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Classical Conditioning

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

the backyard

b)

the bee

c)

the fear when she was stung

d)

the fear when she hears a buzzing sound

2.

Your sister was stung by a bee in the backyard. Now, whenever she hears a buzzing sound she is afraid. What is the conditioned stimulus?

a)

the backyard

b)

the bee

c)

the pain from being stung

d)

the fear from being stung

3.

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

a)

unconditioned stimulus

b)

unconditioned response

c)

conditioned stimulus

d)

conditioned response

4.

Your dog salivates whenever you approach the cabinet with his dog treats. The sound of your approach is the _____.

a)

unconditioned stimulus

b)

unconditioned response

c)

conditioned stimulus

d)

conditioned response

5.

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

a)

acquisition

b)

extinction

c)

spontaneous recovery

d)

generalization

e)

discrimination

6.

You associate snakes with the pain of the bite you received when you were bitten as a child. The conditioned stimulus is the _________.

a)

snake

b)

bite

c)

pain

d)

fear

7.

Jaime's favorite food is pizza. He starts to salivate when he sees a pizza commercial on TV. What is the unconditioned response?

a)

the pizza

b)

the commercial

c)

salivating to the pizza

d)

salivating to the commercial

8.

When you were little you visited your friend's grandmother every week. Everytime you visited she gave you a cookie. Eventually, you were happy and relaxed everytime you saw your friend's grandmother even though you were normally anxious around adults. What is the unconditioned stimulus?

a)

your friend's grandmother

b)

the cookie

c)

relaxed feeling after eating the cookie

d)

relaxed feeling around your friend's grandmother

9.

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 _____.

a)

acquisition

b)

extinction

c)

spontaneous recovery

d)

generalization

e)

discrimination

10.

Axel often plays intense games of ping pong in which he becomes overheated in his dorm's lounge. This causes him to break into a sweat. The other day he broke into a sweat just walking into the lounge. What is the conditioned stimulus?

a)

ping pong

b)

lounge

c)

heat

d)

sweating