When being photographed, Maria used to blink whenever the flash went off. Now, Maria starts blinking every time she is photographed, even before the camera's flash goes off. To Maria, the camera has become a(n) ________.

Axel often plays intense games of ping pong in which he becomes overheated in his dorm's lounge. This causes him to break into a sweat. The other day he broke into a sweat just walking into the lounge. What is the conditioned stimulus?

Which of the following describes an example of classical conditioning?

Which of the following scenarios best matches classical conditioning?

Alan always turns the aquarium light on before putting fish food into the tank. After a while, he notices that the fish swim to the top to look for the food as soon as he turns on the light. In this example, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.

Imagine that you flinch after seeing lightning because in previous instances the lightning is followed by thunder, which scared you. In this scenario, lightning can be interpreted as being a(n)

During the last 5 minutes of her difficult psychology 101 exams, a teacher always plays a specific song to her nervous students. Ten years later, one of those students hears the song on the radio and immediately feels nervous. In this scenario, what is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), the unconditioned response (UR), the conditioned stimulus (CS), and the conditioned response (CR)?

During the summer, Max would feel hungry in response to the odor of food. Going back to school, the bell for lunch would ring promptly at 11:55am, after which he would sense smell of lunch from the cafeteria. By the end of the semester, Max would feel hungry as soon as he heard the bell, and before he could smell what was coming out of the cafeteria. In accordance to Pavlov's experiment, if the bell were to be replaced by an announcement from the principle, what would this announcement initially act as?

A bell is rung each time a dog is given a steak. Soon, the dog salivates at the sound of the bell even when the steak is not presented. What is the unconditioned stimulus in this scenario?

Blinking in response to a puff of air directed to your eye is a(n):

Every week, Lola spends her allowance on ½ pound of sour lemon gummy candies even though they always make her mouth water. One day, as she is walking down the street, Lola sees a girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag! Lola notices that her mouth is puckering and overflowing with saliva. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the _________.

When Alex kissed Julie, her heart rate increased. Alex always wore Axe body spray. Whenever Julie smelled Axe body spray, her heart raced. Alex’s kiss was the _________.

When Alex kissed Julie, her heart rate increased. Alex always wore Axe body spray. Whenever Julie smelled Axe body spray, her heart raced. The smell of the body spray was the ________.

Whenever five-year-old Claire goes to the dentist, she becomes anxious and cries. Since she was not afraid of the dentist on her first visit, her fear was a learned behavior. The UCS in this case was probably __________.

For several weeks, Allen had to clean the men’s restroom at the restaurant where he worked. The task always made him nauseated. He has since gone on to better things, but still cannot walk by the door to a men’s restroom without becoming slightly queasy. For Allen, the door to the men’s room has become a(n) __________.

Shelly has developed a fear of bridges due to the recent, graphic news coverage of people falling from a collapsed bridge. Which of the following is the CS? 

Which of the following describes an example of classical conditioning?

Floyd had been working at Qualton Enterprises for two years when his boss asked to see him in her office.

The boss told Floyd he was being laid off as a result of company downsizing. Floyd could feel his heart

pounding as he listened to the news. Floyd has a new job, but every time his new boss asks to talk to him in

private, Floyd feels a little faint. What term is used to describe the event of Floyd’s new boss asking for a

private talk in this example?

One Saturday, Adhar was sitting at home when the telephone rang. A local company was making

promotional calls and told Adhar he had just won a $500 gift certificate. He felt a rush of excitement at the

thought of what he could do with $500. Now Adhar finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring, he feels a

little surge of excitement. What is the conditioned response in this example?

After many mornings of drinking caffeinated coffee to wake up, Alana now feels more

awake just at the smell of the coffee brewing. In classical conditioning terms, feeling

more awake due to the smell of the coffee even before she drinks her first cup is a(n)

Just before something scary happens in a horror film, they often play scary-sounding music. When I hear the music, I tense up in anticipation of the scary event. In this situation, the music serves as a(n)

Whenever I go home, I open the door so that my cat can go play in the garden. As a result, the cat gets excited as soon as she hears the sound of my motor bike. Eventually, she begins to get excited as soon as she hears any motor bike crossing the road, and runs to the door.

… But my cat never gets to go to the garden when she hears other motorbikes. So, she eventually learns that it is only the sound of my motorbike that's worth getting excited about. This is an example of

You were afraid of snakes as a child but then in college you had a roommate with a snake that never bit you and you stopped fearing snakes. This is called _____.

Luther is deathly afraid of spiders. Yesterday he saw a scorpion and became very fearful. This is probably due to

Reggie’s heart has been conditioned to beat rapidly whenever he smells Windsong perfume on a woman. However, Reggie’s heart also races when he smells Chanel #5 and other perfumes. This illustrates:

Corky's mouth waters when he sees Hebrew National hot dogs, but not when he sees other brands of hot dogs. Corky’s response is an example of:

After feeding a dog with a red bowl but never giving any food with a green bowl, the dog now salivates only to the red bowl. This is an example of: