AP Psych Classical Conditioning Review

When a child hears a loud noise, he cries. The family's dog often barks loudly. Each time the child sees the dog, he cries. What is the conditioned response?

• the dog
• The loud noise
• The crying
• The Barking

In horror movies, scary music is played with a violent scene. What is the down the Unconditioned stimulus

• Scary music
• Being scared 
• Violent scene
• Horror movies

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

When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What is the unconditioned stimulus for the fish?

• the food
• the water
• the light
• John

When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What is the conditioned stimulus for the fish.

• the food
• the water
• the light
• John

When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What used to be a neutral stimulus for the fish?

• the food
• the water
• the light
• John

A group of ranchers attempts to discourage coyotes from attacking their sheep by placing a substance on the wool of the sheep that makes coyotes violently ill if they eat it. Very quickly, the coyotes avoid the sheep entirely. In this scenario, what are the UCS, CS, and CR, respectively?

•  The substance, the sheep’s wool, aversion to the sheep
• The sheep’s wool, the substance, aversion to sheep
• Aversion to sheep, the substance, the sheep’s wool

A passenger on an airplane was feeling very anxious about an important job interview the next morning, and as a result he was uneasy and nervous the entire flight. Back home a week later, he is contemplating a holiday trip. Th ough he hadn’t previously been afraid to fl y, he fi nds himself suddenly nervous about fl ying and decides to cancel his plans to visit an out-of-state relative. What are the UCS, UCR, CS, and CR, respectively?

• Job interview, feeling nervous and anxious, flying, feeling nervous and anxious about flying
• Feeling nervous and anxious, flying, out-of-state relative, feeling anxious and nervous about flying
• Flying, feeling nervous and anxious, job interview, feeling nervous and anxious
• Feeling nervous and anxious, job interview, flying, feeling nervous and anxious

A bell rings, then a puff of air into the eye causes a reflexive blink.  After this happens on several occasion, the bell ringing alone causes a conditioned reflexive blink.  The USC is _________________ and the CS is _____________________.

• Puff of air; blinking
• Bell; blinking
• Puff of air; bell
• Bell; puff of air 

The light switch in Eloise’s bedroom is faulty so that every time she touches the switch she receives an electric shock.  After this has happened a few times, Eloise associates the light switches with a startle response. In this scenario, the unconditioned stimulus is

• the light switch
• Eloise's bedroom
• The electric current
• The startle response