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Five years ago, Lee drank some milkshake and then went on a roller-coaster ride in an amusement park. After a while, he got sick and started vomiting. Even now, Lee refuses to drink milkshakes because every time he drinks one, he feels nauseous. In this learned association, the milkshake serves as a(n) ________ for Lee.


A) conditioned response
B) unconditioned response
C) unconditioned stimulus
D) conditioned stimulus

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Which of the following situations is most likely to occur according to the law of effect?


A) A person who injures his knee while exercising a few times is more likely to exercise more often.
B) A person who receives a reply that is more interesting than an ongoing lecture is more likely to keep on texting.
C) A person who does not receive a desired message is more likely to check e-mails more often.
D) A person who feels less energetic after drinking coffee one morning is more likely to have coffee every morning.

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Pavlov defined ________ as fixed stimulus-response patterns.


A) stimuli
B) habits
C) reflexes
D) behaviors

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When he was a kid, Leo was attacked by his neighbor's pet cat. Now he does not go near any household pets. In the context of classical conditioning, this is an example of ________.


A) stimulus discrimination
B) stimulus generalization
C) negative reinforcement
D) backward conditioning

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When the neutral stimulus follows the unconditioned stimulus, the process is called ________ conditioning.


A) forward
B) backward
C) operant
D) rapid

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________ is the presentation or addition of a stimulus after a behavior occurs that increases how often that behavior will occur.


A) Stimulus generalization
B) Stimulus discrimination
C) Positive reinforcement
D) Observational conditioning

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Secondary reinforcers are also called ________ reinforcers.


A) implicit
B) conditioned
C) hidden
D) generalized

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Newborn Kayla smiles when she sees her father smile. This is most likely a result of which of the following physiological processes?


A) The firing of mirror neurons
B) The activation of conditioned stimulus
C) The activation of the parasympathetic nervous system
D) The presence of reinforcement

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Hank was bitten by his friend's Rottweiler once. Since then, he prefers not to go near any dog. This scenario exemplifies ________.


A) negative reinforcement
B) stimulus generalization
C) stimulus discrimination
D) backward conditioning

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When Anna was a child, a dog named Max used to bark at her whenever she walked past him, and even bit her once. As an adult, whenever she meets a pet named Max, her palms start to sweat and her heart races. Anna's behavior an example of ________.


A) habituation
B) association
C) reinforcement
D) unconditioned response

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In order to discourage smoking, some public health campaigns show pictures of diseased lungs or smokers who look older than they are. This is an example of ________.


A) imprinting
B) latent learning
C) continuous reinforcement
D) classical conditioning

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Substance use and abuse can be learned through ________.


A) latent learning
B) classical conditioning
C) operant conditioning
D) instinctive drift

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Which of the following statements is true about imitation?


A) Both classical and operant conditioning take into account the role of imitation in the learning process.
B) Human infants lack the capacity for imitation.
C) Imitation refers to the rapid and innate learning of the characteristics of a caregiver very soon after birth.
D) Imitation is fundamental to the way in which nonhuman primates learn.

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Which of the following statements is true regarding habituation?


A) It is a permanent change in behavior.
B) It only occurs when an organism links two sources of information.
C) It is an involuntary response to an intermittent stimulus.
D) It is often regarded as learning in its simplest form.

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Mary, a seven-year-old, watches her mother cooking in the kitchen and copies her actions. Later that day, she spends time pretending to cook in the kitchen. Mary's behavior is an example of ________.


A) dark adaptation
B) learning by association
C) habituation
D) mimicry

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Which of the following statements is true regarding synaptic connections?


A) Synaptic connections weaken if they are not used regularly.
B) Synaptic connections, once formed, are permanent.
C) Synaptic connections lessen during long-term associative learning.
D) Synaptic connections between neurons are stronger but lesser in number during long-term associative learning.

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Which of the following is most likely to be useful to help people kick the smoking habit?


A) Stimulus generalization
B) Habituation
C) Imprinting
D) Operant conditioning

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A gaggle of baby geese instinctually form a bond with their mother. This is an example of ________.


A) shaping
B) imprinting
C) habituation
D) association

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Six-year-old Tom learns how to switch on the computer by watching his father. This is an example of ________.


A) operant conditioning
B) classical conditioning
C) observational learning
D) latent learning

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Tina's car was sideswiped as she was making a blind turn while leaving a parking lot. After this accident, Tina had a panic attack whenever she was near that lot, so she could not park there. Several months later, the attacks stopped, and she started parking there again. Then, one day as she was approaching the parking lot, Tina had an unexpected panic attack. This scenario exemplifies ________.


A) imprinting
B) mimicry
C) stimulus discrimination
D) spontaneous recovery

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