Rahila found that a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus only if it is contingent and:

Related Mcqs:

1. When Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response failed to occur. This is known as __________________?

   A. condition failure
   B. recovery
   C. extinction
   D. habituation

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

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

3. In which form of conditioning is the conditioned stimulus (CS) presented after the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) _______________?

   A. higher order conditioning
   B. forward conditioning
   C. backward conditioning
   D. second order conditioning

4. The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus is called __________________?

   A. shaping
   B. acquisition
   C. discrimination
   D. generalization

5. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

6. Imprinting, habituation, conditioned reflex type I and conditioned reflex type II are example of:

   A. Innate behaviour
   B. Instinct
   C. Learning behaviour
   D. Taxis and kinesis

7. Imprinting, habituation, conditioned reflex type I and conditioned reflex type II are example of:

   A. Innate behavior
   B. Instinct
   C. Learning behaviour
   D. Taxes and kinesis

8. If the conditioned stimulus is presented many times without reinforcement, we can expect:

   A. an increase in stimulus generalization
   B. the strength of the UR to increase
   C. an increase in response generalization
   D. extinction to occur

9. 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

10. One of the followings conditioned the dogs to secrete saliva on ringing of the bell which is not a normal stimulus for secretion of saliva:

    A. Thorndike and B.F. Skinner
    B. Pavlov
    C. Kohler
    D. None of these