Quiz 2 Classical Conditioning

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Quiz 2Classical Conditioning
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When John was a little boy, he
sneezed whenever he breathed air that contained
cat dander (the dust from cat fur) from Fluffy,
his grandmother's Siamese cat. His allergywhich
was specific only to the dander from Siamese
catswas finally diagnosed, and he began to take
medication that prevented this reaction (i.e.,
Siamese cat dander no longer made him sneeze).
However, he still sneezed whenever he saw Fluffy.
Use this information to answer the following ten
questions.
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This situation is an example of _____
conditioning.

• operant
• classical
• observational
• both a and b

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In this situation, the cat dander that caused
John to sneeze was the ______.

• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response
• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response

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In this situation, John's sneeze that was caused
by the cat dander was the _____.

• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response
• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response

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In this situation, the sight of Fluffy that
caused John to sneeze was a(n) _____.

• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response
• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response

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In this situation, John's sneeze caused by the
sight of Fluffy was the _____.

• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response
• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response

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A psychologist who studies learning would use
the term _____ to describe the fact that John now
sneezes when he sees Fluffy because he has seen
her and breathed her cat dander at the same time
on many occasions

• generalization
• discrimination
• extinction
• acquisition

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Even though John's allergy was specific to
the dander from Siamese cats, he would sometimes
sneeze when he saw other cats that looked like
Siamese cats (e.g., those with gray fur and blue
eyes). This is an example of _____. 

• extinction
• spontaneous recovery
• stimulus generalization
• stimulus discrimination

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Even though John sometimes sneezed when he
saw cats that looked like Fluffy (e.g., with gray
fur), he never sneezed when he saw cats that
looked very different from Fluffy (e.g., those
with black fur and yellow eyes). This is an
example of _____. 

• extinction
• spontaneous recovery
• stimulus generalization
• stimulus discrimination

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Years later, John walked past a pet shop on
his way to work everyday that had Siamese cats in
the window. At first, he sneezed every time
passed the pet shop. However, he began to sneeze
less and less often, and finally after six months
he could walk past the window without sneezing.
This situation is an example of _____. 

• extinction
• spontaneous recovery
• stimulus generalization
• stimulus discrimination

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John's grandmother died when he was 35. He
began to sneeze (even though he was still taking
his medication) as soon as he walked into the
funeral parlor and saw the photograph of his
grandmother with Fluffy on her lap that was
displayed near her casket. This is an example of
_____.  

• extinction
• spontaneous recovery
• stimulus generalization
• biological preparedness

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_____ occurs when the consequences of a behavior
tend to modify that behavior in the future.

• Classical conditioning
• Operant conditioning
• Observational learning
• none of the above

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A cheeseburger is an example of a _____
reinforcer.

• primary
• secondary
• conditioned
• classical

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A final grade of A in this class is an example
of a _____ reinforcer.

• primary
• physiological
• secondary
• observational

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In escape training, a learned response _____
unpleasant consequences, whereas in avoidance
training, a learned response _____ unpleasant
consequences.

• increases, prevents
• decreases or ends, increases
• prevents, decreases or ends
• decreases or ends, prevents

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Hassans mother hates it when he throws his
coat on the floor after he comes home from
school, so she yells at him when he throws it on
the floor and keeps yelling at him until he picks
it up and hangs it in the closet. In this
situation, Hassans mother is _____ for throwing
his coat on the floor and _____ for hanging it up
in the closet. 

• punishing, negatively reinforcing
• negatively reinforcing, punishing
• negatively reinforcing, positively reinforcing
• positively reinforcing, negatively reinforcing

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A candy machine operates on a _____
reinforcement schedule, whereas a slot machine
operates on a _____ reinforcement schedule. 

• partial, continuous
• continuous, partial
• variable interval, fixed interval
• fixed interval, variable interval

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Every Friday Joyce gives a movie ticket
to her employees whose on-the-job attendance for
the past week has been perfect (i.e., they worked
every day they were scheduled, they never came
late, and they never left early). This is an
example of a _____ reinforcement schedule. 

• fixed ratio
• variable ratio
• fixed interval
• variable interval

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Munas father pays her a quarter for every
dozen dandelions she digs out of the yard. This
is an example of a _____ reinforcement schedule.

• fixed ratio
• variable ratio
• fixed interval
• variable interval

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Jills grandfather always goes
fishing in the same lake, even though he hasnt
caught any big fish there for 20 years. When
Jill asks him why he always fishes there, her
grandfather says its because he caught two huge
fish there--one 20 years ago and one when he was
12 years old--and he knows that if he fishes
there long enough, hell catch more big fish. If
Jill were a psychologist interested in operant
conditioning, she would most likely explain that
this phenomenon is the result of a _____
reinforcement schedule.

• fixed ratio
• variable ratio
• fixed interval
• variable interval

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Ratio is to interval, as _____ is to _____ and
fixed is to variable, as _____ is to _____.

• number of responses, period of time same,
  different
• period of time, number of responses same
  different
• number of responses, period of time different,
  same
• period of time, number of responses different,
  same

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Katys grandfather always trades her a candy
bar for a hug when he come to visit. Now,
whenever Katy hears her grandfathers old pick-up
truck pull up in the driveway, she squeals with
joy the same way she does when she gives him his
hug and receives her candy bar. The sound of her
grandfathers truck has become a _____.

• primary reinforcer
• negative reinforcer
• discriminative stimulus
• both a and c

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Shaneeka taught her parrot to say her name by
first giving him a parrot treat when he squawked
in her presence, then giving him one only after
he said something that sounded like Shaka, and
then giving him one only after he said something
that sounded closer to Shaneeka. Which of the
following operant conditioning techniques was she
using to train her parrot?

• spontaneous recovery
• shaping
• secondary reinforcement
• both b and c

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Although Dr. Chipps assigns two chapters from
the textbook for every test, he never discusses
any of the material from the book and only asks
test questions that come from his lectures. By
the third test, his students have stopped reading
the textbook. Although he did not intentionally
do so, Dr. Chipps has successfully _____ his
students textbook-reading behavior.

• punished
• extinguished
• negatively reinforced
• both a and c