AP Psychology Unit 4 Topic 2 Classical Conditioning Part 1

Who is considered the father of classical conditioning?

• Freud

• Pavlov

• Skinner

• Watson

What was Pavlov studying when he discovered classical conditioning?

• Human behavior

• Animal brains

• Dog's digestion

• Food aversion

An unconditioned stimulus is:

• A stimulus that naturally results in a certain response

• A stimulus that is paired with another stimulus to create a response

• A resulting response from a stimulus

• A stimulus that does not cause a response

An unconditioned response is:

• A response that occurs from no stimulus

• A response that has been learned

• A naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus

• Only occurs with a conditioned stimulus.

A conditioned stimulus is:

• A stimulus that naturally causes a response

• Can only cause an unconditioned response

• Is not learned

• A formally neutral stimulus that now causes the same response as the unconditioned stimulus

A conditioned response is:

• The same as a conditioned stimulus

• A learned response to a conditioned stimulus

• A natural reaction

• Only occurs with an unconditioned response

Little Albert was:

• An orphan who grew up to be John B. Watson

• An orphan who was conditioned to fear only Santa Clause

• An orphan who was conditioned to fear anything white and/or fluffy.

• An orphan who was conditioned to not fear any animal.

If a cancer patient begins to feel nauseous at the sight of a hospital, classical conditioning has taken place. Which of the following is the conditioned stimulus.

• Cancer

• The sight of the hospital

• Feeling nauseous

• None of the above

When Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, what was the conditioned response?

• Food

• Bell

• Salivation

• Pavlov

An untrained dog's salivation at the sight of a food dish is (a, an)

• neutral stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response