ESSENTIALS OF UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY 10TH EDITION BY ROBERT FELDMAN TEST BANK[ FULLY UPDATED 2025!!!]

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v10th vEdition vby vRobert vFeldman- vTest
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1. Psychologists use the term
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resulting from
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experience.
A. growth
B. maturation
C. cognition
D. learning
2. Learning reflects
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A. nurture; nature
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,B. nature; nurture v


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3. is the decrease in response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the
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vsame
stimulus.
A. Sensation
B. Disinhibition
C. Habituation
D. Conservation
4. You toss a newly purchased felt mouse across the floor; your cat chases it excitedly, clutches it
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vin her
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paws and rolls around with it. Several tosses later, your cat yawns pointedly and settles herself
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vfor a nap.
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The change in your cat’s behavior illustrates:
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A. adaptation.
B. habituation.
C. conditioning.
D. maturation.
5. refers to a decrease in the response to a stimulus when it is presented repeatedly,
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vwhereas
refers to the eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when an unconditioned stimulus is
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vno
longer presented. v


A. Extinction; habituation v


B. Habituation; extinction v


C. Habituation; adaptation v


D. Adaptation; habituation v


6. is credited with laying the foundation for the study of classical conditioning in
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vpsychology.
A. Thorndike
B. Skinner
C. Pavlov
D. Watson
7. is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to bring about a response after it
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vis paired
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with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response.
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A. Classical conditioning v


B. Operant conditioning v


C. Observational learning v


D. Instrumental conditioning v


8. stimulus is a stimulus that does not naturally bring about the response of interest.
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A. Reflexive
B. Unconditioned
C. Neutral
D. Normative

, 9. stimulus is a stimulus that naturally brings about a particular response without having
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vbeen
learned.
A. Conditioned
B. Unconditioned
C. Neutral
D. Normative
10. In Pavlov’s study, the UCS was
v ; the neutral stimulus was v ; and, finally, the CS v v v v v v v v v v v v v


vwas
.
A. meat; the bell; meat v v v


B. meat; the bell; the bell v v v v


C. the bell; meat; meat
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D. meat; meat; the bell v v v


11. Tim loves dill pickles. Now, the sight of a jar on the supermarket shelf makes his mouth
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vwater. In the v v


terminology of classical conditioning, the sight of the jar is a(n)
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A. conditioned stimulus v


B. unconditioned stimulus v


C. neutral stimulus v


D. conditioned response v


12. Alexis uses cocaine, which activates her sympathetic nervous system. Expecting her dealer,
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vher hands
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shake and her heart pounds when she hears a knock on the door. Which alternative below
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vCORRECTLY
identifies the neutral stimulus, the CS, and the UCS?
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A. Neutral stimulus—knock on the door; CS—cocaine; UCS—cocaine
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B. Neutral stimulus—knock on the door; CS—knock on the door; UCS—pounding heart
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C. Neutral stimulus—knock on the door; CS—knock on the door; UCS—cocaine
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D. Neutral stimulus—cocaine; CS—knock on the door; UCS—cocaine
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13. In classical conditioning, how are the neutral stimulus and the conditioned response related?
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A. They are not related; they are completely different stimuli.
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B. They are the same thing; the terms are interchangeable.
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C. The neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus.
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D. The conditioned stimulus becomes the neutral stimulus.
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14. Nature is to nurture what is to
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A. conditioned stimulus; unconditioned stimulus v v v


B. conditioned response; unconditioned response v v v


C. neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus
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D. unconditioned response; conditioned response v v v


15. Classical conditioning is most successful when the neutral stimulus begins:
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A. just before the unconditioned stimulus begins.
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B. at exactly the same time that the unconditioned stimulus begins.
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C. long before the unconditioned stimulus begins.
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D. immediately after the unconditioned stimulus begins. v v v v v


16. Which pair below CORRECTLY identifies a stimulus or response in Watson and Rayner’s
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