Conditioning Quiz 2019

Learning is defined as

• any behavior emitted by an organism without being elicited
• A changed in the behavior of the organism
• A relatively permanent change in the behavior of an organism due to experience
• Behavior based on operant rather than respondent conditioning

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 gradual disappearance of a conditioned response is

• Modeling 
• extinction
• A token economy 
• Cognitive learning

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

• relearning
• stimulus discrimination
• stimulus generalization 
• spontaneous recovery

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.

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

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

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

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