Classical & Operant Conditioning Review

WHAT IS A TYPE OF LEARNING IN WHICH WE LINK TWO OR MORE STIMULI?

• CLASSICAL CONDITIOINING

• OPERANT CONDITIONING

• COGNITIVE LEARNING

• RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

The concept of "conditioning" is best described as the process of

• learning associations.

• discrimination.

• generalization.

• voluntary behavior.

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

WHAT IS THE TYPE OF BEHAVIOR THAT OPERATES ON THE ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCING CONSEQUENCES?

• BEHAVIORISM

• RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

• ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING

• OPERANT BEHAVIOR

SKINNER'S PIGEON OR RAT BOX EXPERIMENTS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF CONDITIONING?

• CLASSICAL

• OPERANT

Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely to be repeated is known as

• law of effect

• operant conditioning

• shaping

• Premack principle

IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, A STIMULUS THAT ELICITS NO RESPONSE BEFORE CONDITIONING

• ACQUISITION

• EXTINCTION

• NEUTRAL STIMULS

• SHAPING

IN OPERANT CONDITIONING, WHAT IS AN EVENT THAT STRENGTHENS THE BEHAVIOR IT FOLLOWS?

• REINFORCMENT

• ACQUISITION

• EXTINCTION

• SHAPING

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

When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What is the unconditioned stimulus for the fish?

• the food
• the water
• the light
• John