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Classical and Operant Conditioning Ch. 9

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cleaning up your room to stop your fathers nagging is

a)

Positive reinforcement

b)

Negative reinforcement

2.

What was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in Pavlov dog experiment?

a)

Food

b)

Bell

c)

Salivation

3.

A dog is put in his cage after jumping up on Aunt Lois at the family holiday gathering.

a)

Negative Punishment

b)

Positive Punishment

4.

What best describes operant conditioning below

a)

Anything that naturally and automatically triggers a response

b)

Process of learning through reinforcement and punishment.

c)

Is an automatic reflex that occurs in response to an unconditioned stimulus.

5.

IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, A STIMULUS THAT ELICITS NO RESPONSE BEFORE CONDITIONING

a)

UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS

b)

NEUTRAL STIMULS

6.
Define conditioned response
a)

A response that does not have to be learned

b)

A response that has been learned

7.
When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What is the unconditioned stimulus for the fish?
a)

the food

b)

the water

c)

the light

8.

Little Albert began to associate any small, fury object with the loud sound. What is this describing?

a)

discrimination

b)

extinction

c)

generalization

9.

After Lee refused to clean his room, his mother took away his smart phone. Lee's mum is making use of

a)

positive punishment

b)

negative punishment

10.

When you give your dog a treat after he uses the bathroom outside. This is an example of:

a)

Positive Reinforcement

b)

Positive Punishment

11.

Anything in the environment that one can respond to is a:

a)

Response

b)

Stimulus

12.

Which of the following is an unconditioned response (UCR)?

a)

clapping after a thrilling concert performance

b)

tearing up while cutting an onion

13.

The psychologist most closely associated with the study of operant conditioning was:

a)

Pavlov

b)

Skinner

c)

Watson

14.

In Ivan Pavlov's demonstration of classical conditioning, what was the UCR?

a)

Food

b)

Bell

c)

Salivation to the food

d)

Salivation to the sound of the bell

15.

Seals in an aquarium will repeat behaviors, such as slapping and barking, that prompt people to toss them a herring. This example best illustrates:

a)

discrimination

b)

observational learning

c)

positive reinforcement

16.

Students in Ms. Dean's fourth-grade class receive a star on a chart for every book they read. Which schedule of reinforcement does this represent?

a)

fixed ratio

b)

fixed interval

17.

Sammy the baseball player loved to hit home runs. Every time he was at bat he would attempt to hit the ball out of the park. Sometimes he was successful, but not always. This best illustrates which schedule of reinforcement?

a)

variable ratio

b)

fixed ratio

c)

fixed interval

18.

Sandra and Neil are new parents. When they put the baby to bed each night the baby cries and cries. Finally the parents can't stand it any more so they pick her up and walk her. The baby is quiet while being held.

Why are the parents likely to continue to pick up the baby when she cries?

a)

They have been negatively reinforced for that behavior.

b)

They have been positively reinforced for that behavior.

19.

Maggie cries and throws a temper tantrum at the store and her mother ignores her and does not give her any attention. Maggie is less likely to have a tantrum the next time she is at the store because that behavior was:

a)

punished

b)

reinforced

20.

Which of the following describes negative reinforcement?

a)

Dennis stays off his phone in class bc Mrs. Scherry takes student phones that are out.

b)

Bob washes the dishes in order to stop his mother's nagging

21.

A father is frustrated because his teenage daughter has started to curse frequently. He has decided to temporarily decrease her allowance each time she curses. He is going to continue doing this until she has stopped cursing. His plan uses

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

negative reinforcement

c)

positive punishment

d)

negative punishment

22.
What is a reinforcer?
a)

Anything that decreases the frequency of a behavior

b)

Anything that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of a behavior occurring

23.
What is punishment?
a)

 Any unpleasant stimulus

b)

 Anything that the subject dislikes

c)

 Anything that decreases the likelihood of a behavior occurring

24.

Getting a soft drink after putting money into a vending machine is an example of:

a)

Positive Reinforcement

b)

Positive Punishment

c)

Negative Reinforcement

d)

Negative Punishment

25.

My dad puts on his seatbelt to make his car stop beeping; this is an example of:

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

negative reinforcement

c)

conditioned reinforcement

d)

unconditioned reinforcement

26.

After Lee refused to clean his room, his mother grounds him for the weekend.

Lee's mum is making use of ...

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

negative reinforcement

c)

positive punishment

d)

negative punishment

27.

Peter is the best reader in class with most stars. He was given them whenever completing homework correctly. How is Peter being conditioned?

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

28.

Nam forgot to do laundry, so he had to wear dirty clothes to class. After being isolated by the classmates, he has been doing his laundry more often. How is Nam being conditioned?

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

29.

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

a)

clapping after a great concert performance

b)

getting money as payment

c)

running through a maze to get a reward

d)

sweating in hot weather

30.

SKINNER'S PIGEON OR RAT BOX EXPERIMENTS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF CONDITIONING?

a)

CLASSICAL

b)

OPERANT

31.
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
32.
When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What is the unconditioned stimulus for the fish?
a)
the food
b)
the water
c)
the light
d)
John
33.

Earning an allowance for doing your chores at home is an example of

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

negative reinforcement

34.

When you put a child in time out until they decrease their aggressive behavior. What is this an example of ?

a)

Positive Reinforcement

b)

Negative Reinforcement

c)

Positive Punishment

d)

Negative Punishment

35.

In John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment, what was the UCS ?

a)

The White Rat

b)

Anything White and Furry

c)

The Loud Noise

36.
In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus
a)

naturally triggers a response. 

b)

is a naturally occurring response. 

c)

is initially irrelevant, and then comes to trigger a response. 

37.
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
38.

The concept of "conditioning" is best described as the process of

a)

learning associations.

b)

discrimination.

c)

generalization.

d)

voluntary behavior.

39.

A 2nd grade teacher implements a rule for some troublemakers in the class: students will lose 1 minute of recess every time he or she breaks a classroom rule. Eventually, the students stop breaking the classroom rules. This is an example of

a)

negative punishment.

b)

positive punishment.

c)

positive reinforcement.

d)

negative reinforcement.

40.

What is the bell considered once learning has taken place?

a)

conditioned stimulus

b)

conditioned response

41.

responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli such as a bell and a tuning fork

a)

generalization

b)

discrimination

c)

extinction

d)

spontaneous recovery

42.
the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus
a)
discrimination
b)
extinction
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
classical conditioning
43.

Two-year old Tommy runs into the street and his mother gives him an open-hand swat on his bottom.

a)

Negative Punishment

b)

Positive Punishment