Elements of Classical Conditioning

Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• The cat food
• The sound of the electric can opener
• The cat coming to the kitchen
• Tamara

When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What used to be a neutral stimulus for the fish?

• the food
• the water
• the light
• John

When Elijah was a child, he spent many happy weekends with his grandmother and they had lots of fun baking scones together. Now whenever Elijah smells freshly baking scones he feels happy. The happiness he felt from spending time baking with his grandmother is...

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

Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria.  It gave him food poisoning 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 

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

• The unconditioned stimulus

• The conditioned stimulus

• The conditioned response

• The unconditioned response

Rose has been unable to drive a motorcycle since being involved in a serious motorcycle accident. Every time she sees a motorcycle, her heart races and she begins to sweat. A person with knowledge of classical conditioning would be correct in saying that the motorcycle is now a(n) ______, and the heart racing and body sweating is the ______.

• unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus; conditioned response

• conditioned stimulus; unconditioned response

• unconditioned stimulus; conditioned response

When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What UCS paired with what NS to create a new conditioned response?

• food + light
• food + water
• swimming + food
• swimming +water

Cenet has found that when she opens the cupboard door to get the cat food, the cat comes running to the kitchen.  Abby knows that this is classical conditioning and that the unconditioned stimulus is the _____________ and the conditioned stimulus is the ______________.

• cat food; cupboard door opening
• cat food; kitchen 
• cupboard door opening; cat food
• kitchen; cat food

When a child hears a loud noise, he cries. The family's dog often barks loudly. Each time the child sees the dog, he cries. What is the conditioned response?

• the dog
• The loud noise
• The crying
• The Barking

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):

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