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Psychology, 7th Edition
by Sandra E. Hockenbury, Susan A. Nolan, and
Don H. Hockenbury
Slides by Cathleen Campbell-Raufer, Ph.D.
Chapter 5: Learning
1. According to Pavlov’s original classical
conditioning procedure, the dog’s salivation to the
bell was the:
a. UCS
b. UCR
c. CS
d. CR
1. According to Pavlov’s original classical
conditioning procedure, the dog’s salivation to the
bell was the:
a. UCS
b. UCR
c. CS
d. CR
2. The fact that Little Albert in Watson & Rayner’s
(1920) study became afraid of cotton, Watson’s
hair, and a Santa Claus mask demonstrated:
a. stimulus discrimination
b. stimulus generalization
c. extinction
d. spontaneous recovery
2. The fact that Little Albert in Watson & Rayner’s
(1920) study became afraid of cotton, Watson’s
hair, and a Santa Claus mask demonstrated:
a. stimulus discrimination
b. stimulus generalization
c. extinction
d. spontaneous recovery
3. Which is NOT true of higher order conditioning?
a. it is also known as second-order
conditioning
b. it involves a second conditioned stimulus
c. it occurs even though the new CS has
never been
paired with the UCS
d. it occurs in dogs but not in people
3. Which is NOT true of higher order conditioning?
a. it is also known as second-order
conditioning
b. it involves a second conditioned stimulus
c. it occurs even though the new CS has
never been
paired with the UCS
d. it occurs in dogs but not in people
4. What occurred when Pavlov repeatedly
presented the CS (bell) without the UCS (food)?
a. stimulus generalization
b. stimulus discrimination
c. extinction
d. higher order conditioning
4. What occurred when Pavlov repeatedly
presented the CS (bell) without the UCS (food)?
a. stimulus generalization
b. stimulus discrimination
c. extinction
d. higher order conditioning
5. Spontaneous recovery demonstrates that:
a. extinction is unlearning
b. extinction eliminates the CR
c. the CR can reappear after a period of rest
d. extinction erases the CR
5. Spontaneous recovery demonstrates that:
a. extinction is unlearning
b. extinction eliminates the CR
c. the CR can reappear after a period of
rest
d. extinction erases the CR
6. What was the CS in Watson & Rayner’s (1920)
Little Albert and the White Rat experiment?
a. Little Albert
b. the white rat
c. the sound of the hammer hitting the steel
bar
d. fear of the white rat
6. What was the CS in Watson & Rayner’s (1920)
Little Albert and the White Rat experiment?
a. Little Albert
b. the white rat
c. the sound of the hammer hitting the steel
bar
d. fear of the white rat
7. A fake drug or treatment is called:
a. a pseudostimulus
b. ineffective
c. a placebo
d. unethical
7. A fake drug or treatment is called:
a. a pseudostimulus
b. ineffective
c. a placebo
d. unethical
8. Julie took a sip of sour milk and spit it out.
Later that evening she came down with the
stomach flu that had been going around at work.
Julie will MOST likely develop:
a. instinctive drift.
b. stimulus generalization.
c. olfactory discrimination.
d. taste aversion.
8. Julie took a sip of sour milk and spit it out.
Later that evening she came down with the
stomach flu that had been going around at work.
Julie will MOST likely develop:
a. instinctive drift.
b. stimulus generalization.
c. olfactory discrimination.
d. taste aversion.
9. Which is NOT true regarding Edward
Thorndike?
a. he formulated the law of effect
b. he put cats in “puzzle boxes”
c. he believed cats learned to escape
through trial and error
d. he believed cats demonstrate humanlike
insight
9. Which is NOT true regarding Edward
Thorndike?
a. he formulated the law of effect
b. he put cats in “puzzle boxes”
c. he believed cats learned to escape
through trial and error
d. he believed cats demonstrate
humanlike insight
10. Removing an aversive stimulus to strengthen a
response is called:
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. positive punishment
d. negative punishment
10. Removing an aversive stimulus to strengthen a
response is called:
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. positive punishment
d. negative punishment
11. Food is considered a:
a. primary reinforcer
b. secondary reinforcer
c. conditioned reinforcer
d. nonreinforcer
11. Food is considered a:
a. primary reinforcer
b. secondary reinforcer
c. conditioned reinforcer
d. nonreinforcer
12. A parent teaching their child to tie their shoes
is most likely employing:
a. punishment
b. shaping
c. extinction
d. a puzzle box
12. A parent teaching their child to tie their shoes
is most likely employing:
a. punishment
b. shaping
c. extinction
d. a puzzle box
13. Gambling is a real life example of which
schedule of reinforcement?
a. fixed-ratio
b. variable-ratio
c. fixed-interval
d. variable-interval
13. Gambling is a real life example of which
schedule of reinforcement?
a. fixed-ratio
b. variable-ratio
c. fixed-interval
d. variable-interval
14. Your mental representation of the college
campus is called:
a. a cognitive map
b. a biological predisposition
c. behavior modification
d. learned helplessness
14. Your mental representation of the college
campus is called:
a. a cognitive map
b. a biological predisposition
c. behavior modification
d. learned helplessness
15. Albert Bandura’s Bobo doll study
demonstrated:
a. classical conditioning
b. operant conditioning
c. observational learning
d. all of the above
15. Albert Bandura’s Bobo doll study
demonstrated:
a. classical conditioning
b. operant conditioning
c. observational learning
d. all of the above