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Intro to Classical Conditioning Theory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience is known as:

a)

Classical Conditioning

b)

Operant Conditioning

c)

Learning

d)

Conditioning

2.

"Conditioning" is learning that happens...

a)

On purpose

b)

Due to an external source

c)

Intentionally

d)

All of the answers are correct

3.

Describes how learned ______________ responses can occur through association; the presence of a previously neutral stimulus that will eventually provide the same response as an __________________ (involuntary one) on its own.

a)

Involuntary, Unconditioned

b)

Unconditioned, Conditioned

c)

Neutral, Learned

4.

Learning that does NOT require an action on the part of the learner can be referred to as ___________ learning.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

c)

Random

d)

Voluntary

5.

Any object or event that elicits (causes) a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.

a)

Stimulus

b)

Conditioning

c)

Bell

d)

Association

6.

Any measurable physical reaction to a stimulus.

a)

Response

b)

Conditioning

c)

Action

d)

None of the above

7.

Conducted experiments using salivating dogs and exposure to bells

a)

Watson

b)

Pavlov

c)

Bandura

d)

Skinner

8.

Watson won the nobel peace prize for his work on classical conditioning

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Researcher who found that powerful emotional responses (like phobias) could be learned (conditioned) by pairing them with previously unlearned responses.

a)

Pavlov

b)

Watson

c)

Bandura

d)

Skinner

10.

Little Albert was a _____________ study from 1920 in which a young infant boy was taught a ______________ of white furry objects

a)

Controversial, Unconditioned response

b)

Controversial, Phobia

c)

Non-controversial, Conditioned Emotional Response

d)

Non-controversial, Phobia

11.

A phobia...

a)

is an unrealistic or extreme fear of a specific situation, object, or setting.

b)

can be learned by association

c)

can be unlearned

d)

all of the answers are correct

12.

A form of counter-conditioning used by psychologists to treat phobias

a)

Systematic desensitization

b)

Successive approximations

c)

Unconditioned Emotional Responses

d)

Unconditioning

13.

It is possible to "learn" an emotional response and not be fully aware of it

a)

True

b)

False

14.

According to Classical Conditioning Theory, It is possible for a learned (conditioned) stimulus to be "generalized" so that similar stimuli can elicit the same response

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Operant conditioning theory predicts that it is impossible for any earned behavior to be "unlearned"

a)

True

b)

False