Classical Conditioning

Which of the following is best defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience? 

• acquisition
• stimulus
• learning
• habituation

In classical conditioning, the UCR:

• happens after the CR
• is the response to the CS.
• is the response to the UCS
• triggers the UCS to occur.

The sudden recurrence of a conditioned response after extinction has taken place is referred to as 

• relearning
• stimulus discrimination
• stimulus generalization 
• spontaneous recovery

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 

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

• unconditioned stimulus
• neutral stimulus 
• conditioned stimulus
• unconditioned 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 

The light switch in Eloise’s bedroom is faulty so that every time she touches the switch she receives an electric shock.  After this has happened a few times, Eloise associates the light switches with a startle response. In this scenario, the unconditioned stimulus is

• the light switch
• Eloise's bedroom
• The electric current
• The startle response

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

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

Tyrone was dancing with his new girlfriend at a Maroon V tribute. When the song "My Heart's a Stereo" played, his girlfriend gave him a long passionate kiss, which he found enjoyable. Now he finds that every time he hears the song on the radio, he becomes mildly excited. In this example, excitement he felt from the kiss is the...

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