Intro to Psychology- Behaviorism & Learning - 2021-2022

Four-year-old Scott got scared when he was younger at the sound of thunder at his cousins house. Now, whenever his parents mention visiting his cousins' house, he feels anxious and fearful. In classical conditioning terms, what are the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in the scenario, respectively?

• cousin’s house; fear

• cousin’s house; thunder

• Fear; cousin’s house

• thunder; anxiety

Jason hates rats because of a negative experience. He gets extremely scared when he sees them. However, he doesn't show this reaction when he sees mice. What is Jason showing?

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• generalization

• discrimination

Kelvin's dog continues to bark in the chance he will get a treat. Kelvin at times gives in to the barking and gives the dog a treat. In relationship to the barking, Kelvin is doing which of the following:

• displaying negative punishment by giving the dog the treat

• displaying positive reinforcement by giving the dog the treat

• displaying positive punishment by giving the dog the treat

• displaying negative reinforcement by giving the dog the treat

After eating rice and beans after a terrible sickness, you realize that you can't eat any type right and beans anymore. You went through the process called:

• generalization

• discrimination

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

When Samantha was younger and she put on sneakers she freaked out when she felt a spider in her shoe. Now she gets frightened every time she sees that shoes. What would be the unconditioned stimulus?

• Samantha's age

• the shoe

• the spider

• the sneakers

Which of the following represent negative reinforcement?

• giving into a tantrum and the child continues acting out because they are getting what they want

• getting grounded because you didn't make curfew

• getting your phone taken away because you didn't do the HW

• taking out the garbage to avoid a lecture

Which of the following represents an emotion focused strategy?

• planning ahead to get all your work done to alleviate stress

• avoiding the stress and completing a task that focuses on your feelings

• directly communicating with the person causing the stress

• advocating to several people about your need to deal with the stress

Which of the following represent an internal locus of control?

• thinking there isn't anything you can do and you end up giving up

• knowing that systems and structures and policies are the reason you are the way you are

• thinking that parents have had complete control over your life

• feeling you have the chance to change what happens to you

Which of the following psychologists would argue that students model and imitate their friends which ends up explaining behaviors?

• Albert Bandura

• John B. Watson

• Martin Seligman

• Ivan Pavlov

Which of the following psychologists is correct matched with their experiment?

• John B. Watson & Bobo Doll Experiment on Observational Learning

• Ivan Pavlov & experiment on Little Albert on Classical Conditioning

• Martin Seligman & Dog Experiment on Learned Helplessness

• Albert Bandura & Dog Experiment on Classical Conditioning