Intro to Classical Conditioning Theory

Any relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience is known as:

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Learning

• Conditioning

"Conditioning" is learning that happens...

• On purpose

• Due to an external source

• Intentionally

• All of the answers are correct

Describes how learned ______________ responses can occur through association; the presence of a previously neutral stimulus that will eventually provide the same response as an __________________ (involuntary one) on its own.

• Involuntary, Unconditioned

• Unconditioned, Conditioned

• Neutral, Learned

Learning that does NOT require an action on the part of the learner can be referred to as ___________ learning.

• Active

• Passive

• Random

• Voluntary

Any object or event that elicits (causes) a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.

• Stimulus

• Conditioning

• Bell

• Association

Any measurable physical reaction to a stimulus.

• Response

• Conditioning

• Action

• None of the above

Conducted experiments using salivating dogs and exposure to bells

• Watson

• Pavlov

• Bandura

• Skinner

Watson won the nobel peace prize for his work on classical conditioning

• True

• False

Researcher who found that powerful emotional responses (like phobias) could be learned (conditioned) by pairing them with previously unlearned responses.

• Pavlov

• Watson

• Bandura

• Skinner

Little Albert was a _____________ study from 1920 in which a young infant boy was taught a ______________ of white furry objects

• Controversial, Unconditioned response

• Controversial, Phobia

• Non-controversial, Conditioned Emotional Response

• Non-controversial, Phobia