PSY 101 SP23 exam 2 review

Every time Ivan rings a bell, he gives his dog food. At first, the dog has no reaction to the bell, only reacting to the food. After a while, the dog salivates whenever it hears Ivan's bell ring. In this scenario, what is the unconditioned stimulus?

• the bell

• the food

• the salivation

• the dog

Every time Ivan rings a bell, he gives his dog food. At first, the dog has no reaction to the bell, only reacting to the food. After a while, the dog salivates whenever it hears Ivan's bell ring. In this scenario, what is the conditioned stimulus?

• the bell

• the food

• the salivation

• the dog

Every time Ivan rings a bell, he gives his dog food. At first, the dog has no reaction to the bell, only reacting to the food. After a while, the dog salivates whenever it hears Ivan's bell ring. In this scenario, what is the unconditioned response?

• the bell

• the food

• the salivation

• the dog

Every time Ivan rings a bell, he gives his dog food. At first, the dog has no reaction to the bell, only reacting to the food. After a while, the dog salivates whenever it hears Ivan's bell ring. In this scenario, what is the conditioned response?

• the bell

• the food

• the salivation

• the dog

What schedule of reinforcement tends to be the most effective (high rate of response & resistant to extinction)?

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

• fixed interval

• variable interval

What is the most obvious drawback to using punishment to change behavior?

• There are no drawbacks to using punishment

• It makes the one doing the punishing feel guilt

• The undesired behavior may be replaced by another, even less desirable, behavior

After a stimulus enters sensory memory, it is either forgotten or transferred to ___________ memory.

In the context of operant conditioning, _______ means ADDING a stimulus in order to either increase or decrease a behavior.

Functional fixedness refers to:

• the tendency to solve problems in a certain way, based on past experience

• the tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use

• a type of object that only has one function

I remember my first day of high school. What type of memory is this?

• procedural

• autobiographical

• semantic

• idiosyncratic