Question 1

In Pavlov's salivating dog studies,the UCS was

Accepted Answer

meat powder.

Question 2

A stimulus that comes to elicit a response as a result of repeated pairings with a stimulus that can reliably elicit a response does so because of

Accepted Answer

classical conditioning.

Question 3

During the winter months,Tarique receives a static shock each time he goes to open his car door.Now,before he even touches the door,Tarique flinches.What is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)in this situation?

Accepted Answer

The shock

Question 4

________ was the first person to describe learning as acquired through classical conditioning while studying the digestive process of dogs.

Accepted Answer

Ivan Pavlov
% correct 80 a = 20 b = 80 c = 0 d = 0 r = .21

Question 5

The simplest form of learning is

Accepted Answer

habituation.
% correct 75 a = 75 b = 10 c = 15 d = 10 r = .25

Question 6

Which of the following situations is an example of serendipity?

Accepted Answer

Finding a ten dollar bill in the jeans you just washed

Question 7

The primary difference between the CS and the UCS is

Accepted Answer

prior to conditioning,one reliably elicits a response,the other doesn't.

Question 8

As Ms.Mathers drops her daughter,Matty,off at her first day of preschool,she starts to cry.The next morning,Ms.Mathers begins to cry just driving into the preschool parking lot.What is the unconditioned response (UCR)in this situation?

Accepted Answer

Crying when she drops Matty off

Question 9

The conditioned stimulus (CS)is the

Accepted Answer

previously neutral stimulus that has acquired the capacity to produce the conditioned response.
% correct 65 a = 0 b = 10 c = 65 d = 25 r = .27

Question 10

Natalie,who has very long nails,is approaching the chalkboard.As she lifts her hand to the board,she observes her fellow classmates cringing and covering their ears before she actually touches it.What is the conditioned response (CR)in this situation?

Accepted Answer

Cringing before she scrapes the board

Question 11

In Pavlov's salivating dog studies,the UCR was

Accepted Answer

salivation.

Question 12

Three-year-old Shaniqua learns to associate the smell of popcorn with watching movies.This learning represents

Accepted Answer

classical conditioning.

Question 13

Shelly has developed a fear of bridges due to the recent,graphic news coverage of people falling from a collapsed bridge.Which of the following is the CS?

Accepted Answer

Bridges

Question 14

According to the theory of classical conditioning,the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)is the stimulus that

Accepted Answer

automatically triggers a response when presented.
% correct 70 a = 5 b = 20 c = 5 d = 70 r = .38

Question 15

Jason just moved to Las Vegas from South Carolina.What concept exemplifies the fact that,initially,he had trouble falling asleep in the noisy city,but now has no problem whatsoever?

Accepted Answer

Habituation

Question 16

Whenever 5-year-old Claire goes to the dentist,she becomes anxious and cries.She was not afraid of the dentist on her first visit,so her fear was a learned behavior.The UCS in this case was probably

Accepted Answer

painful teeth cleaning.

Question 17

In Pavlov's salivating dogs studies,the salivation triggered by the sound of the metronome was the

Accepted Answer

conditioned response.
% correct 57 a = 14 b = 20 c = 57 d = 6 r = .21

Question 18

Which of the following would be considered an unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?

Accepted Answer

hamburger

Question 19

Cora's heart races every time she is with her boyfriend,Brandon.Recently,Brandon began wearing a new cologne.Now,Cora finds her heart racing just smelling the cologne.What is the conditioned stimulus (CS)in this situation?

Accepted Answer

The cologne

Question 20

The term learning refers to a change in human behavior as a result of

Accepted Answer

experience.

Quiz 5: Learning

In Pavlov's salivating dog studies,the UCS was

A stimulus that comes to elicit a response as a result of repeated pairings with a stimulus that can reliably elicit a response does so because of

During the winter months,Tarique receives a static shock each time he goes to open his car door.Now,before he even touches the door,Tarique flinches.What is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in this situation?

________ was the first person to describe learning as acquired through classical conditioning while studying the digestive process of dogs.

The simplest form of learning is

Which of the following situations is an example of serendipity?

The primary difference between the CS and the UCS is

As Ms.Mathers drops her daughter,Matty,off at her first day of preschool,she starts to cry.The next morning,Ms.Mathers begins to cry just driving into the preschool parking lot.What is the unconditioned response (UCR) in this situation?

The conditioned stimulus (CS) is the

Natalie,who has very long nails,is approaching the chalkboard.As she lifts her hand to the board,she observes her fellow classmates cringing and covering their ears before she actually touches it.What is the conditioned response (CR) in this situation?