother’s house. Although he was not badly hurt, he was very frightened. Now, whenever his parents mention visiting his grandmother’s house, he feels anxious and fearful. In classical conditioning terms, what are the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in the scenario, respectively?Grandmother’s house; fearFear; grandmother’s houseFalling; anxietyGrandmother’s house; falling30s
- Q8In a set of studies, Ivan Pavlov first touched a dog lightly on the side of its body and a few seconds later placed vinegar on the dog’s tongue. The vinegar made the dog salivate. After several pairings of touch and vinegar, the dog began to salivate as soon as it was touched and before it was given the vinegar. In these studies which of the following was the conditioned stimulus?Touch to the bodySalivation to the touchVinegar on the tongueSalivation to the vinegar30s
- Q9In phase one of a study, a researcher classically conditions a dog to salivate to the ringing of a bell. In the second phase, the researcher pairs a flashing light with the ringing of the bell. After several pairings of the light and the bell, the dog willno longer salivate when the bell is rungsalivate when the researcher comes into the roomsalivate when the light is flashedonly salivate when the bell is rung30s
- Q10Madeline wants her son to be well-behaved when they go to church. For every five minutes he sits still, she gives him a piece of candy. What type of learning is Madeline employing?Higher-order learningClassical conditioningOperant conditioningObservational learning30s
- Q11Robert Rescorla’s contingency model of classical conditioning states thatcontiguity of stimuli is sufficient for conditioning to occurany stimulus can become conditioned when paired with an unconditioned stimulusconditioning occurs only when one event reliably predicts anotherreinforcement contingencies predict extinction30s
- Q12Which of the following best reflects contemporary interpretations of classical conditioning?They are in agreement with the interpretations of behaviorists like B. F. Skinner.They take into account cognitive processes like expectancy.They are primarily based on the theory of contiguity.They remain relatively unchanged from earlier interpretations by people like E. L. Thorndike.30s