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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 →Sort the learning wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Learning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A dog salivates at meat powder without any training at all. The meat powder is the:

  1. Unconditioned stimulus
  2. Conditioned stimulus
  3. Neutral consequence
  4. Delayed punishment
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Correct answer: A. Unconditioned stimulus

1. No learning was needed. 2. The response it triggers is reflexive. 3. It is the unconditioned stimulus. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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The salivation itself, being natural and unlearned, is the:

  1. Conditioned response
  2. Unconditioned response
  3. Operant behaviour
  4. Vicarious response
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Correct answer: B. Unconditioned response

1. Nothing was taught. 2. It is the reflex to the stimulus. 3. It is the unconditioned response. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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A bell rung repeatedly with the meat now makes the dog salivate on its own. The bell has become the:

  1. Conditioned stimulus
  2. Primary reinforcer
  3. Unconditioned stimulus
  4. Unconditioned response
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Correct answer: A. Conditioned stimulus

1. It was neutral to begin with. 2. Pairing gave it its power. 3. It is the conditioned stimulus. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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