Question 1

The acronym UCS stands for:

Accepted Answer

A) unconditional salivation. 
B) unconditioned subject. 
C) unconditional sensation. 
D) unconditioned stimulus. 
A) unconditional salivation. 
B) unconditioned subject. 
C) unconditional sensation. 
D) unconditioned stimulus. D

Question 2

The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction is called:

Accepted Answer

A) counterconditioning. 
B) response generalization. 
C) spontaneous recovery. 
D) CR resurrection. 
A) counterconditioning. 
B) response generalization. 
C) spontaneous recovery. 
D) CR resurrection. C

Question 3

Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate at a bell sound that was paired with a meat stimulus.After the CS-UCS linkage was strongly established,Pavlov then presented the dog with several flashes of a light followed by the bell sound.After a few days,when the light flashes were presented by themselves,the dog salivated.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) higher-order conditioning. 
B) CS pairing. 
C) generalization. 
D) operant conditioning. 
A) higher-order conditioning. 
B) CS pairing. 
C) generalization. 
D) operant conditioning. A

Question 4

Bob has learned that he can usually get what he wants from his parents if he keeps whining for something.One day Bob starts whining in the toy store because he wants a GI JOE action figure.His father refuses to give it to him and ignores his whining.What will happen?

Accepted Answer

A) generalization 
B) extinction 
C) spontaneous recovery 
D) escalation 
A) generalization 
B) extinction 
C) spontaneous recovery 
D) escalation

Question 5

A conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the paired presentation of the UCS.After time,the subject no longer makes the conditioned response.This fading of the CR is known as habituation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true regarding punishment?

Accepted Answer

A) The effect of punishment is often permanent. 
B) Severe punishment creates fear but also genuine respect for authority 
C) Punishment is the opposite of reinforcement. 
D) Physical punishments are positive examples of punishment by application. 
A) The effect of punishment is often permanent. 
B) Severe punishment creates fear but also genuine respect for authority 
C) Punishment is the opposite of reinforcement. 
D) Physical punishments are positive examples of punishment by application.

Question 7

The taste receptors are located on the:

Accepted Answer

A) papillae. 
B) taste buds. 
C) tongue. 
D) roof of the mouth. 
A) papillae. 
B) taste buds. 
C) tongue. 
D) roof of the mouth.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a problem with punishment?

Accepted Answer

A) The effect of punishment is often temporary. 
B) Severe punishment creates fear and anxiety. 
C) Mild punishment can be paired with reinforcement of the correct behaviour. 
D) Aggressive punishment can model aggressive behaviour for the child. 
A) The effect of punishment is often temporary. 
B) Severe punishment creates fear and anxiety. 
C) Mild punishment can be paired with reinforcement of the correct behaviour. 
D) Aggressive punishment can model aggressive behaviour for the child.

Question 9

The shortest wavelengths that we can see are experienced as ______ colours.

Accepted Answer

A) red 
B) blue 
C) green 
D) yellow 
A) red 
B) blue 
C) green 
D) yellow

Question 10

Which of the following statements about conditioning is FALSE,according to Pavlov?

Accepted Answer

A) The CS and UCS must come close together in time. 
B) The CS must come immediately after the UCS. 
C) The neutral stimulus and UCS must be paired several times before conditioning takes place. 
D) All of the above are true. 
A) The CS and UCS must come close together in time. 
B) The CS must come immediately after the UCS. 
C) The neutral stimulus and UCS must be paired several times before conditioning takes place. 
D) All of the above are true.

Question 11

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

Accepted Answer

A) punishment 
B) positive reinforcement 
C) negative reinforcement 
D) positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement 
A) punishment 
B) positive reinforcement 
C) negative reinforcement 
D) positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement

Question 12

You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a bell.You give the dog a biscuit,and then a second later you ring the bell.You do this several times,but no conditioning seems to occur.This is probably because:

Accepted Answer

A) the bell was not a distinctive sound. 
B) the bell should have been sounded before the dog ate the biscuit. 
C) you should have had a longer interval between the bell and the biscuit. 
D) Pavlov found that the CS and UCS must be only seconds apart in order to condition salivation. 
A) the bell was not a distinctive sound. 
B) the bell should have been sounded before the dog ate the biscuit. 
C) you should have had a longer interval between the bell and the biscuit. 
D) Pavlov found that the CS and UCS must be only seconds apart in order to condition salivation.

Question 13

An expert on parenting is addressing parents at the local grade school.When the topic of punishment is discussed,what is one outcome of punishment the expert is likely to note for the parents to consider?

Accepted Answer

A) Punishment may encourage lying to avoid punishment. 
B) Punished children tend to do really well in school. 
C) Punishment motivates the child to focus on schoolwork. 
D) Punishment provides a children with a positive role model for compliant behaviour. 
A) Punishment may encourage lying to avoid punishment. 
B) Punished children tend to do really well in school. 
C) Punishment motivates the child to focus on schoolwork. 
D) Punishment provides a children with a positive role model for compliant behaviour.

Question 14

Sue noticed that whenever she opened the door to the pantry,her dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry,by drooling and whining.She thought that because the dog food was stored in the pantry,the sound of the door had become a/an:

Accepted Answer

A) unconditioned stimulus. 
B) conditioned stimulus. 
C) unconditioned response. 
D) conditioned response. 
A) unconditioned stimulus. 
B) conditioned stimulus. 
C) unconditioned response. 
D) conditioned response.

Question 15

What could John Watson and Rosalie Rayner have done to eliminate Little Albert's conditioned fear?

Accepted Answer

A) Show Albert a toy dog instead of a live rat. 
B) Let Albert watch them make the noise so that he knew the noise had nothing to do with the rat. 
C) Show Albert a rat many times without a loud noise following. 
D) Have Albert hear a loud noise many times without a rat present. 
A) Show Albert a toy dog instead of a live rat. 
B) Let Albert watch them make the noise so that he knew the noise had nothing to do with the rat. 
C) Show Albert a rat many times without a loud noise following. 
D) Have Albert hear a loud noise many times without a rat present.

Question 16

Conditioning was accidentally discovered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov while he was studying digestion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cognitive theory followed behaviourism in what era?

Accepted Answer

A) late 1800 early 1900s 
B) 1930s to 1940s 
C) 1950s to 1960s 
D) 1970s to 1980s 
A) late 1800 early 1900s 
B) 1930s to 1940s 
C) 1950s to 1960s 
D) 1970s to 1980s

Question 18

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

Question 19

Albert was a little boy who was shown to be remarkably resistant to having his emotional responses conditioned by Watson.Watson presented Albert with a cute little furry rat and then rang a loud bell.Later,Albert should have become scared of the bell,but this never happened.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behaviour change is called:

Accepted Answer

A) insight. 
B) innate learning. 
C) deferred learning. 
D) latent learning. 
A) insight. 
B) innate learning. 
C) deferred learning. 
D) latent learning.

The acronym UCS stands for:

The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction is called:

Bob has learned that he can usually get what he wants from his parents if he keeps whining for something.One day Bob starts whining in the toy store because he wants a GI JOE action figure.His father refuses to give it to him and ignores his whining.What will happen?

A conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the paired presentation of the UCS.After time,the subject no longer makes the conditioned response.This fading of the CR is known as habituation.

Which of the following statements is true regarding punishment?

The taste receptors are located on the:

Which of the following is NOT a problem with punishment?

The shortest wavelengths that we can see are experienced as ______ colours.

Which of the following statements about conditioning is FALSE,according to Pavlov?

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a bell.You give the dog a biscuit,and then a second later you ring the bell.You do this several times,but no conditioning seems to occur.This is probably because:

An expert on parenting is addressing parents at the local grade school.When the topic of punishment is discussed,what is one outcome of punishment the expert is likely to note for the parents to consider?

Sue noticed that whenever she opened the door to the pantry,her dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry,by drooling and whining.She thought that because the dog food was stored in the pantry,the sound of the door had become a/an:

What could John Watson and Rosalie Rayner have done to eliminate Little Albert's conditioned fear?

Conditioning was accidentally discovered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov while he was studying digestion.

Cognitive theory followed behaviourism in what era?

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

Albert was a little boy who was shown to be remarkably resistant to having his emotional responses conditioned by Watson.Watson presented Albert with a cute little furry rat and then rang a loud bell.Later,Albert should have become scared of the bell,but this never happened.

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behaviour change is called:

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Memory

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

Stress and Health

Theories of Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Psychology and Human Development

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Exam 5: Learning

The acronym UCS stands for:

The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction is called:

Bob has learned that he can usually get what he wants from his parents if he keeps whining for something.One day Bob starts whining in the toy store because he wants a GI JOE action figure.His father refuses to give it to him and ignores his whining.What will happen?

A conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the paired presentation of the UCS.After time,the subject no longer makes the conditioned response.This fading of the CR is known as habituation.

Which of the following statements is true regarding punishment?

The taste receptors are located on the:

Which of the following is NOT a problem with punishment?

The shortest wavelengths that we can see are experienced as ______ colours.

Which of the following statements about conditioning is FALSE,according to Pavlov?

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a bell.You give the dog a biscuit,and then a second later you ring the bell.You do this several times,but no conditioning seems to occur.This is probably because:

An expert on parenting is addressing parents at the local grade school.When the topic of punishment is discussed,what is one outcome of punishment the expert is likely to note for the parents to consider?

Sue noticed that whenever she opened the door to the pantry,her dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry,by drooling and whining.She thought that because the dog food was stored in the pantry,the sound of the door had become a/an:

What could John Watson and Rosalie Rayner have done to eliminate Little Albert's conditioned fear?

Conditioning was accidentally discovered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov while he was studying digestion.

Cognitive theory followed behaviourism in what era?

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

Albert was a little boy who was shown to be remarkably resistant to having his emotional responses conditioned by Watson.Watson presented Albert with a cute little furry rat and then rang a loud bell.Later,Albert should have become scared of the bell,but this never happened.

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behaviour change is called:

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Memory

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

Stress and Health

Theories of Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Psychology and Human Development

Filters