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WorksheetsYr 12: Classical Conditioning
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is classical conditioning?
a)
Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli
b)
Learning by responding to environmental stimuli
c)
Learning explained by its consequences
d)
Learning explained by modelling
2.
Who is the psychologist known for Classical Conditioning
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
Sigmund Freud
c)
Skinner
d)
E.L Thorndike
3.
Define conditioned response
a)
A response that does not have to be learned
b)
A response that has been learned
c)
A stimulus that produced the response in an unconditioned reflex
d)
A form of learning
4.
In Pavlov's classic experiment, food was the
a)
Unconditioned stimulus
b)
Unconditioned response
c)
conditioned stimulus
d)
conditioned response
5.
Pavlov's initial interest in classical conditioning was stimulated when he observed his research dogs salivating at the sight of
a)
Food
b)
The attendants / sound of the bell
c)
Saliva
d)
The food dish
6.
Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus?
a)
The cat food
b)
The sound of the electric can opener
c)
The cat coming to the kitchen
d)
Tamara
7.
In classical conditioning, the UCR:
a)
happens after the CR
b)
is the response to the CS.
c)
is the response to the UCS
d)
triggers the UCS to occur.
8.
When a child hears a loud noise, he cries. The family's dog often barks loudly. Each time the child sees the dog, he cries. What is the conditioned response?
a)
the dog
b)
The loud noise
c)
The crying
d)
The Barking
9.
Which of the following is an unconditioned response?
a)
clapping after a thrilling concert performance
b)
jumping rope
c)
running through a maze to get a food reward
d)
sweating in hot weather
10.
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.
11.
The conditioned response (CR) is the usually the same as the
a)
CS
b)
UCS
c)
UCR
d)
CR
12.
Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a bell, the bell was a(n)
a)
unconditioned stimulus
b)
neutral stimulus
c)
conditioned stimulus
d)
unconditioned response
13.
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
14.
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. The sailor’s cap has become:
a)
The unconditioned stimulus
b)
The conditioned stimulus
c)
The conditioned response
d)
The unconditioned response
15.
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
16.
When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food. What used to be a neutral stimulus for the fish?
a)
the food
b)
the water
c)
the light
d)
John
17.
Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria. It gave him food poisoning 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
18.
The best synonym for conditioning is...
a)
forgetting
b)
learning
c)
flooding
d)
responding
19.
Michael noticed that whenever he moved his dog's food his dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry and excited. He reasoned that because he feeds the dog using that dish the dound of the dish had become a
a)
Unconditioned stimulus
b)
conditioned stimulus
c)
unconditioned response
d)
conditioned response
20.
Rose has been unable to drive a motorcycle since being involved in a serious motorcycle accident. Every time she sees a motorcycle, her heart races and she begins to sweat. A person with knowledge of classical conditioning would be correct in saying that the motorcycle is now a(n) ______, and the heart racing and body sweating is the ______.
a)
unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response
b)
conditioned stimulus; conditioned response
c)
conditioned stimulus; unconditioned response
d)
unconditioned stimulus; conditioned response
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