Final Prep PSYC 289: Unit 6 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

Final Prep PSYC 289: Unit 6 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is learning? - CORRECT ANSWER a change in behavior or knowledge as a result of
experience



What is conditioning? - CORRECT ANSWER the process of learning associations



What are phobias? - CORRECT ANSWER Learned, intense fears of specific objects or situations



What is classical conditioning? - CORRECT ANSWER Learning through association of two
stimuli.



What is a neutral stimulus? (NS) - CORRECT ANSWER a stimulus that does not naturally elicit a
response at first



What is unconditioned stimulus (UCS) - CORRECT ANSWER Naturally cause a response



What is a conditioned response? (CS) - CORRECT ANSWER a learned response to a previously
neutral stimulus



What is a unconditioned response? (UCR) - CORRECT ANSWER Automatic response to UCS



What is a conditioned response? - CORRECT ANSWER Learned response to a conditioned
stimulus.



What is a trial (in a conditioning experiment) - CORRECT ANSWER A pairing of a neutral
stimulus (bell) with an unconditioned stimulus (food) to create an association