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Continuing to pair a specific CS and US, but periodically presenting stimuli similar to the CS and not pairing them with the US, should result in


A) stimulus discrimination.
B) stimulus generalization.
C) extinction.
D) response attenuation.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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If a dog salivates to a blue light and not to a yellow light, the dog is showing evidence of


A) spontaneous recovery.
B) conditioned emotional reactions.
C) stimulus generalization.
D) stimulus discrimination.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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McKenna had an unplanned pregnancy when she was 19 years old. Following her pregnancy, McKenna started taking a birth control pill each day to prevent another pregnancy. In this case,


A) preventing a pregnancy acts as a positive reinforcer for taking birth control pills.
B) taking birth control pills acts as a negative reinforcer for preventing a pregnancy.
C) taking birth control pills acts as a positive reinforcer for preventing a pregnancy.
D) preventing a pregnancy acts as a negative reinforcer for taking birth control pills.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Henry received a bad sunburn on his face when he was skiing last winter. Now, before he starts a day of skiing, he uses a sunscreen on his face to prevent another sunburn. In this case, avoiding a sunburn functions as


A) a negative reinforcer for using a sunscreen.
B) a positive reinforcer for using a sunscreen.
C) a conditioned stimulus for using a sunscreen.
D) an unconditioned stimulus for using a sunscreen.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The phenomenon of spontaneous recovery suggests that


A) classical conditioning can only be used to condition biologically meaningful responses.
B) once a conditioned response has been extinguished, a person will also stop responding to other stimuli that are similar.
C) extinction does not erase a learned association, it only suppresses or interferes with a conditioned response.
D) when a conditioned response is extinguished, higher-order responses replace the original response.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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A previously neutral stimulus, that through conditioning acquires the capacity to evoke a response, is


A) a conditioned stimulus.
B) an unconditioned stimulus.
C) an unconditioned response.
D) a conditioned response.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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In Pavlov's original experiment on classical conditioning, the unconditioned response (UR) was


A) the sound of a tone.
B) salivation elicited by a tone.
C) the presentation of meat powder following a tone.
D) salivation elicited by meat powder.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus is


A) observational learning.
B) classical conditioning.
C) operant conditioning.
D) reinforcement.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The basic principles of gradual acquisition, extinction, stimulus generalization, and discrimination apply


A) to both classical and operant conditioning.
B) only to classical conditioning.
C) only to operant conditioning.
D) to learning by animals, but not to learning by people.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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The general principle governing stimulus generalization in classical conditioning is that generalization is greater when


A) stimuli are very similar to the original conditioned stimulus.
B) stimuli are very different from the original conditioned stimulus.
C) tactile stimulation is used rather than auditory stimulation.
D) auditory stimulation is used rather than visual stimulation.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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If a child covers his/her ears when seeing fireworks, before hearing the sound of the fireworks, seeing the fireworks would be a(n)


A) unconditioned response
B) unconditioned stimulus
C) conditioned response
D) conditioned stimulus

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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While ____ is most closely associated with classical conditioning, ____ is most closely associated with operant conditioning.


A) Skinner; Pavlov
B) Pavlov; Skinner
C) Pavlov; Bandura
D) Bandura; Skinner

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Ken has been conditioned to be afraid of snow. For a number of weeks during November and December snow is repeatedly presented with Santa Claus; now Ken is also fearful of Santa Claus. This example illustrates the classical conditioning process of


A) stimulus generalization.
B) stimulus discrimination.
C) higher order conditioning.
D) spontaneous recovery.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Veronica had been working at Zenex Industries for 8 months when her boss asked to see her in his office. She thought he wanted to talk about a promotion so she was quite excited, but instead of giving her a promotion, the boss told Veronica she was being laid off as a result of company downsizing. Veronica could feel her heart pounding as she listened to the news. Veronica was able to get a new job, but every time her new boss asks to talk to her in private, Veronica feels a little faint. In this example, the unconditioned response is


A) the bad news from her boss at Zenex Industries.
B) her new boss asking for a private meeting.
C) her pounding heart when she heard she was being laid off.
D) the faintness she feels when her new boss wants to talk to her in private.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Researchers have found that animals show evidence of classical conditioning if they are injected with a drug that chemically causes immunosuppression, while they are simultaneously drinking an unusual-tasting liquid. In these studies, the conditioned response would be


A) the immunosuppression.
B) the taste of the liquid that is used.
C) the injection of the drug.
D) fear of the injection process.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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One Saturday, Clayton was sitting at home when the telephone rang. A local company was making promotional calls and told Clayton 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 Clayton finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring, he feels a little surge of excitement. In this example, the conditioned response is


A) the surge of excitement that Clayton feels whenever he hears a telephone ring.
B) the ringing of a telephone.
C) the news that he had just won a $500 gift certificate.
D) the rush of excitement he felt when he won the certificate.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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In a FR schedule, the reinforcement is given


A) after a variable number of nonreinforced responses.
B) for the first response after a variable time interval has elapsed.
C) after a fixed number of nonreinforced responses.
D) for the first response that occurs after a fixed time interval has elapsed.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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In classical conditioning, the stimulus that is originally neutral in regard to the response to be learned is the


A) unconditioned stimulus.
B) unconditioned response.
C) conditioned stimulus.
D) conditioned response.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a secondary reinforcer?


A) approval
B) a toy for a child
C) food
D) money

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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On Thursday morning, Charles prepared his typical breakfast of corn flakes with milk and a cup of coffee. However, instead of having grapefruit with his breakfast, he tried eating guava for the first time. At lunchtime he ate his typical lunch of tuna salad and potato chips. However, instead of having a Coke to drink with his lunch, he drank a new fruit flavored soft drink for the first time. During the mid afternoon he became extremely ill. If his illness causes him to develop a conditioned response to something which stimulus is likely to be the conditioned stimulus?


A) guava, because it was a novel stimulus and was the first novel thing he ingested that day
B) tuna, because it is most likely have been sour and it was ingested closest in time to the onset of the illness
C) milk, because the milk may have been sour and it was ingested first thing in the morning
D) the new fruit flavored soft drink, because it was a novel stimulus and was ingested closest in time to the onset of the illness

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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