Classical Conditioning

What is classical conditioning?

• Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli
• Learning by responding to environmental stimuli
• Learning explained by its consequences
• Learning explained by modelling 

Define conditioned response

• A response that does not have to be learned
• A response that has been learned
• A stimulus that produced the response in an unconditioned reflex
• A form of learning

Who is the psychologist known for Classical Conditioning

• Ivan Pavlov
• Sigmund Freud
• Skinner
• E.L Thorndike 

In Pavlov's classic experiment, food was the

• Unconditioned stimulus
• Unconditioned response
• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response

Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• The cat food
• The sound of the electric can opener
• The cat coming to the kitchen
• Tamara

When a child hears a loud noise, he cries. The family's dog often barks loudly. Each time the child sees the dog, he cries. What is the conditioned response?

• the dog
• The loud noise
• The crying
• The Barking

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

• clapping after a thrilling concert performance
• jumping rope
• running through a maze to get a food reward
• sweating in hot weather

Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a bell, the bell was a(n)

• unconditioned stimulus
• neutral stimulus 
• conditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response

Dylan’s mother buys him a sailor’s cap before they go on a family fishing trip. On the boat, Dylan gets nauseated and vomits. Th e next day he gets nauseated just from looking at the sailor’s cap. The sailor’s cap has become:

• The unconditioned stimulus
• The conditioned stimulus
• The conditioned response
• The unconditioned response

Which of the following scenarios best matches classical conditioning?

• Bob studied for his math test for two hours and only got a C, so he decided to study more for the next test.

• Bob skipped class last week and had to stay after for detention. He decided not to skip classes anymore.

• Bob ate a cheeseburger and felt sick afterwards, so every time he smells McDonalds he feels nauseous.

• Bob has always been afraid of dogs because they might bite, so he has a pet fish instead.