Learning and Conditioning Quiz

Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about

• classical conditioning

• systematic desensitization

• spontaneous recovery

• extinction

• conditioned stimulus

Alfred Bandura showed that we acquire knowledge by observing & imitating others. This is called

• modeling

• partial reinforcement

• flooding

• counterconditioning

A conditioned response may be extinguished when

• the conditioned response is reinforced with the unconditioned stimulus
• the conditioned stimulus is presented with the unconditioned stimulus
• the unconditioned stimulus is presented without the conditioned stimulus
• a conditioned stimulus is no longer followed by an unconditioned stimulus.

Classical conditioning can be applied to help overcome fears using the method of

• counterconditioning

• flooding

• systematic desensitization

• All of the above

Vicente goes to a meeting in New Orleans and tries some oysters at the oyster bar. He likes the taste and eats quite a few. Soon he comes very ill with an upset stomach. Now, even the thought of oysters makes him nauseous. What is the unconditioned stimulus?

• oysters

• sick

• bad oysters

• throwing up

The process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again is called

• flooding

• systemic autosensitization

• reinforcement

• extinction

The process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again is

called

• punishment
• extinction
• discouragement
• reinforcement

The process of learning to ride a bicycle is an example of

• classical conditioning

• shaping

• flooding

• latent learning

What part of the brain fires when performing a certain action, and/or observing a certain action?

• aversion

• monkey genes

• pre-frontal lobes

• mirror neurons

Which pioneering learning researcher showed the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's behavior?

• Bandura

• Pavlov

• Watson

• Skinner