VCE Psychology: Classical Conditioning (2)

In classical conditioning, an organism develops an association between the

• Conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response

• Neutral stimulus and the conditioned stimulus

• Neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus

• Neutral stimulus and the unconditioned response

Mary’s cat runs to the back door when the microwave bell sounds as this usually signals that her dinner is about to be served. The cat also runs to the back door when Mary’s doorbell rings. Mary’s cat is demonstrating an example of

• stimulus discrimination
• stimulus generalisation
• spontaneous recovery
• extinction

In Pavlov’s experiment on salivation in dogs, the neutral stimulus was ____________ and the conditioned stimulus was ______________.

• the bell; the bell
• the bell; salivation
• the meat powder; the bell
• the meat powder; salivation

In classical conditioning, nature provides the __________________ connection and conditioning provides the _____________ connection.

• UCS-CS; UCR-CR

• UCR-CR; UCS-CS

• CS-CR; UCS-UCR

• UCS-UCR; CS-CR

A bell rings, then a puff of air into the eye causes a reflexive blink. After this happens on several occasion, the bell ringing alone causes a conditioned reflexive blink. The UCS is _________________ and the CS is _____________________.

• Puff of air; blinking

• Bell; blinking

• Puff of air; bell

• Bell; puff of air

Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria.  It gave him food poisoining and he was very ill for several days afterwards. Yesterday, someone offered Jacob a chicken sandwich at a party, and when he saw it he felt ill again. The illness that Jacob felt yesterday was

• An unconditioned response
• A conditioned response
• A conditioned stimulus
• An unconditioned stimulus 

Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria.  It gave him food poisoining and he was very ill for several days afterwards. The illness that Jacob suffered six weeks ago when he ate the contaminated chicken sandwich was 

• An unconditioned response
• A conditioned response
• A conditioned stimulus
• An unconditioned stimulus 

Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria. It gave him food poisoining and he was very ill for several days afterwards. The thought of a chicken sandwich when someone offered Jacob one yesterday was

• An unconditioned response

• A conditioned response

• A conditioned stimulus

• An unconditioned stimulus

Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria. It gave him food poisoining and he was very ill for several days afterwards. The contaminated chicken sandwich that Jacob ate six weeks ago and that made him feel sick was 

• An unconditioned response
• A conditioned response
• A conditioned stimulus
• An unconditioned stimulus 

A researcher conditions a dog to salivate at the sound of a bell.  This is then followed by food. After some time, the sound of the bell alone (that is, without food), no longer leads to salivation.

• spontaneous recovery 
• extinction
• acquisition
• stimulus generalisation