1. What is a conditioned stimulus?

a learned reaction
a stimulus that requires previous conditioning
an unlearned reaction
a previously neutral stimulus that through conditioning acquired the capacity to elicit a conditioned
response

2. What type of response does an unconditioned stimulus elicit?

unconditioned
conditioned
operant
none of the above

3. Nora was bitten by a dog when she was a child and has been afraid of dogs ever since. How was her fear aquired?

through operant conditioning
through insight learning
through classical conditioning
through conditioned response

4. What is the intial stage of learning called?

acquisition
contiguity
inhibition
generalization

5. When does stimulus generalization occur?

an organism responds to new stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus
an organism makes an association between two stimuli
when there is a temporal association between different stimuli
when two stimuli are similar

6. What process is being used when two stimuli are treated alike? When two stimuli are being treated differently?

generalization; discrimination
generalization; extinction
acquisition; extinction
discrimination; acquisition

7. Which scientist is best know for their work with operant conditioning?

Pavlov
Bandura
Skinner
Thorndike

8. Typically, Jane is supposed not supposed to go to PG rated movies. However, when Jane's parents are in a good mood, she will ask if she can go. This is an example of:

shaping
conditioned response
stimulus discrimination
spontaneous remission

9. A primary reinforcer has what type of reinforcing properties?

weak
immediate
biological
secondary

10. What schedules produce higher rates of responding than interval schedules?

ratio
fixed
intermittant
variable

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