Learning and memory

Julie became very nauseated and got sick after eating a shrimp dish one day. From then on, just the smell of shrimp made Julie nauseous. This demonstrates

• extinction

• shaping

• conditioned taste aversion

• conditioned food reinforcement

Lola hates to study for tests and her performance shows. she rarely does well. Finally Lola decides to study for her mid-term exam and she aced it. Now, Lola studies for all his tests. Which of the following might best explain why?

• latent learning

• Law of effect

• primary reinforcement

• ratio schedule of reinforcement

Jane goes to the dentist to have a cavity filled. She hears the shrill sound of the drill, her muscles tense and she experiences pain as the dentist works on her teeth. After that whenever jane hears the sound of the drill, her muscles tense an she becomes anxious. what was the neutral stimulus before learning occurred?

• the drilling of teeth

• the dentist

• the sound of the drill

• the pain experienced from drilling

Jane goes to the dentist to have a cavity filled. She hears the shrill sound of the drill, her muscles tense and she experiences pain as the dentist works on her teeth. After that whenever jane hears the sound of the drill, her muscles tense an she becomes anxious. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• the pain from the drilling

• the sound of the drill

• the anxiety experienced when jane hears the drill

• the dentist

Jane goes to the dentist to have a cavity filled. She hears the shrill sound of the drill, her muscles tense and she experiences pain as the dentist works on her teeth. After that whenever jane hears the sound of the drill, her muscles tense an she becomes anxious. what is the unconditioned response?

• janes muscles tensing and the anxiety that follows

• the drilling of the teeth

• the sound of the drill

• the dentist

The founder of classical conditioning was?

• John B. Watson

• Edward Thorndike

• B.F skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

Mr. Patters is using candy to reward the good behavior of his students. This type of reinforcer is known as?

• secondary reinforcer

• primary reinforcer

• positive punishment

• negative reinforcement

Negative reinforcement is...?

• the removal of something good

• getting something bad

• the removal of something bad

• getting something good

spontaneous recovery refers to...?

• an animal demonstrating conditioned behavior ceases to perform it despite being rewarded

• the decreasing occurrence of a conditioned response

• the learned response to a given stimulus immediately after its presentation

• the reoccurrence of a conditioned response after it has been extinguished

The fact that students differentiate between the bell and buzzer demonstrates...?

• generalization

• stimulus identification

• discrimination

• an unconditioned response