Which of the following statements about Pavlov’s dogs is FALSE?

A. Pavlov’s standard procedure, involved the following: a dog was given access to food, and each presentation was accompanied (usually slightly preceded by the occurrence of a neutral event, such as a flashing light
B. After several training trials (pairings of light and food), the dog would salivate at the flash of light, before any food had appeared
C. Salivation at the presentation of food is called a conditioned response
D. The event that evokes the conditioned response is referred to as a conditioned stimulus

Related Mcqs:

If Pavlov wanted to stop his dogs from salivating to the sound of a bell he would put them through______training.
A. Extinction
B. Generalization
C. Spontaneous recovery
D. Discrimination
In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, food was the:
A. conditioned response
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. conditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned response
In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, salivation was the
A. conditioned response
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. conditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned response
Consider this sequence: (1) food, (2) salivation with food (3) light with food, (4) salivation with light. This procedure for presenting stimuli and observing responses with dogs is based on Pavlov’s experiments, and represents which sequence of classical conditioning?
A. Unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned response
B. Conditioned stimulus, conditioned response, unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response
C. Unconditioned stimulus, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned response
D. Unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, conditioned response
E. Conditioned response, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, unconditioned stimulus
In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, the bell (prior to conditioning) was the:
A. neutral stimulus
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. conditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned response
In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs the conditioned stimulus was the:
A. food
B. bell
C. salivation to the food
D. salivation to the bell
In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, the bell (prior to conditioning) was the:
A. neutral stimulus
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. conditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned response
In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs, food was the:
A. conditioned response
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. conditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned response
In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs the bell (during and after conditioning) was the:
A. conditioned response
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. conditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned response
Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
4. All of the above
A. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4