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WorksheetsClassical Conditioning Practice
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
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1.
A group of ranchers attempts to discourage coyotes from attacking their sheep by placing a substance on the wool of the sheep that makes coyotes violently ill if they eat it. Very quickly, the coyotes avoid the sheep entirely. In this scenario, what are the UCS, CS, and CR, respectively?
a)
The substance, the sheep’s wool, aversion to the sheep
b)
The sheep’s wool, the substance, aversion to sheep
c)
Aversion to sheep, the substance, the sheep’s wool
2.
Which of the following is true of classical conditioning?
a)
UCS produces UCR
b)
CR produces the CS
c)
UCR produces the CS
d)
CS produces the UCS
3.
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. Th e sailor’s cap has become:
a)
The unconditioned stimulus
b)
The conditioned stimulus
c)
The conditioned response
d)
The unconditioned response
4.
Desensitization therapy can best be defined as:
a)
A conditioning technique that creates an avoidance of certain foods
b)
A conditioning technique that gradually increases one’s desire to perform a particular behavior
c)
A conditioning technique that uses generalization to get people to overcome their fears
d)
A conditioning technique designed to gradually reduce anxiety about a particular object or situation
5.
Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a tuning fork, the tuning fork was a(n)
a)
unconditioned stimulus
b)
neutral stimulus
c)
conditioned stimulus
d)
unconditioned response
6.
The conditioned stimulus (CS):
a)
is the response to the US.
b)
is originally the neutral stimulus that gains the power to cause the CR.
c)
triggers an unconditioned response reflexively or automatically when the CR happens.
d)
is what triggers the US to occur.
7.
The conditioned response (CR) is the usually the same as the
a)
CS
b)
US
c)
UR
d)
CR
8.
In the Little Albert experiment, the Neutral stimulus is the:
a)
rat
b)
fear
c)
loud noise
d)
mother
9.
In the Little Albert experiment, the Unconditioned Stimulus is the:
a)
loud noise
b)
fear
c)
rat
d)
mother
10.
In the Little Albert experiment, the Conditioned stimulus is the:
a)
rat
b)
fear
c)
mother
d)
loud noise
11.
In the Little Albert experiment, the unconditioned response is the:
a)
fear
b)
white rat
c)
mother
d)
loud noise
12.
In the Little Albert experiment, the conditioned response is the:
a)
rat
b)
fear
c)
mother
d)
loud noise
13.
After Classical conditioning, the Neutral Stimulus (NS) becomes the:
a)
Unconditioned response
b)
Unconditioned stimulus
c)
Conditioned Stimulus
d)
Conditioned response
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