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VCE Psychology: Classical Conditioning (2)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In classical conditioning, an organism develops an association between the

a)

Conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response

b)

Neutral stimulus and the conditioned stimulus

c)

Neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus

d)

Neutral stimulus and the unconditioned response

2.
Mary’s cat runs to the back door when the microwave bell sounds as this usually signals that her dinner is about to be served. The cat also runs to the back door when Mary’s doorbell rings. Mary’s cat is demonstrating an example of
a)
stimulus discrimination
b)
stimulus generalisation
c)
spontaneous recovery
d)
extinction
3.
In Pavlov’s experiment on salivation in dogs, the neutral stimulus was ____________ and the conditioned stimulus was ______________.
a)
the bell; the bell
b)
the bell; salivation
c)
the meat powder; the bell
d)
the meat powder; salivation
4.

In classical conditioning, nature provides the __________________ connection and conditioning provides the _____________ connection.

a)

UCS-CS; UCR-CR

b)

UCR-CR; UCS-CS

c)

CS-CR; UCS-UCR

d)

UCS-UCR; CS-CR

5.

A bell rings, then a puff of air into the eye causes a reflexive blink. After this happens on several occasion, the bell ringing alone causes a conditioned reflexive blink. The UCS is _________________ and the CS is _____________________.

a)

Puff of air; blinking

b)

Bell; blinking

c)

Puff of air; bell

d)

Bell; puff of air

6.
Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria.  It gave him food poisoining and he was very ill for several days afterwards. Yesterday, someone offered Jacob a chicken sandwich at a party, and when he saw it he felt ill again. The illness that Jacob felt yesterday was
a)
An unconditioned response
b)
A conditioned response
c)
A conditioned stimulus
d)
An unconditioned stimulus 
7.
Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria.  It gave him food poisoining and he was very ill for several days afterwards. The illness that Jacob suffered six weeks ago when he ate the contaminated chicken sandwich was 
a)
An unconditioned response
b)
A conditioned response
c)
A conditioned stimulus
d)
An unconditioned stimulus 
8.

Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria. It gave him food poisoining and he was very ill for several days afterwards. The thought of a chicken sandwich when someone offered Jacob one yesterday was

a)

An unconditioned response

b)

A conditioned response

c)

A conditioned stimulus

d)

An unconditioned stimulus

9.
Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria. It gave him food poisoining and he was very ill for several days afterwards. The contaminated chicken sandwich that Jacob ate six weeks ago and that made him feel sick was 
a)
An unconditioned response
b)
A conditioned response
c)
A conditioned stimulus
d)
An unconditioned stimulus 
10.
A researcher conditions a dog to salivate at the sound of a bell.  This is then followed by food. After some time, the sound of the bell alone (that is, without food), no longer leads to salivation.
a)
spontaneous recovery 
b)
extinction
c)
acquisition
d)
stimulus generalisation
11.
The light switch in Eloise’s bedroom is faulty so that every time she touches the switch she receives an electric shock.  After this has happened a few times, Eloise associates the light switches with a startle response. In this scenario, the unconditioned stimulus is
a)
the light switch
b)
Eloise's bedroom
c)
The electric current
d)
The startle response
12.
In the terminology of classical conditioning, stimuli and responses that do not require any learning are referred to as
a)
unconditioned
b)
conditioned 
c)
response
d)
spontaneous 
13.

In John Watson’s famous study, Little Albert was conditioned to fear rats by associating them with an unpleasant loud noise. If Little Albert had then been repeatedly exposed to the white rat, but without the noise, his fear response was have

a)

become stronger

b)

been extinguished

c)

generalised to all white furry objects

d)

spontaneously recovered

14.
In Pavlov’s original experiments, a conditioned response that had been extinguished was seen again when the _________________ was delivered again.  This reappearance of the conditioned response is known as _____________________.
a)
Unconditioned stimulus; spontaneous recovery
b)
Conditioned stimulus; reverse extinction
c)
Conditioned stimulus; spontaneous recovery
d)
Unconditioned stimulus; reverse extinction
15.
On a recent visit to the doctor, Jasmine was given a painful injection. Since then, Jasmine not only refuses to go to the same doctor, but also will not go to see any doctor or dentist. Jasmine’s refusal behaviour is an example of
a)
stimulus generalisation
b)
stimulus discrimination
c)
punishment 
d)
extinction
16.
Classical conditioning differs from operant conditioning in that 
a)
The learner plays a more active role in acquiring the new behaviour in classical conditioning
b)
Reinforcement is more likely to occur in classical conditioning
c)
The response almost always occur prior to the stimulus in classical conditioning
d)
The response in classical conditioning is reflexive
17.
Farina takes her dog for a walk each night after tea.  Before going for the walk, she gets the leash from the cupboard.  Now she notices that every time she opens the cupboard, the dog rushes to the front door excitedly. In this example, opening the cupboard is
a)
an unconditioned response
b)
a conditioned response
c)
an unconditioned stimulus
d)
a conditioned stimulus 
18.
When Elijah was a child, he spent many happy weekends with his grandmother and they had lots of fun baking scones together. Now whenever Elijah smells freshly baking scones he feels happy. The feeling of happiness when Elijah smells the scones is
a)
An unconditioned stimulus 
b)
An unconditioned response
c)
A conditioned stimulus 
d)
A conditioned response
19.
In Pavlov’s experiments the dog salivated to the sound of a bell. This indicated that the neutral stimulus had become
a)
An unconditioned response
b)
a conditioned response
c)
an unconditioned stimulus 
d)
a conditioned stimulus
20.
Gemma enjoys playing with her grandmother’s dog.  However, Gemma avoids going near her neighbour’s dog and she refuses to play with him.  The neighbour’s dog barked and frightened Gemma on a couple of occasions earlier this year. Gemma’s behaviour demonstrates
a)
extinction
b)
spontaneous recovery
c)
stimulus discrimination 
d)
stimulus generalisation

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