10th Grade Chapter 9 Test

A child hears the advertising jingle for an ice cream parlor and immediately wants to go there. This is an example of

• conditioning.

• extinction.

• a neutral stimulus

• generalization

In classical conditioning, the best results occur when the conditioned stimulus is presented

• alone.

• just before the unconditioned response.

• with the unconditioned response.

• after the unconditioned response.

A child saying “Daddy” only to her father is an example of

• extinction

• discrimination.

• generalization.

• spontaneous recovery

Romona becomes afraid of dogs after being bitten. After a year, however, she no longer seems agitated around dogs and plays happily with them. Then one day, Romona begins shaking when a dog approaches unexpectedly. What is she experiencing?

• extinction

• discrimination

• generalization

• spontaneous recovery

A mother yells “NO!” whenever her baby crawls towards the stairs. Soon the child is afraid of the stairs. What is the child’s fear of the stairs an example of?

• a conditioned stimulus

• an unconditioned stimulus

• a conditioned response

• an unconditioned response

One puts on knee pads to keep from injuring one’s knees while skateboarding. What kind of reinforcement is this?

• negative

• fixed ratio

• positive

• primary

If Jamie does not pick up his toys when asked, he is sent to his room for 15 minutes. This is called

• modeling

• classical conditioning

• punishment

• chaining.

To play basketball, several response chains are organized into

• variable intervals.

• response shapes

• cognitive maps

• response patterns.

If Susan gets a perfect score on four spelling tests in a row, her father gives her $5. What kind of reinforcement schedule is this?

• continuous

• variable interval

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

How are escape conditioning and avoidance conditioning similar?

• They are both types of classical conditioning.

• They are both types of negative reinforcement.

• They both rely on punishment.

• They both use secondary reinforcers.