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Blair 2e, Web Quizzes Module 19
1. A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience is the definition of:
a. learning.
b. classical conditioning.
c. stimulus.
d. acquisition.
2. A type of learning when the subject learns to associate a stimulus with a given response
is:
a. generalization.
b. stimulus.
c. acquisition.
d. classical conditioning.
3. If a light is dimmed before a person’s eye, the pupil will dilate. If a sequence of events is
established in which a bell is rung, the light is dimmed, and the pupil dilates, the pupil will
eventually dilate with just the ringing of the bell. If this happens, the light dimming is called
the:
a. unconditioned stimulus.
b. unconditioned response.
c. conditioned stimulus.
d. conditioned response.
4. Rats are exposed to a bright light while being injected with an overdose of insulin. In
time, the bright light alone produces a response that is almost indistinguishable from that
produced by the insulin. The unconditioned response in this example is the:
a. unconditioned stimulus.
b. unconditioned response.
c. conditioned stimulus.
d. conditioned response.
5. The process of learning a new response is called:
a. extinction.
b. generalization.
c. acquisition.
d. behaviorism.
6. If you rang a bell to signal your dog that his food is being put on the plate, the dog will
learn to come when the bell is rung. If you then cease to feed the dog after ringing the bell,
which of the following will eventually take place?
a. discrimination
b. extinction
c. generalization
d. spontaneous recovery
7. Extinction does not destroy the learning of the response. This is demonstrated by:
a. acquisition.
b. generalization.
c. discrimination.
d. spontaneous recovery.
8. Pavlov’s original experiments involved studying:
a. the extinction process.
b. digestion.
c. sensation and perception.
d. crystallized intelligence.
9. In Pavlov’s experiment with classical conditioning, the dog salivated when a bell was
rung, even though the food did not follow. In the case above, the bell is called the:
a. unconditioned stimulus.
b. unconditioned response.
c. conditioned stimulus.
d. conditioned response.
10. A boy has been conditioned to be afraid of a bus. He also finds he is afraid of cars and
trains. This is an example of:
a. discrimination.
b. extinction.
c. spontaneous recovery.
d. generalization.
11. The process in which an organism produces different responses to similar stimuli is:
a. discrimination.
b. extinction.
c. spontaneous recovery.
d. generalization.
12. Kasandra is new to the local high school. Throughout the course of a typical day, a
number of tones sound. One set of tones is for dismissing classes while another tone sounds
to let students know there are ten minutes left in the period. After a week, Kasandra has
learned how to distinguish one tone from another and the appropriate response to each.
This is an example of:
a. extinction.
b. generalization.
c. discrimination.
d. acquisition.
13. John Watson proposed that psychology should limit its study only to be observable
behavior and not mental thoughts or processes. This view eventually became known as:
a. classical conditioning.
b. acquisition.
c. reciprocal determinism.
d. behaviorism.
14. Cognition is:
a. the acquisition of a learned response.
b. the extinction of a learned response
c. mental processes.
d. the spontaneous recovery of an extinguish response.
15. Which of the following would be considered the best form of classical conditioning found
in everyday life?
a. animal training
b. taste aversion
c. learning to drive
d. studying for a unit test