Classical Conditioning / Operant Conditioning

Which of the following is the best example of learning?

• A dog salivates when food is placed in its mouth.

• A honeybee stings when the hive is threatened.

• A child cries when his brother hits him.

• A child flinches when he sees lightning because he is afraid of thunder.

Tom uses the microwave to prep the cat's food. The cat comes running when he hears the microwave timer ring but not the oven timer.

• generalization

• discrimination

• spontaneous recovery

• extinction

In classical conditioning, a person learns to anticipate events by

• associating a response with its consequences.

• avoiding spontaneous recovery.

• avoiding operant behaviors.

• associating two stimuli.

In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus

• naturally triggers a response.

• is a naturally occurring response.

• is initially neutral, and then comes to trigger a response.

• is a reward offered for completing a behavior.

The purpose of reinforcement is to

• cause a behavior to stop.

• cause a behavior to diminish.

• cause a behavior to continue.

• strengthen the spontaneous recovery process.

Which of the following describes negative reinforcement?

• John stops shooting bad free throws because his coach benches him when he does.

• Brian studies hard because it earns him "A" grades.

• Brian drinks when he goes to parties because it lessens his social anxiety.

• Al wears his seat belt because his teacher cited accident statistics.