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Psychology Chapter 6

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the unconditioned stimuli in Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment?

a)

Meat powder

b)

Bell

c)

Saliva

d)

Electrical shock

2.

What was the conditioned stimuli in Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment?

a)

Meat powder

b)

Tone

c)

Bell

d)

Dog

3.

What is the unconditioned response in Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment?

a)

Tone

b)

Meat powder

c)

Salivation

d)

Barking

4.

What is the conditioned response in Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment?

a)

Meat powder

b)

Salivation

c)

Dog

d)

Barking

5.


Tianna 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 can opener

c)

The cat coming to the kitchen

d)

Tianna

6.


Ben had a serious car accident while Mozart was playing on his stereo. Now, every time Ben hears a Mozart song, he feels frightened and panicked. What is the unconditioned stimulus?

a)

The car accident

b)

Robert's fear and anxiety

c)

Music by Mozart

d)

Driving a car

7.


When Naomi hears a loud noise, she cries. Her family's dog often barks loudly. Each time Naomi sees the dog, she cries. What is the conditioned response?

a)

The dog

b)

The loud noise

c)

The crying

d)

The barking

8.

How can a phobia arise from classical conditioning?

a)

The phobia becomes the conditioned response

b)

The phobia becomes the conditioned stimuli

c)

The phobia causes a unconditioned response

d)

It can't, it comes from operant conditioning

9.

What process explains a reduction in immune system function caused by a strange tasting liquid?

a)

Operant conditioning

b)

Positive punishment

c)

Conditioned immune suppression

d)

Conditioned taste aversions

10.

What term refers to changes in the liking of a stimulus that result from pairing that stimulus with other positive or negative stimuli?

a)

Classical conditioning

b)

Spontaneous conditioning

c)

Positive conditioning

d)

Evaluative conditioning

11.

Which process of classical conditioning is characterised by an increase in the conditioned response due to unconditioned and conditioned stimuli pairings?

a)

Acquisition

b)

Extinction

c)

Spontaneous recovery

d)

Stimulus discrimination

12.

After a dog has been conditioned to salivate to a tone, the tone is repeatedly presented alone and the frequency of salivation decreases. Which process of classical conditioning is this?

a)

Acquisition

b)

Extinction

c)

Spontaneous recovery

d)

Generalization

13.

After a conditioned response of salivation in a dog has been extinguished, the dog is allowed one day to rest in its cage. After this, the dog exhibits the conditioned response again. Which process of classical conditioning explains this?

a)

Acquisition

b)

Extinction

c)

Spontaneous recovery

d)

Stimulus discrimination

14.

Which process of classical conditioning is demonstrated in the Little Albert case study and his responses to various white objects?

a)

Acquisition

b)

Extinction

c)

Generalization

d)

Stimulus discrimination

15.

A dog runs to the door every time he hears a car in the driveway, thinking it's his owner. Eventually, he learns to distinguish the sound of his owner's car specifically. Which process of classical conditioning is demonstrated here?

a)

Acquisition

b)

Extinction

c)

Generalization

d)

Stimulus discrimination

16.

Which law suggests that if a response in the presence of a stimulus leads to satisfying effects, the association between the stimulus and the response is strengthened?

a)

Law of Conditioning

b)
Law of Effect
c)
Law of Inertia
d)

Law of Reinforcement

17.

The fundamental principle of operant conditioning is reinforcement. What is reinforcement?

a)

When an event preceding a response decreases an organism's tendency to make that response

b)

When an event following a response increases an organism's tendency to make that response

c)

When an event following a response decreases an organism's tendency to make that response

d)

When an event preceding a response increases an organism's tendency to make that response

18.

What is shaping in operant conditioning?

a)

When every instance of a designated response is reinforced

b)

When an organism continues to make a response after delivery of the reinforcer has been terminated.

c)

The process of changing the schedule of reinforcement of a particular behaviour

d)

The reinforcement of closer and closer approximations of a desired response.

19.

If a rat has been trained to press a lever through operant conditioning, and the researchers stop giving food as a reinforcement, the rat will eventually stop pressing the lever. What process is this?

a)

Acquisition

b)

Shaping

c)

Extinction

d)

Generalization

20.

Which schedule of reinforcement is the most resistant to extinction?

a)

Continuous reinforcement

b)

Fixed schedules

c)

Variable schedules

d)

None of the above

21.

Naomi is procrastinating writing her literature essay, so Abigail tells her that if she works on it, she can have a chocolate chip cookie. What type of operant conditioning is this?

a)

Positive reinforcement

b)

Negative reinforcement

c)

Positive punishment

d)

Negative punishment

22.

Abigail hasn't emptied the dish rack, and Rhyan continually asks her to empty it. She finally empties it and decides she will do it right away next time to avoid being asked. What type of operant conditioning is this?

a)

Positive reinforcement

b)

Negative reinforcement

c)

Positive punishment

d)

Negative punishment

23.

What is escape learning?

a)

When an organism acquires a response that decreases or ends some aversive stimulation.

b)

When an organism acquires a response that prevents some aversive stimulation from occurring.

c)

When an organism acquires the opposite response to the desired response.

d)

When an organism acquires the desired response due to a feeling of isolation.

24.

When Tianna throws a big party at dorm 2 that causes a big mess, Abigail yells at her afterwards. Next time, she is less likely to have a party. What type of operant conditioning is this?

a)

Positive reinforcement

b)

Negative reinforcement

c)

Positive punishment

d)

Negative punishment

25.

When Abigail doesn't work on her REL essay, and watches Taylor Swift TikToks instead, Faith takes away her phone. What type of operant conditioning is this?

a)

Positive reinforcement

b)

Negative reinforcement

c)

Positive punishment

d)

Negative punishment

26.

Two groups of rats learned to run a complex maze. One group was continuously reinforced, while the second was not reinforced until a week had passed. When the second group was given food they showed drastic improvement immediately. What type of learning is this?

a)

Cognitive learning

b)

Latent learning

c)

Observational learning

d)

Lucid learning

27.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four key processes in observation learning?

a)

Attention

b)

Retention

c)

Reflection

d)

Motivation

28.

What was the finding of Bandura's bobo doll experiment?

a)

Children are inherently violent

b)

Children exhibit violence through operant conditioning

c)

Television significantly increases violence in children

d)

Children exhibit violence through observational learning