Unit 4 Exam

Learning to make an involuntary response to a stimulus other than the original, natural stimulus that normally produces the response.

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

A naturally occurring stimulus that leads to an involuntary and unlearned response. In Pavlov’s dogs, the food.

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

• Neutral Stimulus

An involuntary and unlearned response to a naturally occurring or unconditioned stimulus. In Pavlov’s dogs, the salivation to the food.

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

• Neutral Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that becomes able to produce a conditioned response, after pairing with an unconditioned stimulus. In Pavlov’s dogs, when the dogs linked the bowl with the food.

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that has no effect on the desired response prior to conditioning. In Pavlov’s dogs, the food bowl before the experiment.

• Neutral Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

The reappearance of a learned response after extinction has occurred.

• Extinction

• Spontaneous Recovery

• Operant Conditioning

• Reinforcement

The learning of voluntary behavior through the effects of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to responses.

• Operant Conditioning

• Classical Conditioning

Any event of stimulus, that when following a response, increased the probability that the response will occur again.

• Reinforcement

• Punishment

• Extinction

• Spontaneous Recovery

If a worker continues to work hard on the job and thus avoids the boss's criticism, _______________ reinforcement is occurring.

• positive

• negative

• punishment

• extinction

A toddler is given a cookie after saying “please”. Now he says please all the time.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative Punishment