PSYC 101 | General Psychology Module Exam 3
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Dan was riding a bus when the engine backfired and
made a loud "bang." His heart started pounding, and he
felt sick with fear. The next time Dan got on a bus, these
unpleasant feelings returned. How would Pavlov explain
what happened to Dan? - Answer-The unpleasant feeling
had become a conditioned response.
Buffy was petting her cat when she heard a loud clattering
from an upstairs room. She became very startled. Now,
she feels a bit fearful when she touches anything furry.
This process would be referred to in behavioral terms as -
Answer-stimulus generalization
Stimulus generalization is strongest when - Answer-the
stimuli are very similar to each other.
Jennifer is desperately afraid of snakes. Her psychologist
believes that her fear of snakes may have been classically
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conditioned. If her psychologist is correct, Jennifer's fear is
the - Answer-CR
Caitlin loves to get email from her friends back home. Her
computer makes a "boing" noise every time an email
arrives. Before she got this computer, the "boing" noise
meant nothing to her, but now she really loves that noise.
The "boing" on her computer has become, for Caitlin, a(n)
- Answer-conditioned stimulus.
Which of the following is an example of the behavioral
process known as extinction? - Answer-Lauren no longer
shops at her neighborhood bakery because they stopped
making her favorite kind of bagels.
When an animal that was conditioned to respond to a red
light also responds to a pink light, it has experienced -
Answer-stimulus generalization
Michaella used to feel a twinge in her left arm every time
she saw the flower poster that was displayed in the
doctor's office where she got her flu shot. However, it has
been six months since she got the shot and although she
has since visited her doctor, she no longer feels a twinge
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when she sees the flower poster. In behavioral terms, this
process is called - Answer-extinction
In order to "cry" during a particular scene, an actress held
a handkerchief soaked in onion juice close to her face.
The onion juice served as a(n - Answer-UCS
A relatively permanent change in behavior brought about
by experience is called - Answer-learning
Dr. Robins is a psychologist with an interest in
photography. She wants to see if she can train people to
salivate when they look at photographs. In her research,
participants look at photographs of trees while lemonade
crystals are placed on their tongues. The lemonade
causes them to salivate. Over the course of many trials,
people start to salivate to the photographs alone. In this
situation, the photographs serve as the - Answer-
conditioned stimuli.
A man loses his superstitious fear of black cats when bad
outcomes do not happen after he sees one. What is this
process called? - Answer-extinction