ch. 21

Question 1

conditioned stimulus

Answer 1

a stimulus that has acquired its eliciting properties through previous pairing with another stimulus

Question 2

conditional response

Answer 2

a learned response elicited by the presentation of a conditioned stimulus

Question 3

respondent conditioning

Answer 3

a neutral stimulus acquires the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus through pairing the unconditioned stimulus with a neutral stimulus

Question 4

unconditioned response

Answer 4

an unlearned response elicited by the presentation of an unconditioned stimulus

Question 5

unconditioned stimulus

Answer 5

a stimulus that produces the unconditioned response without previous pairing with another stimulus

Question 6

operant conditioning

Answer 6

reinforcing consequences following the response increase its future frequency; aversive consequences following the response decreases its future frequency

Question 7

systematic desensitization

Answer 7

combining relaxation with a hierarchy of fear-producing stimuli, arranged from the least to the most frightening

Question 8

higher-order respondent conditioning

Answer 8

establishing a conditioned stimulus by pairing a neutral stimulus with an already established conditioned stimulus

Question 9

respondent extinction

Answer 9

present the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus or with an already established conditioned stimulus, and the conditioned stimulus will lose its eliciting power.