Semester test for Human behaviors 2nd 9 weeks

Another name for classical conditioning is:

• Association conditioning

• Pavlovian conditioning

• Conditional conditioning

• Information processing conditioning

A reaction that would occur naturally without learning taking place would be termed a(n):

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• Conditioned response

What device was used to train the dogs to salivate to a new stimulus?

• A horn

• A piano

• A bass guitar

• A bell

A reaction that must be learned and does not occur naturally would be called a(n):

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• Conditioned response

What was the name of the device used in the example of the “cat in the box”?

• Skinner box

• Shiner box

• Operant box

• Operations box

When something negative is taken away in order to increase a desired response, it is called:

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Punishment

• Extinction

Something that increases a response or decreases a response based on past experience is called a(n):

• Reinforcer

• Reestablisher

• Reenactment

• Rememberer

Learning that comes from how we respond to what is presented to us in our environment is called:

• Operational conditioning

• Optional conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Opportunity conditioning

Adding something aversive in order to decrease a behavior is called:

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Punishment

• Extinction

In this learning process, the removed object may be positive or negative. What is it?

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Punishment

• Extinction