Classical conditioning practice

When you were little you visited your friend's grandmother every week. Everytime you visited she gave you a cookie. Eventually, you were happy and relaxed everytime you saw your friend's grandmother even though you were normally anxious around adults. What is the unconditioned stimulus?

• your friend's grandmother

• the cookie

• relaxed feeling after eating the cookie

• relaxed feeling around your friend's grandmother

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. Th e next day he gets nauseated just from looking at the sailor’s cap. Th e sailor’s cap has become:

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

Your cat jumps on the counter as soon as she hears the can opener operating.
What is the UCS?

• the food
• the can opener
• jumping on the counter

A real estate agent showed Henry several pictures of lakeshore property while they were eating a delicious, mouth-watering meal. Later, when Henry was given a tour of the property, he drooled with delight. For Henry, the lakeshore property was a:

• UCS.
• CS.
• UCR.
• CR.

Which of the following describes an example of classical conditioning?

• A dog determines when they scratch at the bag of food, the bag will open and some pieces fall out.

• A cat determines if they ring a bell their owner will feed them

• A rat determines that when the lights turn on a person walks into the room so they run when the lights turn on

• A horse determines when they don't jump high enough their rider whips them harder

Jeannie was sitting in a Chinese restaurant with her fiancé when he told her he was leaving her for another woman named Cherry. Now, whenever she walks past a Chinese restaurant, she gets very, very sad.

• fiance breaking up

• CS

• Chinese restaurant

• US

• sadness

• UR and CR

Every week, Lola spends her allowance on ½ pound of sour lemon gummy candies even though they always make her mouth water. One day, as she is walking down the street, Lola sees a girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag! Lola notices that her mouth is puckering and overflowing with saliva. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the _________.

• little white bag

• allowance money

• puckering and saliva

• sour lemon gummy candy

• candy store

Shelly has developed a fear of bridges due to the recent, graphic news coverage of people falling from a collapsed bridge. Which of the following is the CS? 

• bridges 

• graphic news coverage

• people falling 

• collapsed bridges 

Match the following definitions with the terms

• Unconditioned Response

• An unlearned response that occurs naturally in reaction to the unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned Stimulus

• a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• happens naturally, and automatically triggers an unconditioned response or reflex

• Neutral Stimulus

• Produces no effect until paired with an unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned Response

• is the learned response to the previously neutral stimulus

After many mornings of drinking caffeinated coffee to wake up, Alana now feels more

awake just at the smell of the coffee brewing. In classical conditioning terms, feeling

more awake due to the smell of the coffee even before she drinks her first cup is a(n)

• US

• UR

• CS

• CR

• NS