4) A tone that predicts a puff of air to the eye induces a blink. The tone is the
A) Unconditioned Stimulus
B) Conditioned Stimulus
C) Unconditioned Response
D) Conditioned Response
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5) Margaret was involved in a car accident. Since then, she has been afraid of cars. Margaret has associated _________ with _________.
A) car accidents; bad drivers
B) all cars; her fear of death
C) anything to do with cars; high repair bills
D) the sight of cars; the fear she felt during her accident
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6) You try a new dish for dinner and fall sick the next day. Which of the following shows you've been classically conditioned?
A) The sight of the dish now makes you feel ill.
B) You refuse to eat it anymore.
C) If you see it anywhere, you refuse to acknowledge it.
D) You discourage your friends from eating it.
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7) The following scenarios are examples of classical conditioning EXCEPT
A) Brad thinks of his wife every time he sees lilies, her favorite flower
B) Nadia is caught speeding and gets fined. She learns not to do it again.
C) Alice avoids walking near puddles because she got splashed by a passing car once.
D) Jeffrey's dog Mike runs to the door everytime it hears keys jingling.
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8) Find the most accurate example of classical conditioning among the ones listed below.
A) A warning light flashes annoyingly everytime you forget to buckle your seat belt. Because of this, you always buckle up.
B) Ray studies hard for his exams because his father gives him a prize if he does well.
C) Natalie gets bitten by her neighbour's German Shepherd and subsequently develops a fear of dogs.
D) Timothy's father has to buy him a candy bar to calm him down everytime he throws a tantrum in the supermarket.
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9) Selina's cat Nutmeg knows that her being in the kitchen means it's mealtime. So, when it feels hungry, it rubs its body against her legs to get her attention and trots in the direction of the kitchen in an effort to lead her there. When this strategy works once, Nutmeg repeats this routine everyday much to Selina's exasperation. Is this a case of classical conditioning and why?
A) Yes, because Nutmeg has learnt that Selina's presence in the kitchen leads to mealtime.
B) No, because Nutmeg is the one teaching Selina.
C) Yes, because Selina has learnt to feed Nutmeg whenever it does that.
D) No, because Selina's action of feeding Nutmeg once only encouraged it to repeat its behaviour in the hopes of the tactic working again, and Selina responding by feeding it is not a definite.
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10) What, in a nutshell, is Pavlov's theory of conditioning?
A) A modification of behaviour via reinforcement.
B) An anticipatory biological response.
C) Any influence upon learned behaviour by reflexes.
D) Learning from the effects of behaviour.
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11) A child that tends to be rewarded by the parents when the child displays a certain behavior.
A behavior which is most likely to be repeated when the behavior results in afavorable outcome.
A) Positive reinforcement.
B) Negative reinforcement.
C) Fixed ratio schedule
D) Through Token Economy
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12) A child will avoid performing certain behaviors when the behavior displayed is followed with an undesireable consequence.
A) Through Contingency Contracting.
B) Positive reinforcement.
C) Negative reinforcement.
D) Punishment
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13) Kindergarden students are aware that they will be rewarded when they finish the ten mathematic solution that been given by the teacher.
A) Fixed reinforcement.
B) Variable reinforcement.
C) Ratio reinforcement.
D) Interval reinforcement.
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