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Classical Conditioning - Psychology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

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.
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
3.
Who is the psychologist known for Classical Conditioning
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
Sigmund Freud
c)
Skinner
d)
E.L Thorndike 
4.
In Pavlov's classic experiment, food was the
a)
Unconditioned stimulus
b)
Unconditioned response
c)
conditioned stimulus
d)
conditioned response
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
The conditioned response (CR) is the usually the same as the
a)
CS
b)
UCS
c)
UCR
d)
CR
9.
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
10.
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
11.

When Becca was a kid, she fell out of a treehouse and broke her arm. Now, she feels scared of heights. In this scenario, which of the following is the unconditioned response?

a)

heights

b)

breaking an arm

c)

fear

d)

falling out of the treehouse

12.

Before the calculus exam, Jeremy found a four leaf clover which made him feel confident. He got an A+! Now, he always thinks about the four leaf clover before a big test to make him feel ready. Which of the following was originally the neutral stimulus?

a)

calculus exam

b)

A+ score

c)

four leaf clover

d)

feeling confident

13.

In the Little Albert experiment, what went from being a neutral stimulus to a conditioned stimulus over time?

a)

crying

b)

loud sound

c)

fear

d)

fluffy objects

14.

I am thinking of a number between 1 and 5. Which number is it?

HeAr is A clue.....

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

15.

Which came first classical conditioning or operant conditioning?

a)

Classical Conditioning

b)

Operant Conditioning

c)

We don't know. Caveman would have used these techniques without knowing it.

d)

It was a tie