Behavioral Psychology Review

Your little sister was stung by a bee in the backyard. Now, whenever she hears a buzzing sound she becomes afraid. What is the Conditioned Response?

• the backyard

• the bee

• the fear when she was stung

• the fear when she hears a buzzing sound

Your dog salivates whenever he hears you approach the cabinet where his treats are kept. Salivating to a dog treat is the____.

• unconditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response

You were bitten by a snake when you were a child. Now you fear all snakes, lizards, salamanders, etc. This is an example of _____.

• acquisition

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• generalization

• discrimination

You were afraid of snakes as a child but then in college you had a roommate with a snake that never bit you and you stopped fearing snakes. This is called _____.

• acquisition

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• generalization

IN OPERANT CONDITIONING, WHAT IS AN EVENT THAT STRENGTHENS THE BEHAVIOR IT FOLLOWS?

• REINFORCMENT

• ACQUISITION

• EXTINCTION

• SHAPING

TO PSYCHOLOGISTS, LEARNING IS?

• A long term change in behavior that is based on experience

• A constant set of individuals situated in a controlled environment

• The typical desks, students, lecture, text books scenario

• All of the above

In operant conditioning what does positive mean?

• anything good

• something being given

• something being taken away

• anything bad

Who is the psychologist who did the little Albert experiment? (The little Albert experiment was where they conditioned a little boy to fear white rats.)

• Watson

• Albert

• Bandura

• Skinner

What is Pavlov's most famous experiment?

• Boba doll

• Little Albert

• nothing

• He made dog's salivate

What does punishment mean in operant conditioning?

• Something negative

• decrease the probability of a behavior recurring or extinguish, controls unwanted behavior

• increase the probability of a behavior recurring, strengthens behavior