Module 21

The process of learning associations between environmental events and behavioral responses is called: associative learning. extinction. spontaneous recovery. observational learning.

A

Marlee was raped at gunpoint in a parking garage and her attacker was wearing strong cologne. Marlee now refuses to go through the male fragrance department at the department store, will not be alone by herself or with any man, and will not park in any garages. This classically conditioned response best illustrates: operant conditioning. generalization. an unconditioned response (UR). discrimination.

B

The acquisition of mental information by observing events, by watching others, or through using language is called: classical conditioning. shaping. cognitive learning. partial reinforcement.

C

You repeatedly hear a tone just before having a puff of air directed into your eye. Blinking in response to a tone presented without a puff of air is a(n): unconditioned response (UR). unconditioned stimulus (US). conditioned response (CR). conditioned stimulus (CS).

C

In classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response is called a(n): conditioned response (CR). unconditioned response (UR). neutral stimulus (NS). conditioned stimulus (CS).

D

_____ is behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus. Extinction Cognitive learning Observational learning Respondent behavior

D