Classical Conditioning

What is classical conditioning?

• Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli
• Learning by responding to environmental stimuli
• Learning explained by its consequences
• Learning explained by modelling 

Who pioneered the research on classical conditioning?

• Ivan Pavlov
• Sigmund Freud
• B. F Skinner
• E.L Thorndike 

Which of the following is true of classical conditioning?

• UCS produces UCR
• CR produces the CS
• UCR produces the CS
•  CS produces the UCS

After Classical Conditioning, the Neutral Stimulus (NS) becomes the:

• Unconditioned response
• Unconditioned stimulus
• Conditioned Stimulus
• Conditioned response

In Pavlov's experiment with the dogs, salivation to the meat was the

• CS
• CR
• UCS
• UCR

Dylan's mother buys him a sailor's cap before they go on a family fishing trip. On the boat, Dylan gets nauseated and vomits. The next day he gets nauseated just from looking at the sailor's cap. The sailor's cap has become:

• The unconditioned response
• The conditioned response
• The unconditioned stimulus
• The conditioned stimulus

To produce extinction in a classical conditioning experiment, an experimenter should

• present the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus
• present the unconditioned stimulus without the conditioned stimulus
• pair the conditioned stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus 

The sudden recurrence of a conditioned response after extinction has taken place is referred to as 

• relearning
• stimulus discrimination
• stimulus generalisation 
• spontaneous recovery

Stimulus generalisation occurs when

• two stimuli are similar to one another
• two stimuli become associated with one another
• an organism responds to new stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus 

When a response occurs in the presence of one stimulus, but does not occur in the presence of other stimuli, _____________ is said to have taken place

• association 
• stimulus discrimination
• stimulus generalisation
• stimulus recognition