Question 1

Simultaneous conditioning is a form of forward conditioning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Responses are emitted in operant conditioning, whereas they are elicited in classical conditioning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A _____________________ reinforcer is any reward that satisfies a basic, biological need, such a hunger, thirst, or touch.

Accepted Answer

A)   primary
B)   negative
C)   positive
D)   secondary

Question 4

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   insight
B)   innate learning
C)   vicarious learning
D)   latent learning

Question 5

As a teenager, Jill, while sitting at a bus stop, realized that a large spider was on her leg; she then darted away from the bus stop but was hit in the head by a bottle that someone had been throwing into a nearby trashcan. Even though Jill doesn't have a fear of bottles, she vehemently fears spiders. This example specifically illustrates ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   delayed conditioning
B)   contrapreparedness
C)   conditioned emotional response
D)   avoidance learning

Question 6

Catching fish when fishing in a lake would most likely represent which of the following schedules of reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

A)   Variable interval
B)   Fixed ratio
C)   Fixed interval
D)   Interval ratio

Question 7

What major form of learning is involved when a child learns to recite the alphabet?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Anticipatory nausea is a classically conditioned response to aromatherapy triggered by a CS.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Zeke, a toddler, starts to jump up and down after seeing his older sister do so. This example illustrates ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   shaping
B)   extinction
C)   stimulus generalization
D)   modeling

Question 10

Which type of learning occurs when we observe how other people act?

Accepted Answer

A)   insight learning
B)   operant conditioning
C)   classical conditioning
D)   observational learning

Question 11

All of the following are general commonalities between classical and operant conditioning except ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   both have avoidance learning
B)   with both, responses are elicited
C)   both have spontaneous recovery
D)   both are associative forms of learning

Question 12

John Watson offered a live, white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the __________________ in his study.

Accepted Answer

A)   discriminative stimulus
B)   counterconditioning stimulus
C)   conditioned stimulus
D)   unconditioned stimulus

Question 13

Which of the following statements regarding Pavlov is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pavlov was studying salivation in dogs as part of a research program on digestion.
B)   Pavlov was elated when his student first noticed that the dogs were salivating before tasting the food.
C)   Pavlov continued his Nobel Prize-winning research on digestion after documenting conditioning.
D)   Pavlov stressed the importance of speculating about the dog's feelings toward the food.

Question 14

What would you predict about Little Albert based on the principle of spontaneous recovery?

Accepted Answer

A)   Even after his fear of a rat was extinguished, the fear could come back.
B)   After his fear of loud noises was extinguished, the fear could come back.
C)   His fear of rats would disappear if he saw a rat without hearing a loud noise.
D)   His fear of loud noises would disappear if he heard a loud noise without a rat present.

Question 15

Little Albert was conditioned to fear a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   white mouse
B)   brown mouse
C)   white rat
D)   white puppy

Question 16

Which learning theorist is responsible for the discovery of conditioned taste aversions?

Accepted Answer

A)   Seligman
B)   Garcia
C)   Skinner
D)   Watson

Question 17

When the number of responses is important to a schedule of reinforcement, that schedule is called a _____________ schedule.

Accepted Answer

A)   ratio
B)   interval
C)   conditioned
D)   time-delayed

Question 18

In Pavlov's initial classical conditioning studies, ________ served as the CS.

Accepted Answer

A)   the dog
B)   food
C)   salivation
D)   the tone

Question 19

In Bandura's Bobo doll study, children who observed an adult ignore the Bobo doll ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   showed as much aggression to the doll as those who never saw an adult in the playroom
B)   showed more aggression to the doll than those who never saw an adult in the playroom
C)   showed less aggression to the doll than those who never saw an adult in the playroom
D)   were, surprisingly, the most aggressive group of children in the study

Question 20

The idea that learning occurs and is stored up, even when behaviors are not reinforced, is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   insight
B)   latent learning
C)   placebo learning
D)   innate learning

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What major form of learning is involved when a child learns to recite the alphabet?

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Catching fish when fishing in a lake would most likely represent which of the following schedules of reinforcement?

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Which type of learning occurs when we observe how other people act?

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When the number of responses is important to a schedule of reinforcement, that schedule is called a _____________ schedule.

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Simultaneous conditioning is a form of forward conditioning.

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Responses are emitted in operant conditioning, whereas they are elicited in classical conditioning.

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All of the following are general commonalities between classical and operant conditioning except ________.

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Anticipatory nausea is a classically conditioned response to aromatherapy triggered by a CS.

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Which learning theorist is responsible for the discovery of conditioned taste aversions?

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