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Practice Test Questions over Learning Notes
1. A relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience is called ____.
A. Conditioning
B. Reinforcement
C. Motivation
D. Learning
2. A response elicited by the conditioned stimulus (CS) that has been paired with an unconditioned
stimulus (US) is a ________.
A. Conditioned Response (CR)
C. Unconditioned Response (UCR)
B. Neutral Stimulus (NS)
D. None of the above
3. Which of the following occurs when the conditioned stimulus (CS) no longer produces a
response, therefore, it returns to being a neutral stimulus (NS)?
A. Acquisition
B. Emotion
C. Extinction
D. Generalization
4. ___________ is when the conditioned stimulus (CS) comes on before and remains during
presentation of the unconditioned stimulus (US). It also is the strongest factor influencing
acquisition.
A. Trace conditioning
C. Delayed conditioning
B. Backward conditioning
D. Simultaneous conditioning
5. The occurrence of responses only to a specific conditioned stimulus (CS) is called ________.
A. Generalization
B. Discrimination
C. Spontaneous Recovery
D. Conditioning
6. When the conditioned stimulus (CS) starts after the unconditioned stimulus (US), a very weak, if
any, conditioning occurs. What type of conditioning is being described?
A. Trace conditioning
C. Simultaneous conditioning
B. Delayed conditioning
D. Backward conditioning
7. A ______ is a stimulus that before conditioning, does not elicit a particular response.
A. Neutral Stimulus (NS)
C. Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
B. Unconditioned Response (UCR)
D. Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
8. Which of the following types of conditioning occurs when 2 stimuli (NS and US) become
associated with each other after being paired together?
A. Pavlov’s
B. Operant
C. Learned
D. Classical
9. Which of the following factors that influence acquisition can be characterized as the conditioned
stimulus (CS) which starts and finishes before the unconditioned stimulus (US) causing a weak
form of conditioning?
A. Simultaneous Conditioning
C. Delayed Conditioning
B. Trace conditioning
D. Backwards Conditioning
10. __________ is the occurrence of responses to stimuli that are similar to a conditioned stimulus
(CS).
A. Discrimination
B. Acquisition
C. Learning
D. Generalization
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