Chapter 5 Learning Psychs 101

Slot machines are examples of:

• Fixed interval schedule

• Variable ratio schedule

• Variable interval schedule

• Fixed ratio schedule

A perfume advertisement uses classical conditioning to increase product appeal. To do this, it pairs the attractive face of the actor Brad Pitt with its perfume Chanel No 5. If Brad Pitt elicits an innate response from you, he is being used as a(n)

• unconditioned stimulus

• conditioned response

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

If you are trying to use classical conditioning to train your pet mouse to be afraid of a flashing light, you will most likely be successful if you

• pair the light with giving the mouse a treat.

• take away the mouse's food after the light comes on.

• take away the mouse's food before the light comes on.

• pair the light with an electric shock.

Ivan Pavlov noticed that dogs began salivating at the mere sight of the person who regularly brought food to them. For the dogs, the sight of this person was a (n):

• conditioned stimulus

• immediate reinforcer

• unconditional stimulus

• primary reinforcer

After getting ill from eating her friend's Thanksgiving turkey, Natalia couldn't stand the sight or smell of turkey. And, when her friend baked a whole chicken, Natalia felt nauseated because of the smell. This illustrates:

• discrimination

• acquisition

• extinction

• generalization

How do we learn?

• Learning by watching others

• Learning that a behavior leads to a particular outcome

• Learning that two stimuli go together

• All of the above

Which of the following reinforcers is INCORRECTLY categorized?

• money--primary reinforce

• food--primary reinforce

• praise--secondary reinforce

• None of these are incorrectly categorize

Pay check is an example of:

• Variable ratio schedule

• Fixed interval schedule

• Fixed ratio schedule

• Variable interval schedule

A pop quiz is an example of:

• Variable ratio schedule

• Fixed interval schedule

• Variable interval schedule

• Fixed ratio schedule

In Pavlov's research, dogs learned that the sound of a bell of a bell predicted the arrival of food, so the dogs salivated at the sound of the bell. In this research, classical conditioning occurred in part because the _____elicited a(n)____.

• conditioned stimulus (food); conditioned response (salivation)

• unconditioned stimulus (bell); conditioned response (salivation)

• conditioned stimulus (bell); unconditioned response (salivation)

• unconditioned stimulus (food); unconditioned response (salivation)