Classical Conditioning Quiz

What is a neutral stimulus in classical conditioning?

• A stimulus that causes a conditioned response

• A stimulus that elicits no response initially

• A stimulus that naturally triggers a response

• A stimulus that is learned through association

Which of the following is an example of an unconditioned response?

• Jumping at a loud noise

• Laughing at a joke

• Salivating at the sound of a bell

• Feeling hungry when seeing food

In Pavlov's experiment, what was the conditioned stimulus?

• The dog

• The salivation

• The bell

• The food

What happens during the acquisition phase of classical conditioning?

• The subject learns to discriminate between stimuli

• The conditioned stimulus is paired with the unconditioned stimulus

• The conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus

• The conditioned response disappears

What is extinction in classical conditioning?

• The generalization of a conditioned response

• The disappearance of a conditioned response

• The process of learning a new response

• The strengthening of a conditioned response

What is spontaneous recovery?

• The initial learning of a conditioned response

• The reappearance of a conditioned response after a pause

• The weakening of a conditioned response

• The differentiation between two stimuli

What is stimulus generalization?

• Responding only to the original conditioned stimulus

• Learning to respond to a new stimulus

• Responding to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus

• Ignoring all stimuli except the conditioned one

What is stimulus discrimination?

• Learning a new response to a neutral stimulus

• Responding to all stimuli in the same way

• Differentiating between similar stimuli

• Ignoring the conditioned stimulus

What is higher-order conditioning?

• Conditioning a new stimulus by pairing it with a conditioned stimulus

• Conditioning a new stimulus by pairing it with an unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioning a response without any stimuli

• Conditioning a response by using multiple unconditioned stimuli

In higher-order conditioning, what becomes the new conditioned stimulus?

• The original unconditioned stimulus

• A new neutral stimulus

• The original conditioned stimulus

• The response itself