Classical Conditioning Quiz

What is classical conditioning?

• A type of learning that involves instincts

• An unlearned behavior due to evolutionary programming

• A type of learning that involves mental processes

• A type of learning that involves the pairing of a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus

What is an example of an unconditioned response?

• Salivation in response to food

• Salivation in response to a conditioned stimulus

• Salivation in response to a neutral stimulus

• Salivation in response to a ringing bell

What is the neutral stimulus in Pavlov's experiment?

• Salivation

• Jumping back

• Food

• Ringing the bell

What is the conditioned response in Pavlov's experiment?

• Salivation in response to food

• Jumping back in response to a toilet flush

• Nausea in response to spicy pizza topping

• Salivation in response to the ringing bell

What is extinction in classical conditioning?

• The process by which a conditioned stimulus elicits a conditioned response

• The ability to distinguish between two stimuli

• The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a time delay

• Gradual weakening of a conditioned behavior when the conditioned stimulus is not followed by the unconditioned stimulus

What is stimulus generalization in classical conditioning?

• When a conditioned stimulus from one learning trail is paired with a new unconditioned stimulus

• The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a time delay

• The ability to distinguish between two stimuli

• When stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus also elicit the conditioned response

What is stimulus discrimination in classical conditioning?

• The ability to distinguish between two stimuli

• When stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus also elicit the conditioned response

• The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a time delay

• When a conditioned stimulus from one learning trail is paired with a new unconditioned stimulus

What is higher-order conditioning in classical conditioning?

• The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a time delay

• When a conditioned stimulus from one learning trail is paired with a new unconditioned stimulus

• When stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus also elicit the conditioned response

• The ability to distinguish between two stimuli

What is taste aversion in classical conditioning?

• When a conditioned stimulus from one learning trail is paired with a new unconditioned stimulus

• The ability to distinguish between two stimuli

• Occurs when stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus also elicit the conditioned response

• The classically conditioned dislike for and avoidance of a particular food that develops when an organism becomes ill after eating the food

What did John Garcia's taste aversion studies demonstrate?

• When a conditioned stimulus from one learning trail is paired with a new unconditioned stimulus

• Animals develop an aversion for tastes associated with sickness

• The ability to distinguish between two stimuli

• The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a time delay