Module 3.7A (Classical Conditioning)

The process of acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors is best characterized as:

• Learning

• Habituation

• Adaptation

• Reinforcement

What term refers to a decreasing responsiveness with repeated exposure to a stimulus?

• Habituation

• Adaptation

• Reinforcement

• Acquisition

What is the term for an event or situation that evokes a response?

• Stimulus

• Respondent Behavior

• Habituation

• Classical Conditioning

What is the general term for learning that certain events occur together?

• Operant Conditioning

• Respondent Behavior

• Associative Learning

• Classical Conditioning

What is the term for a behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences?

• Operant Conditioning

• Respondent Behavior

• Associative Learning

• Classical Conditioning

What is the term for learning to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events, as in the bell/food in Pavlov's experiments?

• Operant Conditioning

• Respondent Behavior

• Associative Learning

• Classical Conditioning

What is the term for acquiring mental information, whether by observing events, watching others, or through language?

• Operant Conditioning

• Cognitive Learning

• Associative Learning

• Classical Conditioning

Behaviorists value all of the following EXCEPT

• Response to stimuli

• Prediction and control of behavior

• Basic laws of learning

• Inner thoughts, feelings, and motives

In classical conditioning, an unlearned and naturally occurring response (salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus (food) is called:

• Unconditioned Response (UR)

• Unconditioned Stimulus (US)

• Conditioned Response (CR)

• Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally, naturally, and automatically triggers an unconditioned response (UR) is called:

• Unconditioned Response (UR)

• Unconditioned Stimulus (US)

• Conditioned Response (CR)

• Conditioned Stimulus (CS)