Concept Quiz 6.2

Question 1

An environmental eye or event whose significance is learned is referred to as ____.

Answer 1

A conditioned stimulus

Question 2

As Katie hears a song on the radio, she feel stressed: her heart races, her hands became clammy, and her breathing becomes rapid. The song is familiar because it was very popular at a time when her parents were going through a divorce that cause Katie, intense anxiety. In the scenario identify the unconditioned stimulus.

Answer 2

Parents fighting

Question 3

Peters recognition that the sweatpants indicate that there is no reason to feel anxious illustrates _____.

Answer 3

Inhibition

Question 4

Greg, who mainly smoked cigarettes, when out with friends, recently quit smoking. However, each time he visits a bar or restaurant with his friends, he is a strong urge to light up a cigarette. This is an example of ______.

Answer 4

Spontaneous recovery

Question 5

Which of the following statements describes a belief of the early behaviorists?

Answer 5

Behavior follow the same general rules across species

Question 6

Whenever he begins to speak, without thinking, he snaps himself with the rubber band just hard enough to sting a little bit. This is an example of ____ therapy.

Answer 6

Aversion

Question 7

What type of stimulus elicits a response without prior experience – that is, without learning having taken place?

Answer 7

Unconditioned

Question 8

The development of conditioned response is called ______.

Answer 8

Acquisition

Question 9

What process is Tim’s therapist describing?

Answer 9

Extinction

Question 10

The fact that Eli gets terribly afraid and runs to another room whenever he sees a flying bug demonstrates ____.

Answer 10

Generalization

Question 11

According to Rescorla and Wagner, the association between a condition, stimulus and unconditioned stimulus, the strongest when the association is _____.

Answer 11

Surprising

Question 12

Tim, who suffers from alcoholism, is prescribed disulfiram by his doctor to help him halt with his alcohol consumption. Disulfiram works by causing unpleasant psychological effects when even small amounts of alcohol are consumed. This type of treatment is best described as _____.

Answer 12

Counter conditioning

Question 13

A reaction to a stimulus that is learned or acquired overtime is referred to as ____.

Answer 13

A conditioned response

Question 14

Which of the following would decrease the likelihood of acquisition?

Answer 14

The unconditioned stimulus is presented long after the condition stimulus

Question 15

The reappearance of conditioned responses after period of rest between sessions of extinction is called ______.

Answer 15

Spontaneous recovery

Question 16

When a condition stimulus can predict the nonoccurrence of an unconditioned stimulus, this is referred to as _____.

Answer 16

Inhibition

Question 17

What was the key implication of Garcia And Koelling’s classic taste- aversion studies?

Answer 17

The studies challenged Pavlov’s view on the interchangeability of stimuli and brought up new information about different organisms’ predisposition to learn things.

Question 18

Counter conditioning, in which people relax, while being exposed to stimuli that elicit fear, is referred to as _____.

Answer 18

Systematic desensitization