AP Psychology - Classical Conditioning

Your little sister was stung by a bee in the backyard. Now, whenever she hears a buzzing sound she becomes afraid. What is the Conditioned Response?

• the backyard

• the bee

• the fear when she was stung

• the fear when she hears a buzzing sound

Your sister was stung by a bee in the backyard. Now, whenever she hears a buzzing sound she is afraid. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• the backyard

• the bee

• the pain from being stung

• the fear from being stung

Your dog salivates whenever he hears you approach the cabinet where his treats are kept. Salivating to a dog treat is the____.

• unconditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• conditioned 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

You were bitten by a snake when you were a child. Now you fear all snakes, lizards, salamanders, etc. This is an example of _____.

• acquisition

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• generalization

• discrimination

You associate snakes with the pain of the bite you received when you were bitten as a child. The conditioned stimulus is the _________.

• snake

• bite

• pain

• fear

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

You were afraid of snakes as a child but then in college you had a roommate with a snake that never bit you and you stopped fearing snakes. This is called _____.

• acquisition

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• generalization

• discrimination

Axel often plays intense games of ping pong in which he becomes overheated in his dorm's lounge. This causes him to break into a sweat. The other day he broke into a sweat just walking into the lounge. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• ping pong

• lounge

• heat

• sweating