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AP Psychology Unit 3B1: Classical Conditioning and Associative Learning — practice questions

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Which ones belongRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and match the learning termsRead the answer and worked solution →One word is wrongRead the answer and worked solution →A dog salivates at meat powder without any training at all. The meat powder is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The salivation itself, being natural and unlearned, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A bell rung repeatedly with the meat now makes the dog salivate on its own. The bell has become the:Read the answer and worked solution →The salivation the bell now produces on its own is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The first stretch of learning, when the neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus get connected, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The bell is now rung many times with no meat, and the dog stops salivating. That fading is:Read the answer and worked solution →After a rest period the dog salivates at the bell once more. That reappearance is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A dog learns to salivate at one particular bell but not at a doorbell. That learned difference is stimulus:Read the answer and worked solution →In one kind of conditioning, an organism links a behaviour with its consequence. That kind is:Read the answer and worked solution →Classical conditioning could not explain a child learning to ride a bike, because it is limited to behaviours that are:Read the answer and worked solution →The psychologist named as the founder of behaviorism is:Read the answer and worked solution →A parent adds extra chores after a rule is broken, hoping the behaviour stops. That is:Read the answer and worked solution →A parent instead takes away screen time to stop the same behaviour. That is:Read the answer and worked solution →The most effective way to teach a person or animal a new behaviour is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →A trainer rewards closer and closer approximations until the full behaviour appears. That method is:Read the answer and worked solution →A worker is paid every Friday, whatever the output. That reinforcement schedule is:Read the answer and worked solution →A restaurant manager drops in at unpredictable times to check the kitchen. That schedule is:Read the answer and worked solution →A picker is paid after every ten baskets filled. That schedule is:Read the answer and worked solution →A gambler at a slot machine never knows how many pulls will pay. That schedule is:Read the answer and worked solution →Food and water reward without any learning behind them. Such rewards are:Read the answer and worked solution →Money or stickers only reward because of what they are linked to. Such rewards are:Read the answer and worked solution →Children who watched an adult attack an inflatable doll copied the behaviour themselves. That study used a doll called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the classical termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the schedulesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the learning gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the learning wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Add or removeRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which ones belong

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Text
      Observational
      Matches the category
      Yes
    2. Text
      Verbal
      Matches the category
      Yes
    3. Text
      Skill
      Matches the category
      Yes
    4. Text
      Prenatal
      Matches the category
      No
    Category
    Kinds of learning named
  2. Items
    1. Text
      Studied digestion
      Matches the category
      Yes
    2. Text
      Used dogs
      Matches the category
      Yes
    3. Text
      Bell became CS
      Matches the category
      Yes
    4. Text
      Studied memory
      Matches the category
      No
    Category
    True of Pavlov's work
Instructions
Tap only the items that fit the category shown.
_Source: syllabus Psychology, Ch 6 'Learning'_

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Flip and match the learning terms

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    Conditioning
    B
    The simplest kind of learning
  2. A
    Pavlov
    B
    First studied classical conditioning
  3. A
    The bell
    B
    Became the conditioned stimulus
  4. A
    Salivation
    B
    Became the conditioned response
Instructions
Flip two cards at a time to find each matching pair.
_Source: syllabus Psychology, Ch 6 'Learning'_

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One word is wrong

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Questions
  1. Statement parts
    1. Pavlov
    2. was
    3. studying
    4. the
    5. physiology
    6. of
    7. hearing
    Correction
    digestion
    Incorrect part
    hearing
  2. Statement parts
    1. The
    2. simplest
    3. learning
    4. is
    5. called
    6. reasoning
    Correction
    conditioning
    Incorrect part
    reasoning
  3. Statement parts
    1. After
    2. conditioning
    3. the
    4. unconditioned
    5. bell
    6. triggers
    7. saliva
    Correction
    conditioned
    Incorrect part
    unconditioned
Instructions
Tap the single word that makes the sentence false.
_Source: syllabus Psychology, Ch 6 'Learning'_

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