Psychology Conditioning

Behavior is a reaction to a:

• reinforcer
• response
• discriminator
• stimulus

While playing in the yard, little Amanda was stung by a bee. The sting made her cry. Crying was a:

• reinforcer
• response
• discriminator
• stimulus

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

• clapping after a thrilling concert performance
• jumping rope
• running through a maze to get a food reward
• sweating in hot weather

In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, infants develop a fear of books after books are repeatedly presented with a loud noise. In this fictional example, the loud noise is a(n):

• conditioned response
• conditioned stimulus.
• unconditioned response.
• unconditioned stimulus.

Which of the following researchers is not generally associated with conditioning?

• Skinner
• Watson
• Pavlov
• Bandura

Any consequence that increases the future likelihood of a behavior is called:

• punishment
• conditioned stimulus.
• reinforcement
• unconditioned stimulus.

When Fido the dog sits, he gets a treat. What kind of learning probably established this behavior?

• classical conditioning
• observational learning
• operant conditioning.
• insight learning.

The psychologist most closely associated with the study of operant conditioning was:

• Skinner
• Watson
• Pavlov
• Bandura

Maggie cries and throws a temper tantrum at the store and her mother buys her a candy bar.  Maggie is more likely to have a tantrum the next time she is at the store because that behavior was:

• punished
• reinforced
• discriminated
• shaped

Elise's car has an annoying buzzer that sounds until the seat belt is snapped into place. Elise always puts on her seatbelt as soon as she gets in the car. She has learned this behavior through:

• conditioned response
• negative reinforcement
• positive reinforcement
• punishment