Pavlov’s initial discovery of what is now called classical conditioning emerged from his earlier studies of __________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:

   A. taste aversions are really more like operant conditioning
   B. taste aversions can be unlearned as well
   C. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier
   D. there is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place

2. In classical conditioning, the relationship between the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response is __________________?

   A. learned
   B. reflexive
   C. hereditary
   D. conditioned

3. Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of:

   A. operant conditioning
   B. reinforcement
   C. classical conditioning
   D. vicarious conditioning

4. Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of:

   A. operant conditioning
   B. reinforcement
   C. classical conditioning
   D. vicarious conditioning

5. In classical conditioning two______are associated.

   A. Punishers
   B. Stimuli
   C. Responses
   D. Reinforces

6. In classical conditioning, learning is evident when a:

   A. stimulus automatically produces a response without a prior history of experience
   B. stimulus which did not initially produce a response now elicits that response
   C. spontaneously emitted response increases in frequency as a result of in consequences
   D. subject repeats an action he or she has observed in another and is praised for it

7. 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

8. The fundamental element required for learning through classical conditioning is:

   A. Conditioned stimuli
   B. Unconditioned stimuli
   C. Change
   D. Association
   E. All of the above

9. One difference between classical and operant conditioning is that:

   A. animals learn only by operant conditioning
   B. operant conditioning involves learning in which antecedent events are associated with one another
   C. classical conditioning involves learning in which antecedent events are associated with one another
   D. operant conditioning occurs when a response is not affected by consequences

10. Who discovered the concept of classical conditioning in an experiment that involved lots of dogs drool?

    A. Skinner
    B. Pavlov
    C. Guilford
    D. Rogers