Psyc Learning and Cognition Review

In classical conditioning, the stimulus that naturally causes a reaction is the

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• conditioned response

Classical conditioning could account for how a child learns to

• sing a song

• tie shoe laces

• print letters

• fear the dark

When an individual has a phobia, the irrational fear and anxiety that the person experiences is

• a conditioned response

• an unconditioned response

• a conditioned stimulus

• an unconditioned stimulus

The reappearance of a conditioned response after extinction and a period of rest is called

• disinhibition

• reconditioning

• generalization

• spontaneous recovery

In the Little Albert experiment on conditioned emotional responses, the unconditioned stimulus was the

• white fuzzy things, like a rabbit

• loud noise

• fear reaction

• Little Albert

If a dog salivates to a blue light and not to a yellow light, the dog is showing evidence of

• spontaneous recovery

• conditioned emotional responses

• generalization

• discrimination

Learning to ride a bicycle is most likely acquired via the process of

• classical conditioning

• shaping

• aversive control

• response chain

Negative reinforcement involves

• presenting a pleasant stimulus

• presenting an unpleasant stimulus

• removing a pleasant stimulus

• removing an unpleasant stimulus

Continuing a behavior that prevents the occurrence of an unpleasant event or stimulus is

• escape conditioning

• negative reinforcement

• punishment learning

• avoidance conditioning

Learning that takes place by observing another person is referred to as

• operant conditioning

• divergent learning

• observational learning

• classical conditioning