Learning and Memory Quiz Review

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 

Define conditioned response

• A response that does not have to be learned
• A response that has been learned
• A stimulus that produced the response in an unconditioned reflex
• A form of learning

Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• The cat food
• The sound of the electric can opener
• The cat coming to the kitchen
• Tamara

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

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

• clapping after a thrilling concert performance
• jumping rope
• running through a maze to get a food reward
• sweating in hot weather

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

What is operant conditioning?

• A type of learning in which we make an association between two events by repeated exposure.

• A type of learning about the relationship between behavior and its consequences This relationship affects our future actions.

Reinforcement is anything that strengthens or increases the frequency of a preceding response.

• True

• False

When you give your dog a treat after he uses the bathroom outside. This is an example of...

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

When you put on your seat belt to make the annoying sound go away. What is this an example of ?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment