Chapter 7: Learning

You rattle a box of treats before you give a treat to your dog. Each time you do, your dog drools. Their drooling is:

• unconditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response

Pavlov's dogs also responded to other stimuli similar to a bell, such as a windchime or music box. This is:

• spontaneous recovery

• extinction

• stimulus discrimination

• stimulus generalization

Carrie's mom took away her allowance after Carrie behaved inappropriately on a school trip. This is an example of:

• negative reinforcement

• positive reinforcement

• negative punishment

• positive punishment

Jack finally takes out the garbage to get his dad to stop pestering him. This is an example of:

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

One night, Mark got very sick after eating at Buffalo Wild Wings. Later he claimed, "I will never eat there again!" This is an example of:

• punishment

• negative reinforcement

• positive reinforcement

• shaping

John always wears his seatbelt, and says it's probably because when he was younger his mom always did. This is an example of:

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• observational learning

• academic learning