Conditioning Quiz B

Larry eats at the local restaurant and gets food poisoning after eating the salad bar. After this happens, Larry gets nauseous not only seeing the salad bar at the local restaurant, but at any place that serves a salad bar. What is the conditioned stimulus in this scenario?

• Salad

• Nausea

• The local restaurant

• Larry

• Food poisoning

Mason, a stockbrocker, runs two miles every day after work because it reduces his level of stress. Which form of reinforcement maintains this running behavior (positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, or negative punishment)? Explain your answer.

Jennifer sprays her cat in the face with water every time he jumps on the counter. Which of the following types of learning is Jennifer using on her cat?

• Operant conditioning

• Classical conditioning

• Second-order conditioning

• Latent learning

• Variable-ratio reinforcement

George feeds his dog canned dog food. After several feedings, George's dog begins to salivate whenever George gets the can opener out of the drawer. In this example, the dog food has become a(n)

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• Conditioned stimulus

• Conditioned response

• Secondary reinforcer

Eric is responsible for feeding his dog every morning at 5:00 am. When Eric's alarm clock rings his dog shows up at his door already salivating. Identify the unconditioned stimulus (US), unconditioned response (UR), neutral stimulus (NS), conditioned stimulus (CS), and conditioned response (CR). Note: Please do not press 'enter' until response is complete.

Jack's brother punches him on the arm several times over the course of a weekend. Jackson flinches when his brother raises his arm anywhere near him. In this example, what is the unconditioned stimulus?

• The punch

• Flinching

• Jackon's brother

• Raising arms

• The weekend

Savante has just started a new job at a popular clothing store. He will be paid every Friday afternoon for the hours he has worked. What is the schedule of reinforcement of Savante's paychecks?

• Fixed ratio

• Fixed interval

• Variable ratio

• Variable interval

• Fixed variable

Morgan received a new toy that will randomly say words. Because Morgan is unsure of when the toy will begin to speak, she carries it around all day. What is the reinforcement schedule of the toy's speaking (fixed ratio, fixed interval, variable ratio, or variable interval)? Please explain your answer.

Julie is tired of picking up her five-year-old son's toys every day. She has decided to use operant conditioning to train him to pick up his own toys. Her friend recommends the use of positive reinforcement. Which of the following is an example of positive punishment that Julie can use?

• Julie can take the toys he leaves out each night and not give them back.

• Julie can give her son a cookie every night he picks up his toys.

• Julie could play annoying music on the radio until her son has picked up all of his toys.

• Julie can yell at her son when he doesn't pick up his toys.

• Julie can take away her son's TV privileges until he is done picking up his toys.

When two-year-old Sam reaches for the hot stove, her dad quickly slaps her hand to keep her from burning herself. Which method is he using to teach Sam NOT to touch the hot stove?

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive punishment

• Negative punishment

• Extinction