Classical & Operant Conditioning

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

• clapping after a great concert performance

• getting money as payment

• running through a maze to get a reward

• sweating in hot weather

ANY EVENT OR SITUATION THAT EVOKES A RESPONSE IS KNOWN AS?

• ACQUISITION

• STIMULUS

• REINFORCMENT

• SHAPING

WHAT IS A TYPE OF LEARNING IN WHICH WE LINK TWO OR MORE STIMULI?

• CLASSICAL CONDITIOINING

• OPERANT CONDITIONING

• COGNITIVE LEARNING

• RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, A STIMULUS THAT ELICITS NO RESPONSE BEFORE CONDITIONING

• ACQUISITION

• EXTINCTION

• NEUTRAL STIMULS

• SHAPING

IN OPERANT CONDITIONING, WHAT IS AN EVENT THAT STRENGTHENS THE BEHAVIOR IT FOLLOWS?

• REINFORCMENT

• ACQUISITION

• EXTINCTION

• SHAPING

WHAT IS AN OPERANT CONDITIONING PROCEDURE IN WHICH REINFORCERS GUIDE BEHAVIOR TOWARD CLOSER AND CLOSER APPROXIMATIONS?

• OPERANT BEHAVIOR

• RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

• SHAPING

• STIMULUS

SKINNER'S PIGEON OR RAT BOX EXPERIMENTS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF CONDITIONING?

• CLASSICAL

• OPERANT

Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a bell, the bell was a(n)

• unconditioned stimulus
• neutral stimulus 
• conditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response

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

Your allowance for doing your chores at home is an example of

• positive reinforcement
• negative reinforcement
• aversive control