AP Psychology Conditioning Quiz

In classical conditioning terms, what are the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in the scenario, respectively?

• Grandmother’s house; fear

• Grandmother’s house; falling

• Fear; grandmother’s house

• Falling; anxiety

The treatment room has become

• a conditioned reinforcer

• a neutral stimulus

• a conditioned stimulus

• an unconditioned stimulus

This finding can best be explained by which of the following concepts?

• Biological preparedness

• Stimulus discrimination

• Stimulus generalization

• Observational learning

This pattern of behavior reflects

• stimulus generalization

• negative reinforcement

• secondary reinforcement

• shaping of behavior

Which of the following is an example of habituation for a dog?

• The dog only responded after his owner repeatedly called his name.

• Although the dog responded the first time his owner called his name, the dog stopped responding when his owner called his name multiple times.

• After his owner first gave him food, the dog continued to beg for food at the table.

• The dog stopped begging for food at the table after his owner did not respond with food multiple times.

In this scenario, Emily’s behavior when she was first scratched is best labeled as which of the following?

• Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

• Conditioned stimulus (CS)

• Unconditioned response (UCR)

• Conditioned response (CR)

there is evidence of conditioning if the dog salivates when

• the tone only is presented

• the food only is presented

• the food and tone are presented together

• a different tone is presented with the food

Which of the following best accounts for why Xander becomes sick upon tasting sushi but not seeing sushi?

• Latent learning, because sushi acts as a reinforcer.

• Insight learning, because sushi acts as a reinforcer.

• Biological predisposition, because this example illustrates taste aversion.

• Negative punishment, because this example illustrates taste aversion.

An individual’s fear of dogs that is lost as the individual is exposed to dogs in nonthreatening situations is referred to by behaviorists as a fear that has been

• satiated

• suppressed

• repressed

• extinguished

For extinction to occur, which of the following must be true of the conditioned response (CR), the conditioned stimulus (CS), and the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?

• The CR occurs after the CS but does not occur after other stimuli.

• The CS and the UCS are repeatedly paired, and the CR gains strength.

• The CS is repeatedly presented in the absence of the UCS, and the CR loses strength.

• When the CR loses strength, a rest period is given, after which the CS again elicits the CR.