202260.PSY101-242: General Psychology - Week 8 / Multiple Choice Question set.

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Any relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs because of experience is called: a. behavior modification. b. higher-order conditioning. c. learning. d. shaping.

Answer: C / Learning

Difficulty: Easy Answer: c Any relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs because of experience is called: a. instinctive drift b. free will c. learning d. Determinism

Answer: C / Learning

Difficulty: Moderate Answer: a Roberta notices her kitten scurrying into the kitchen as soon as Roberta opens a can of cat food with an electric can opener. In this example

________________ is the unconditioned stimulus. a. the cat food b. the kitchen c. the dish that Roberta puts the food in d. Roberta

Difficulty: Moderate Answer: c 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. presence of Danny near the aquarium b. fish swimming to the top c. aquarium light d. fish food

Difficulty: Moderate Answer: d 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 swimming to the top c. aquarium light d. fish food

Difficulty: Easy Answer: a According to Pavlov

learning occurs when: a. a neutral stimulus is regularly paired with an unconditioned stimulus. b. a response is followed by reinforcement. c. something negative is removed after a particular response. d. reinforcers are given for successive approximations of the desired response.

Difficulty: Moderate Answer: b 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. can of cat food b. sound of the electric can opener c. dish that Harmony puts the food in d. cat scurrying into the kitchen

Difficulty: Moderate Answer: a 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 food b. sound of the electric can opener c. dish that Miranda puts the food in d. cat scurrying into the kitchen

Difficulty: Easy Answer: c Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of canine subjects and the dogs began to salivate. Pavlov's 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. primary reinforcer. b. positive reinforcer. c. conditioned response. d. secondary reinforcer.

Difficulty: Difficult Answer: c 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. unconditioned response. b. unconditioned stimulus. c. conditioned response. d. conditioned stimulus.

Difficulty: Difficult Answer: d 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 response. b. unconditioned stimulus. c. conditioned response. d. conditioned stimulus.

Difficulty: Easy Answer: b When Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of canine subjects

they began to salivate. The food acted as a/an: a. secondary reinforcer. b. unconditioned stimulus. c. successive approximation. d. extrinsic reinforcer.

Difficulty: Moderate Answer: a When Pavlov placed meat powder or other food in the mouths of canine subjects

they began to salivate. The salivation was a/an: a. unconditioned response. b. unconditioned stimulus. c. conditioned response. d. conditioned stimulus.

Difficulty: Easy Answer: b In classical conditioning

when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus, _____________________ occurs. a. instinctive drift b. extinction c. counterconditioning d. discrimination


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