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4) Keller and Marian Breland were unable to teach a pig to drop a "coin" in a box because of:
A) shaping.
B) intermittent reinforcement.
C) instinctive drift.
D) successive approximations.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Instinctive drift is the tendency for an animal to behave in instinctive ways rather
than in unnatural ways. It is a biological limitation on operant conditioning.
Type: MC
Skill: Conceptual
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7) One of the first psychologists to recognize the real-life implications of classical conditioning was
________, who founded North American behaviourism.
A) B. F. Skinner
B) John B. Watson
C) William James
D) Edward Tolman
Answer: B
Explanation: B) John Watson recognized that classical conditioning occurs commonly in the
everyday world. It is a common mechanism for the learning of emotional responses, for example.
Type: MC
Skill: Factual
8) When the conditioned response reappears after extinction followed by a rest period, ________ has
occurred.
A) learning
B) extinction
C) spontaneous recovery
D) stimulus generalization
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The conditioned response will often reappear after an extinction session followed
by a rest period. This is called spontaneous recovery.
Type: MC
Skill: Factual
9) ________ occurs when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned
stimulus.
A) Learning
B) Extinction
C) Spontaneous recovery
D) Stimulus generalization
Answer: B
Explanation: B) This is the procedure for extinction, that is, the elimination of a conditioned
response.
Type: MC
Skill: Conceptual
10) In Pavlov's studies of classical conditioning in dogs, the food dish was the:
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) unconditioned stimulus.
C) conditioned response.
D) unconditioned response.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) The food dish was initially a neutral stimulus that triggered salivation after it
had been paired with food. It was, therefore, a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Skill: Applied
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Quick Quiz (2)
1) In Pavlov's studies of classical conditioning in dogs, the meat powder was the:
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) unconditioned stimulus.
C) conditioned response.
D) unconditioned response.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) The meat powder triggered salivation even before learning. It was, therefore, an
unconditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Skill: Applied
2) ________ occurs when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented with the unconditioned
stimulus.
A) Learning
B) Extinction
C) Spontaneous recovery
D) Stimulus generalization
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Learning occurs when a neutral stimulus (which will become the conditioned
stimulus) is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Skill: Factual
3) When a dog has been classically conditioned to salivate in response to the sound of middle C on a
piano, and then salivates when someone plays the D by mistake, ________ has occurred.
A) learning
B) extinction
C) spontaneous recovery
D) stimulus generalization
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Stimulus generalization occurs when an organism responds not only to the
conditioned stimulus, but also to other similar stimuli.
Type: MC
Skill: Factual
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5) Which of the following would be most effective in eliminating a phobia in an adult?
A) behaviour modification
B) extinction
C) systematic desensitization
D) punishment
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Systematic desensitization is a procedure similar to counterconditioning that is
used to treat phobias in adults.
Type: MC
Skill: Applied
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9) Edward Tolman demonstrated ________ in his study of rats who initially received no
reinforcement in a maze.
A) shaping
B) latent learning
C) aversive conditioning
D) instinctive drift
Answer: B
Explanation: B) In latent learning there is no obvious reinforcement and the desired behaviour,
running quickly through a maze in this case, is not demonstrated until later.
Type: MC
Skill: Factual
10) Social-learning theory, developed initially by Dollard and Miller, proposes that most human
learning is a result of:
A) classical conditioning.
B) operant conditioning.
C) observational learning.
D) latent learning.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Social-learning theory proposes that, while humans are subject to the principles
of classical and operant conditioning, most human learning results from observational learning.
Type: MC
Skill: Factual
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Test Questions
1) Any relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs because of experience is called:
A) learning.
B) instinctive drift.
C) free will.
D) determinism.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) This is the textbook definition of learning.
Type: MC
Section: Chapter 7 Introduction
Skill: Factual
2) Which school of thought heavily influenced the study of learning in the twentieth century?
A) social-cognitive
B) behaviourism
C) social-learning
D) cognitive
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Behaviourism had a tremendous influence on the study of learning, and on much
of psychology, in the twentieth century.
Type: MC
Section: Chapter 7 Introduction
Skill: Factual
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4) A behaviourist would agree that:
A) observable events and acts are the focus of psychological research.
B) omitting mental processes from learning is like omitting passion from descriptions of sex.
C) latent learning occurs without any direct reinforcement.
D) operant conditioning uses consequences that the organism thinks are annoying or satisfying.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Behaviourists felt that for psychology to be an objective science it should study
only observable actions of organisms.
Type: MC
Section: Chapter 7 Introduction
Skill: Conceptual
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8) According to behaviourists, conditioning can explain:
A) a relatively small number of human behaviours.
B) the human capacity for free will.
C) how humans learn by the imitation of others.
D) much of human behaviour.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) According to behaviourists, conditioning, which involves associations between
environmental stimuli and responses, can explain much of human behaviour.
Type: MC
Section: Chapter 7 Introduction
Skill: Conceptual
9) A social-cognitive learning theorist would be more likely to argue that learning involves:
A) a change in behaviour due to fatigue, injury, or illness, in addition to experience.
B) a change in a person's knowledge, which may, in turn, affect behaviour.
C) the types of associations made in operant, but not classical, conditioning.
D) the connections made between stimuli and responses.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) To social-cognitive learning theorists, learning is not so much a change in
observable behaviour as a change in knowledge that may affect behaviour.
Type: MC
Section: Chapter 7 Introduction
Skill: Conceptual
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11) Which of the following statements regarding Pavlov is accurate?
A) Pavlov was elated when his student noticed that the dogs were salivating before tasting the food.
B) Pavlov continued his Nobel Prize–winning research on digestion after documenting
conditioning.
C) Pavlov was studying salivation in dogs as part of a research program on digestion.
D) Pavlov stressed the importance of speculating about the dogs' feelings toward the food.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Pavlov was a Russian physiologist; he was studying digestive processes when he
got interested in how salivary responses were conditioned.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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14) When Pavlov first noticed that his dogs were salivating to things other than food, he called the
phenomenon a:
A) conditional reflex.
B) conditioned reflex.
C) conditioned response.
D) conditional response.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) As he began to outline the processes involved in the conditioning of salivation,
he referred to the salivation (without food) as a conditional reflex.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
15) Pavlov called the phenomenon that he had stumbled upon a "________," but an error in the
translation of his writings was made.
A) discriminative stimulus
B) primary reinforcer
C) continuous reinforcer
D) conditional reflex
Answer: D
Explanation: D) As he began to outline the processes involved in the conditioning of salivation,
he referred to the salivation (without food) as a conditional reflex.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
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17) In the initial salivary reflex studied by Pavlov, what was the unconditioned stimulus?
A) salivation
B) the sight and smell of food
C) food
D) thoughts of anticipation
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The unconditioned, or unlearned, stimulus was the food, which automatically
caused salivation, an innate reflex.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
18) In the initial salivary reflex studied by Pavlov, what was the unconditioned response?
A) thoughts of anticipation
B) food
C) the sight and smell of food
D) salivation
Answer: D
Explanation: D) The unconditioned, or unlearned, response was salivation in reaction to food
placed in the mouth, an innate reflex.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
20) When salivation occurs in response to a previously neutral stimulus, it is called a/an:
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) conditioned response.
C) unconditioned response.
D) unconditioned stimulus.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Salivation in response to an initially neutral stimulus is a conditioned response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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21) When Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of canine subjects, they began to salivate. The
food acted as a/an:
A) unconditioned stimulus.
B) successive approximation.
C) extrinsic reinforcer.
D) secondary reinforcer.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) The food was an unconditioned stimulus causing salivation.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
22) When Pavlov placed meat powder or other food in the mouths of canine subjects, they began to
salivate. The salivation was a/an:
A) conditioned response.
B) conditioned stimulus.
C) unconditioned stimulus.
D) unconditioned response.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) When salivation occurred in response to food, it was called an unconditioned
response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
23) When Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of canine subjects, they began to salivate. His
student noticed that after being brought to the laboratory a number of times, the dogs would begin to
salivate at the sound of the person's footsteps. The footsteps acted as a/an:
A) unconditioned stimulus.
B) conditioned response.
C) unconditioned response.
D) conditioned stimulus.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) The footsteps were initially neutral, but then began to trigger salivation. They
had become a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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24) Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of canine subjects and they began to salivate. His
student noticed that after being brought to the laboratory a number of times, the dogs would begin to
salivate at the sound of the person's footsteps. The salivation to the sound of the footsteps was a/an:
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) conditioned response.
C) unconditioned response.
D) unconditioned stimulus.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) The footsteps were initially neutral, but then began to trigger salivation. They
had become a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
25) Harmony notices that her cat scurries into the kitchen as soon as Harmony opens a can of cat
food with an electric can opener. In this example, the ________ is the conditioned stimulus.
A) cat scurrying into the kitchen
B) can of cat food
C) dish that Harmony puts the food in
D) sound of the electric can opener
Answer: D
Explanation: D) The sound of the can opener is initially neutral, but then begins to trigger an
approach response. It has become a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
26) Miranda notices that her cat scurries into the kitchen as soon as Miranda opens a can of cat food
with an electric can opener. In this example, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.
A) cat scurrying into the kitchen
B) cat food
C) dish that Miranda puts the food in
D) sound of the electric can opener
Answer: B
Explanation: B) In this example, cat food is the stimulus that normally triggers approach. It is the
unconditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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27) When Alan feeds his fish, he notices that they swim to the top as soon as he turns on the
aquarium light. In this example, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.
A) presence of Alan near the aquarium
B) fish food
C) fish swimming to the top
D) aquarium light
Answer: B
Explanation: B) In this example, fish food is the stimulus that normally triggers swimming to the
surface. It is the unconditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
28) When Danny feeds his fish, he notices that they swim to the top as soon as he turns on the
aquarium light. In this example, the ________ is the conditioned stimulus.
A) fish swimming to the top
B) fish food
C) aquarium light
D) presence of Danny near the aquarium
Answer: C
Explanation: C) In this example, the light is an initially neutral stimulus that begins to cause the
fish to swim to the surface. It has become a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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30) Pavlov said that learning occurs when:
A) animals or humans think that a particular stimulus acts as a signal for a response.
B) animals or humans form an internal representation about a classically-conditioned behaviour.
C) a response is produced reflexively by the presence of an eliciting stimulus.
D) a neutral stimulus is regularly paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) A new S–R association occurs when a neutral stimulus is regularly paired with
an unconditioned stimulus that already elicits the response of interest.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
32) The classical-conditioning term for a stimulus that elicits a reflexive response in the absence of
learning is:
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) unconditioned response.
C) unconditioned stimulus.
D) conditioned response.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is a definition of an unconditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
33) The classical-conditioning term for a reflexive response elicited by a stimulus in the absence of
learning is:
A) shaping.
B) unconditioned response.
C) the Garcia effect.
D) successive approximations.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) This is the definition of an unconditioned response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
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34) ________ is the classical-conditioning term for an initially neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a
conditioned response.
A) Unconditioned stimulus
B) Conditioned stimulus
C) Unconditioned response
D) Conditioned response
Answer: B
Explanation: B) This is the definition of a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
35) The classical-conditioning term for a response that is elicited by a conditioned stimulus is:
A) conditioned response.
B) unconditioned stimulus.
C) conditioned stimulus.
D) unconditioned response.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) This is the definition of a conditioned response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
36) Which of the following is NOT one of the names for the procedure by which a neutral stimulus
becomes a conditioned stimulus?
A) respondent conditioning
B) Pavlovian conditioning
C) classical conditioning
D) instrumental conditioning
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Pavlovian and respondent conditioning are all different ways of referring to
classical conditioning.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
37) In classical conditioning, the US–UR connection is ________ and the CS–CR connection is
________.
A) automatic; instinctual
B) automatic; learned
C) learned; automatic
D) reflexive; automatic
Answer: B
Explanation: B) A US elicits a UR automatically or reflexively. A CS elicits a learned or CR.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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38) The process of ________ increases the range of stimuli to which a CR will be made, while
________ decreases or narrows the range of stimuli to which a CR will be made.
A) stimulus generalization; stimulus discrimination
B) extinction; spontaneous recovery
C) spontaneous recovery; extinction
D) stimulus discrimination; stimulus generalization
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Stimulus generalization occurs when similar stimuli produce a similar reaction,
whereas stimulus discrimination is the mirror image and occurs when similar stimuli fail to evoke a
reaction.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
39) Five-year-old Samantha is watching a storm from her window. A huge bolt of lightning is
followed by a tremendous thunderclap. Startled, Samantha jumps at the noise. This happens several
times. As the storm moves farther away, Samantha jumps at the sight of a lightening bolt but hears the
thunder after her jump! In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the ________ and the conditioned
stimulus is the ________.
A) jumping; lightning
B) thunder; jumping
C) thunder; lightning
D) lightning; thunder
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The unconditioned stimulus that already causes a fear response is the loud noise
of the thunder. The lightning is an initially neutral stimulus associated with thunder that begins to trigger
a fear response as well. Lightning is a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
40) Every week, Jade spends her allowance on 500 grams of sour lemon gummy candies even though
they always make her mouth water. One day, as she is walking down the street, Jade sees a girl carrying a
little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag! Jade notices that her mouth is puckering and
overflowing with saliva. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the:
A) allowance money
B) little white bag
C) puckering and saliva
D) sour lemon gummy candy
Answer: D
Explanation: D) The unconditioned stimulus that already causes salivation is the sour candy. The
white bag is an initially neutral stimulus associated with sour candy that begins to trigger salivation as
well. The white bag is a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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41) Every week, Pearl spends her allowance on 500 grams of sour lemon gummy candies even
though they always make her mouth water. One day, as she is walking down the street, Pearl notices a
girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag! Pearl notices that her mouth is puckering
and overflowing with saliva. In this example, the conditioned stimulus is the:
A) sour lemon gummy candy
B) puckering and saliva
C) allowance money
D) little white bag
Answer: D
Explanation: D) The unconditioned stimulus that already causes salivation is the sour candy. The
white bag is an initially neutral stimulus associated with sour candy that begins to trigger salivation as
well. The white bag is a conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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44) If a conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus, then
________ will occur.
A) spontaneous recovery
B) acquisition
C) extinction
D) generalization
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is a description of the process used to extinguish a response in classical
conditioning.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
45) In classical conditioning, when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the
unconditioned stimulus, ________ occurs.
A) extinction
B) discrimination
C) instinctive drift
D) counterconditioning
Answer: A
Explanation: A) This is a description of the process used to extinguish a response in classical
conditioning.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
46) When Arthur fed his fish, he used to switch on the light just before he gave them their food. He
noticed that they would swim to the top as soon the aquarium light came on. He decided to see what
would happen if he switched on the light but did not feed the fish. For one week he doesn't feed the fish
after turning on the light. Arthur is trying to see if ________ will occur.
A) counterconditioning
B) extinction
C) discrimination
D) instinctive drift
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Arthur is trying to extinguish the response of the fish swimming to the surface
when he turns on the light.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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47) You train your dog Milo to salivate to the sound of a bell. Then you ring the bell every five
minutes and don't follow the ringing with food for Milo. He salivates less and less and finally stops
salivating at all when the bell rings. But the next morning, when you ring the bell, Milo salivates! What
term is used to explain the reappearance of this response?
A) stimulus discrimination
B) spontaneous recovery
C) instinctive drift
D) counterconditioning
Answer: B
Explanation: B) This is an example of spontaneous recovery, the reoccurrence of an extinguished
conditioned response after a rest period.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
48) The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction is called:
A) counterconditioning.
B) spontaneous recovery.
C) instinctive drift.
D) stimulus discrimination.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) This is a definition of spontaneous recovery.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
49) Mary found herself uncontrollably salivating at the sight of the Dairy Queen sign. Her behaviour
is an example of:
A) behaviourism.
B) classical conditioning.
C) operant conditioning.
D) learning.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Classical conditioning explains many automatic involuntary responses, such as
salivation.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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50) A girl classically conditions her dog to blink by blowing into her dog's eyes just after saying
"blink!" Unfortunately, her parrot overhears the procedure, and says "blink" all day long when the girl is
out. When she returns, the girl says "blink" to her dog, but he does not blink. It appears as though:
A) the dog's behaviour has generalized.
B) the dog is now under the parrot's control.
C) spontaneous recovery has occurred.
D) extinction has taken place.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Extinction refers to the weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned
response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
51) Higher-order conditioning involves using an already established ________ to establish a new
conditioned stimulus.
A) conditioned response
B) unconditioned stimulus
C) unconditioned response
D) conditioned stimulus
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Using a conditioned stimulus as the "unconditioned" stimulus to establish a new
conditioned stimulus is referred to as higher-order conditioning.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
52) ________ is defined as a procedure in which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus
through association with an already established conditioned stimulus.
A) Stimulus discrimination
B) Spontaneous recovery
C) Higher-order conditioning
D) Intermittent reinforcement
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is a definition of higher-order conditioning.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
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53) Higher-order conditioning may contribute to the formation of:
A) social values.
B) prejudice.
C) generalizations.
D) conditioned stimuli.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) A real-world example of higher-order conditioning is the formation of prejudice
through an association between a negative word and an ethnic or national label.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
54) When words are paired with objects or other words that already elicit some emotional response,
they may come to elicit that response. This would be an example of:
A) spontaneous recovery.
B) an intrinsic reinforcer.
C) counterconditioning.
D) higher-order conditioning.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) This is a procedure using higher-order conditioning to establish an emotional
response to a word.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
55) Isabella learns a positive response to the word birthday because of its association with gifts and
attention. This would be an example of:
A) counterconditioning.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) spontaneous recovery.
D) an intrinsic reinforcer.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) This is a procedure using higher-order conditioning to establish an emotional
response to a word.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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56) Iris learns a positive response to the word Thanksgiving because of its association with lots of
good food and visits from favourite relatives. This would be an example of:
A) continuous reinforcement.
B) extinction.
C) higher-order conditioning.
D) spontaneous recovery.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is a procedure using higher-order conditioning to establish an emotional
response to a word.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
57) When an organism also responds to a stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus,
________ is said to have occurred.
A) acquisition
B) extinction
C) discrimination
D) generalization
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Often organisms respond not only to the conditioned stimulus, but also to other,
similar stimuli in a process called generalization.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
58) The proverb "He who hath been bitten by a snake fears a rope" illustrates:
A) an intrinsic reinforcer.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) stimulus generalization.
D) spontaneous recovery.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is an example of generalization. A person afraid of a snake responds to a
rope, similar in appearance to a snake, in the same way he or she responds to the snake.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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59) Using Pavlov's procedure for classical conditioning you are able to condition your dog to salivate
to middle C played on the piano. When you play the note above middle C, your pet still salivates, even
though she never received food paired with this note! This phenomenon is known as:
A) spontaneous recovery.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) stimulus discrimination.
D) stimulus generalization.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) This is an example of generalization, wherein the dog responds not only to the
original conditioned stimulus, but also to other similar stimuli.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
60) You classically condition your dog Milo to salivate when middle C is played on the piano. When
you play D instead of C Milo doesn't receive food and eventually Milo is salivating for C but not for D!
This phenomenon is known as:
A) instinctive drift.
B) extinction.
C) stimulus discrimination.
D) higher-order conditioning.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Milo has now learned to distinguish the difference between C and D. In other
words, he has learned to discriminate.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Applied
61) For classical conditioning to be most effective, the stimulus to be conditioned should:
A) follow the unconditioned stimulus.
B) precede the unconditioned stimulus.
C) be of greater intensity than the unconditioned stimulus.
D) occur simultaneously with the unconditioned stimulus.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Classical conditioning is most likely to occur quickly and efficiently when the
unconditioned stimulus precedes the conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
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62) For classical conditioning to be most effective, the neutral stimulus should ________ the
unconditioned stimulus.
A) occur within 10 seconds before or after
B) occur simultaneously with
C) follow
D) precede
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Classical conditioning is most likely to occur quickly and efficiently when the
unconditioned stimulus precedes the conditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
63) Contemporary psychologists have suggested that what an animal or person actually learns in
classical conditioning is:
A) information conveyed by one stimulus about another.
B) an association between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus.
C) a temporal association between one stimulus and another.
D) successive approximations of the desired conditioned response.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Essentially, contemporary psychologists are saying that the conditioned stimulus
serves as a signal or cue to tell us that the unconditioned stimulus is about to occur. Thus one stimulus is
telling us something about another stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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65) Robert Rescorla said that a conditioned stimulus must reliably ________ an unconditioned
stimulus.
A) precede
B) cause
C) follow
D) predict
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Rescorla viewed the conditioned stimulus as a predictor of the unconditioned
stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
66) For classical conditioning to be effective in forming an association, the CS should be presented:
A) a long time before the US.
B) just prior to the US.
C) after the US, but before the UR.
D) at the same time as the US.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Statement of fact.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
67) The acquisition of a conditioned fear response appears to involve a receptor for the
neurotransmitter:
A) serotonin.
B) glutamate.
C) dopamine.
D) norepinephrine.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Statement of fact.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning
Skill: Factual
68) In a research study conducted at a college, students looked at slides of either beige pens or blue
pens while either popular or unfamiliar music played in the background. In classical conditioning terms,
the music was a/an:
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) primary reinforcer.
C) unconditioned stimulus.
D) secondary reinforcer.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) In this example, the music is an unconditioned stimulus.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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69) Mr. Tenedor works on the assembly line building cars. His mouth begins to water whenever the
noontime bell signals the beginning of lunch. One day the bell goes haywire and rings every 30 minutes
throughout the day. By the end of the day, Mr. Tenedor realizes that he has stopped salivating to the bell,
which means that ________ has occurred.
A) extinction
B) counterconditioning
C) spontaneous recovery
D) stimulus generalization
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Extinction is the elimination of a classically conditioned response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Applied
70) After a child learns to fear spiders, he also responds with fear to ants and beetles. This is an
example of:
A) counterconditioning.
B) stimulus generalization.
C) operant conditioning.
D) spontaneous recovery.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) The child is responding with fear to things similar to spiders. This is called
stimulus generalization.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Applied
71) According to John B. Watson, the founder of North American behaviourism, you learn to love
another:
A) by pairing stroking and cuddling with the person doing the stroking and cuddling.
B) when you feel close to the other person and needed by him or her.
C) through the instant chemistry and attraction that flows back and forth.
D) by associating the person with concepts of trust, loyalty, and companionship.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) In this example, being stroked and cuddled is an unconditioned stimulus causing
a positive response. The person who does the stroking and cuddling is initially neutral, but comes to be
associated with positive feelings as well.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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72) John B. Watson believed that classical conditioning could affect:
A) our emotional responses.
B) our environment.
C) only physiological responses, such as salivation.
D) animal, but not human, behaviour.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) John Watson was interested in the way in which emotional responses could be
classically conditioned.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Factual
73) College students looked at slides of either beige pens or blue pens while either appealing or
unappealing music played in the background. Based on this procedure, it is evident that the researchers
are studying:
A) secondary reinforcers.
B) successive approximations.
C) classical conditioning.
D) operant conditioning.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is a classical conditioning study involving the association between two
stimuli.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Factual
74) Researchers asked college students to look at slides of either beige pens or blue pens while either
popular or unfamiliar music played in the background. Later, when allowed to choose a pen:
A) almost all the students chose the colour of pen that was opposite to the colour seen in their slides.
B) almost three-fourths of the students chose the blue pen, assuming that the colour of pen matched
the colour of the ink.
C) about one-quarter of those who heard the unfamiliar music chose a pen that differed in colour
from the one seen in their slides.
D) almost three-fourths of those who heard the popular music chose the colour of pen seen in their
slides.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Associating popular music with pens of a particular colour caused that colour of
pen to be popular as well.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Factual
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75) A car manufacturer places an ad for its newest model in Playboy magazine, hoping that it will
increase sales. In this case, the car is a/an ________ and the female models throughout the magazine
would presumably serve as ________.
A) unconditioned response; conditioned responses
B) neutral stimulus; unconditioned stimuli
C) unconditioned stimulus; conditioned stimulus
D) conditioned stimulus; conditioned responses
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Many advertising techniques are based on the principles of classical
conditioning.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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78) Which of the following is NOT a situation that can be explained by classical conditioning?
A) development of food preferences
B) development of phobias
C) innate food preferences
D) advertising
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Innate food preferences are, by definition, innate and not learned. In other
words, they are present at birth.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
80) John Watson and his colleague Rosalie Rayner showed Little Albert a live white rat. Albert:
A) liked the rat and seemed delighted.
B) didn't react to the rat, one way or another.
C) tried to crawl away and escape.
D) began to whimper and tremble.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Little Albert initially liked the rat and was interested in it.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Factual
81) Watson and Rayner made a loud noise behind Little Albert's head by striking a steel bar with a
hammer. This noise served as the ________ in their study.
A) counterconditioning stimulus
B) conditioned stimulus
C) discriminative stimulus
D) unconditioned stimulus
Answer: D
Explanation: D) The loud noise was an unconditioned stimulus is this experiment.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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82) John Watson and his colleague Rosalie Rayner offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then
made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the
________ in their study.
A) unconditioned stimulus
B) counterconditioning stimulus
C) conditioned stimulus
D) discriminative stimulus
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The white rat was a conditioned stimulus that came to elicit a fear response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
83) Watson and Rayner made a loud noise behind Little Albert's head by striking a steel bar with a
hammer and watched as Albert jumped and fell sideways on the mattress on which he had been sitting.
Albert's reaction of fear when he heard the noise served as the ________ in their study.
A) unconditioned response
B) latent response
C) counterconditioned response
D) conditioned response
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Albert's fear of the loud noise was an unconditioned response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
84) John Watson and Rosalie Rayner made a loud noise behind Little Albert's head by striking a steel
bar with a hammer and then watched as Albert jumped and fell sideways on the mattress on which he
had been sitting. Then they offered a live white rat and struck the bar. Albert began to whimper, tremble,
and fall over and cry. When the rat was later offered alone, Albert reacted with fear. The fear of the rat
served as the ________ in their study.
A) counterconditioned response
B) unconditioned response
C) latent response
D) conditioned response
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Fear of the rat was the conditioned, or learned, response.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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85) After Little Albert acquired a conditioned fear to a rat, Watson and Rayner wanted to see how he
would react to a white rabbit, cotton wool, and a Santa Claus mask. They were studying whether or not
________ had occurred.
A) behaviour modification
B) stimulus generalization
C) stimulus discrimination
D) extinction
Answer: B
Explanation: B) When Albert responded to the white rabbit, cotton wool, and Santa Claus mask
with fear, it was because of generalization.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
86) When a three-year-old named Peter was deathly afraid of rabbits, his fear was eliminated
through:
A) stimulus generalization.
B) counterconditioning.
C) operant conditioning.
D) stimulus discrimination.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) In this case, a conditioned response of fear was eliminated by conditioning a new
response that was incompatible with fear. This is called counterconditioning.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
87) Peter was a three-year-old who was deathly afraid of rabbits. In classical conditioning terms,
rabbits had become a/an:
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) negative reinforcer.
C) unconditioned stimulus.
D) primary punisher.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Rabbits were a conditioned stimulus to fear.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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88) Aiden is afraid of the bath, and so his father puts two inches of water in the tub and gives Aiden
a popsicle to eat while he washes Aiden's back. This is an example of:
A) counterconditioning.
B) latent learning.
C) spontaneous recovery.
D) operant conditioning.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) This is an example of counterconditioning. Aiden cannot scream while eating a
popsicle.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Applied
89) A variation of the counterconditioning procedure used in the treatment of Peter's fear of rabbits
has been used to treat adult phobias. This variation is called:
A) systematic desensitization.
B) secondary punishers.
C) latent learning.
D) intermittent reinforcement.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Systematic desensitization is a behavioural technique similar to
counterconditioning that is used in the treatment of phobias.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
90) When researchers attempted to teach slugs to dislike foods by pairing the food with an
unpleasant taste, they found that:
A) slugs learned to avoid the smell of carrots, which they normally like, but attempts at higher-order
conditioning failed.
B) after the smell of carrots was paired with the bitter-tasting drug, the slugs began to avoid the
place where the association had been formed and would not eat any food in that context.
C) despite numerous procedures and many attempts, it was not possible to classically condition any
responses in slugs.
D) slugs learned to avoid the smell of carrots and then, through higher-order conditioning pairing
carrot smells and potato smells, slugs began to avoid the smell of potatoes.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Slugs could not only be classically conditioned; higher-order conditioning was
also possible.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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91) Shortly after Martin and his wife ate filet mignon with Béarnaise sauce, Martin fell ill with the flu.
Classical conditioning occurred, and ________ became a conditioned stimulus for nausea.
A) the type of china used by the restaurant
B) the soft light from candles
C) Béarnaise sauce
D) the presence of Martin's wife
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Béarnaise sauce became a conditioned stimulus for nausea.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Applied
92) Shortly after Martin and his wife ate filet mignon with Béarnaise sauce, Martin fell ill with the flu.
Classical conditioning occurred and Béarnaise sauce became a conditioned stimuli for nausea. The waiter,
however, did not become a conditioned stimulus. According to the Garcia effect:
A) humans are primed to associate sickness with taste more readily than with sights.
B) once Martin observes another diner enjoying Béarnaise sauce then he will enjoy it too.
C) extinction occurs rapidly for food dislikes and soon Martin will enjoy Béarnaise sauce again.
D) the kindness of the waiter was sufficient to override classical conditioning.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) There seems to be an innate tendency for humans and other animals to associate
sickness with the food they have most recently eaten.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Applied
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94) Patients may generalize the nausea caused by chemotherapy to the place where the therapy takes
place. When this occurs, the unconditioned stimulus is:
A) the place where therapy takes place.
B) the sound of the nurse's voice.
C) chemotherapy.
D) nausea.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The unconditioned stimulus is the stimulus that originally triggers nausea, the
chemotherapy.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
95) When undergoing chemotherapy to treat cancer, patients may generalize the nausea caused by
chemotherapy to the place where the therapy takes place. When this occurs, the unconditioned response
is:
A) the sound of a nurse's voice.
B) nausea.
C) the place where therapy takes place.
D) chemotherapy.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) The unconditioned response is the response to the unconditioned stimulus, the
nausea.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
96) Individuals being treated for cancer may generalize the nausea caused by chemotherapy to the
place where the therapy takes place. When this occurs, the conditioned stimulus is:
A) the place where therapy takes place.
B) nausea.
C) avoidance by cancelling the appointment.
D) chemotherapy.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) The conditioned stimulus is the initially neutral stimulus, the location of the
chemotherapy.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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97) When their cancer is treated through chemotherapy, individuals may generalize the nausea
caused by chemotherapy to the place where the therapy takes place. When this occurs, the conditioned
response is:
A) the place where therapy takes place.
B) chemotherapy.
C) nausea.
D) the sound of a nurse's voice.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The conditioned response is the response that comes to be triggered by the
conditioned stimulus, the nausea in response to the therapy location.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
98) Which of the following would NOT be a conditioned stimulus that would reduce a cancer
patient's pain through the placebo effect?
A) the bottle containing the pills
B) the active ingredients in the pills
C) the sight and feel of the injections
D) the white coat of the doctor
Answer: B
Explanation: B) The active ingredients in the pills are the unconditioned stimulus that already
causes pain relief.
Type: MC
Section: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
Skill: Conceptual
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100) In the late 1800s, G. Stanley Hall conducted a study of anger. One case involved a three-year-old
girl who asked a calm question right in the middle of a tantrum. Evidently, the child:
A) had been reinforced for having tantrums in the past.
B) had been classically conditioned to associate crying with anger.
C) experienced higher-order conditioning of her anger responses.
D) had been punished for having tantrums in the past.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) In the past, her tantrums had been reinforced; she had gotten what she wanted.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
101) All of the following statements about classical and operant conditioning are true EXCEPT:
A) in classical conditioning an animal learns to control events in the environment.
B) in classical conditioning it does not matter whether an animal's behaviour has consequences.
C) responses in operant conditioning are complex and produce effects on the environment.
D) responses in classical conditioning are reflexive, automatic reactions.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) In classical conditioning, an animal is responding to stimuli in the environment,
not controlling environmental events.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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103) In classical conditioning, the responses involved tend to be ________, but in operant conditioning
they are ________.
A) reflexive; complex and not reflexive
B) complex and not reflexive; reflexive
C) secondary reinforcers; primary reinforcers
D) emitted; automatic
Answer: A
Explanation: A) In classical conditioning, the responses are likely to be reflexive, but in operant
conditioning the responses are more complex and have an effect on the environment.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
104) Gerry wants to train his new puppy not to chew on the furniture. He will be most successful in
reducing the puppy's chewing behaviour if he uses:
A) operant conditioning.
B) behaviourism.
C) second-order conditioning.
D) classical conditioning.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Operant conditioning refers to the process by which a response becomes more
likely to occur or less so, depending on its consequences.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
105) In operant conditioning, the word "operant" denotes the idea that behaviour:
A) is reflexive or respondent.
B) is a function of a learned association between two events.
C) is elicited by an environmental stimulus.
D) produces effects on the environment, resulting in consequences.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) An organism's response "operates," or produces effects, on the environment.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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106) Which of the following statements would be rejected by a strict behaviourist?
A) Primary reinforcers and punishers can be very powerful, but they also have drawbacks.
B) The sooner a reinforcer follows a response, the greater its effect on the response.
C) In studying the consequences of behaviour, the words reinforcer and reward are synonyms.
D) No matter how pleasurable a stimulus is, unless it increases responses, it is not a reinforcer.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) While the terms reinforcer and reward may seem to be synonymous to students,
a strict behaviourist would not use the term reward because it implies a mental state.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
108) The process by which a stimulus strengthens or increases the probability of the response that it
follows is called:
A) reinforcement.
B) latent learning.
C) higher-order conditioning.
D) classical conditioning.
Answer: A
Explanation: A) This is a definition of reinforcement.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Factual
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109) The process by which a stimulus weakens the probability of the response that it follows is called:
A) higher-order conditioning.
B) determinism.
C) punishment.
D) reinforcement.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is a definition of punishment.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Factual
112) Kelsey's dad uses a primary reinforcer to strengthen the response she just made. The reinforcing
stimulus would be:
A) playing a game of Candy Land with her.
B) applauding her appropriate behaviour.
C) offering praise for a job well done.
D) lightly stroking the hair on the top of her head.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Lightly stroking her hair is a primary, or unlearned, reinforcement.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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113) Research on reinforcers shows that:
A) money is a powerful primary reinforcer.
B) secondary reinforcers are less effective than primary reinforcers in controlling behaviour.
C) a primary reinforcer may be ineffective if the person is not in a deprived state.
D) a comfortable air temperature would be an example of a secondary reinforcer.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Primary reinforcement is something that satisfies an innate need. If the person is
not in a deprived state, that object may not be reinforcing. For example, if a person is not thirsty, water
will probably not be reinforcing.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Factual
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117) You clean your room so your mother will stop nagging you. Your mother used ________ to get
you to clean your room.
A) punishment
B) positive reinforcement
C) negative reinforcement
D) primary reinforcement
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is an example of negative reinforcement. The desired behaviour, cleaning
your room, resulted in the termination of an aversive event, nagging.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Applied
118) A drawback in using primary punishers and primary reinforcers in research would be that:
A) the experimenter must first make sure that the stimulus has acquired reinforcing properties.
B) using primary punishers or taking away a primary reinforcer would not be ethical.
C) they are more likely than other punishers and reinforcers to lead to superstitious behaviours.
D) they are not as effective as secondary reinforcers in conditioning procedures.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) In experiments with humans, it may not be ethical to take away a primary
reinforcer, for example, to deprive a person of food.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Conceptual
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120) Brett's mom keeps a chart on his bedroom wall and adds a gold star for each day that his room is
clean. His mom is using ________ to strengthen the response.
A) secondary reinforcers
B) an unconditioned stimulus
C) latent learning
D) classical conditioning
Answer: A
Explanation: A) A star is a secondary, or learned, reinforcer.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Applied
121) Kyla wants to make sure that her dog Axel does not beg for food from the table. Every time that
Axel begs, Kyla says "No" in a sharp, scolding voice and she never gives in. Kyla is using:
A) positive reinforcement.
B) stimulus generalization.
C) a secondary punisher.
D) negative reinforcement.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Kyla is using a secondary, or learned, punisher to train Axel.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Applied
122) You take an Aspirin and your headache goes away. This makes it more likely that you will take
an aspirin next time you have a headache. This is an example of:
A) negative punishment.
B) positive punishment.
C) negative reinforcement.
D) positive reinforcement.
Answer: C
Explanation: C) This is an example of negative reinforcement, where an aversive event, the
headache, is removed by the desired behaviour, taking Aspirin.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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123) Professor Inglot gives a student a D on a term paper that was completely inadequate. The D
grade is an example of:
A) intrinsic reinforcement.
B) a secondary punisher.
C) negative reinforcement.
D) a primary punisher.
Answer: B
Explanation: B) This is an example of a learned, or secondary, punisher, a low grade, being used
to eliminate an undesired behaviour, turning in inadequate work.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Applied
124) Elton's mother has been nagging and nagging that he should stop fooling around with his guitar
and start studying. Finally, in order to stop her nagging, Elton complies and hits the books. This example
illustrates”
A) negative punishment.
B) positive reinforcement.
C) positive punishment.
D) negative reinforcement.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) This is an example of negative reinforcement, where a desired response,
studying, results in termination of an aversive event, nagging.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Applied
125) Noam's mom keeps a chart on his bedroom wall and adds a gold star for each day that his room
is clean. His mom is using ________ to strengthen the response.
A) secondary reinforcers
B) systematic desensitization
C) higher-order conditioning
D) primary reinforcers
Answer: A
Explanation: A) Secondary reinforcers are stimuli that have acquired reinforcing properties
through association with other reinforcers.
Type: MC
Section: Operant Conditioning
Skill: Applied
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