Classical Conditioning

Whenever I go home, I open the door so that my cat can go play in the garden. As a result, the cat gets excited as soon as she hears the sound of my motor bike. Eventually, she begins to get excited as soon as she hears any motor bike crossing the road, and runs to the door.

• Spontaneous recovery

• Second-order conditioning

• Counterconditioning

• Generalization

• Renewal effect

… But my cat never gets to go to the garden when she hears other motorbikes. So, she eventually learns that it is only the sound of my motorbike that's worth getting excited about. This is an example of

• Discrimination

• Second-order conditioning

• Counterconditioning

• Spontaneous recovery

• Renewal effect

A(n) ______ ______ elicits a learned reaction.

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

Something that naturally rouses activity is a(n)

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

A simple association forms between two events when ________.

• the two events occur together

• the two events are associated with rewards

• only when the relationship between them makes sense

• only when the events result in an orienting response

Your dog salivates whenever you approach the cabinet with his dog treats. The sound of your approach is the _____.

• unconditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response

Which of the following statements best describes the concept of classical conditioning?

• Organisms learn from the consequences of their behavior.

• Organisms learn by observing the behavior of others.

• Organisms learn from their voluntary responses which develop over time.

• Organisms learn from the connections between stimuli.

Jaime's favorite food is pizza. He starts to salivate when he sees a pizza commercial on TV. What is the unconditioned response?

• the pizza

• the commercial

• salivating to the pizza

• salivating to the commercial

When you were little you visited your friend's grandmother every week. Everytime you visited she gave you a cookie. Eventually, you were happy and relaxed everytime you saw your friend's grandmother even though you were normally anxious around adults. What is the unconditioned stimulus?

• your friend's grandmother

• the cookie

• relaxed feeling after eating the cookie

• relaxed feeling around your friend's grandmother

The sudden recurrence of a conditioned response after extinction has taken place is referred to as 

• relearning
• stimulus discrimination
• stimulus generalization 
• spontaneous recovery