UCS, UR, CS, CR Practice

UCS, UR, CS, CR Practice

12th Grade

12 Qs

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UCS, UR, CS, CR Practice

UCS, UR, CS, CR Practice

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Other Sciences

12th Grade

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Jennifer Parks

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This quiz focuses on classical conditioning, a fundamental learning principle in psychology that examines how organisms form associations between stimuli and responses. Designed for 12th-grade students, the questions assess understanding of the four key components of classical conditioning: unconditioned stimulus (UCS/US), unconditioned response (UR), conditioned stimulus (CS), and conditioned response (CR). Students must demonstrate their ability to identify these elements across multiple scenarios, including Pavlov's famous dog experiments, the Little Albert study, and real-world applications like taste aversion in coyotes. The quiz requires students to understand that the unconditioned stimulus naturally triggers an unconditioned response, while a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through repeated pairing, eventually producing a conditioned response that mirrors the original unconditioned response. Students need solid comprehension of how learning occurs through association and the ability to distinguish between naturally occurring versus learned stimulus-response relationships. Created by Jennifer Parks, an Other Sciences teacher in the US who teaches grade 12. This assessment serves as an excellent tool for measuring student mastery of classical conditioning principles and can be effectively used as a formative assessment, review activity, or homework assignment following instruction on learning theories. The quiz's scenario-based questions help students apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations, reinforcing their understanding through concrete examples rather than abstract definitions. Teachers can use this quiz to identify areas where students may be confusing the different components of classical conditioning before moving on to more complex learning theories like operant conditioning. The assessment aligns with high school psychology standards that require students to analyze how learning occurs and evaluate psychological experiments, supporting curriculum objectives that emphasize both theoretical understanding and practical application of psychological principles.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A group of ranchers attempts to discourage coyotes from attacking their sheep by placing a substance on the wool of the sheep that makes coyotes violently ill if they eat it. Very quickly, the coyotes avoid the sheep entirely. In this scenario, what are the UCS, CS, and CR, respectively?

The substance, the sheep’s wool, aversion to the sheep

The sheep’s wool, the substance, aversion to sheep

Aversion to sheep, the substance, the sheep’s wool

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Dylan’s mother buys him a new hat before they go on a family fishing trip. On the boat, Dylan gets nauseated and vomits. Th e next day he gets nauseated just from looking at the hat. The hat has become:

The unconditioned stimulus

The conditioned stimulus

The conditioned response

The unconditioned response

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a tuning fork, the tuning fork was a(n)

unconditioned stimulus

neutral stimulus

conditioned stimulus

unconditioned response

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The conditioned stimulus (CS):

is the response to the US.
is originally the neutral stimulus that gains the power to cause the CR.
triggers an unconditioned response reflexively or automatically when the CR happens.
is what triggers the US to occur.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The conditioned response (CR) is the usually the same as the

CS
US
UR
CR

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the Little Albert experiment, the unconditioned stimulus (US) was the

loud noise

fear

rat

mother

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the Little Albert experiment, the conditioned stimulus (CS) was the

rat

fear

mother

loud noise

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