Teresa has a painful experience at the dentists office, so her mother takes Teresa to a new dentist, one who takes great care to make her visits painless. Teresa is anxious at first, but after a few visits, Teresa gradually becomes less resistant about going to the new dentist. Teresas change in behavior can probably best be explained in terms of
a. extinction.
b. generalization.
c. higher-order conditioning.
d. sensory preconditioning.
Question 2Teresa has a painful experience at the dentists office. The next time her mother brings her to the dentists office, Teresa begins to get tense and anxious. Teresas anxiety is a(n)
a. unconditioned stimulus.
b. operant response.
c. conditioned stimulus.
d. conditioned response.
Question 3Teresa has a painful experience at the dentists office. The next time her mother brings her to the dentists office, Teresa begins to get tense and anxious. In this situation, the dentist and dentists office are
a. unconditioned stimuli.
b. unconditioned responses.
c. conditioned stimuli.
d. conditioned responses.
Question 4Edward is severely beaten by his alcoholic father on several occasions. Before long, Edward begins to shake whenever his father approaches. In this situation, Edwards father is a(n)
a. unconditioned stimulus.
b. conditioned stimulus.
c. unconditioned response.
d. conditioned response.
Question 5Pavlovian (classical) conditioning is to involuntary response as operant conditioning is to response.
a. extinguished
b. generalized
c. fixed
d. voluntary
Question 6Which of the following is NOT an example of learning from a behaviorist point of view?
a. Abigail cries when she steps on a sharp pebble.
b. After many hours of heated debate, Brian begins to advocate political practices he previously opposed.
c. Cara suddenly recognizes how the division fact 24/4 = 6 is related to the multiplication fact 6 4 = 24.
d. David has been running away from German shepherds ever since he was bitten by a German shepherd two years ago.