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Conditioning, observational learning and how memory works. Take your time, with explanations.

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In Pavlov's experiments, food that naturally causes salivation is the:

  1. Conditioned stimulus
  2. Unconditioned stimulus
  3. Conditioned response
  4. Neutral response

In Pavlov's experiments, the bell that comes to trigger salivation is the:

  1. Conditioned stimulus
  2. Unconditioned stimulus
  3. Reinforcer
  4. Unconditioned response

Salivating to the bell alone, after conditioning, is the:

  1. Conditioned response
  2. Neutral stimulus
  3. Unconditioned stimulus
  4. Unconditioned response

In classical conditioning, extinction occurs when:

  1. A new stimulus is added
  2. The conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus
  3. The response gets stronger
  4. The animal is rewarded

Spontaneous recovery is:

  1. Learning a new skill
  2. Forgetting permanently
  3. The sudden reappearance of an extinguished response after a rest
  4. Healing from illness

Stimulus generalisation means:

  1. Responding only to the exact stimulus
  2. Forgetting the response
  3. Learning by watching
  4. Responding to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus

The "Little Albert" experiment, conditioning fear of a white rat in a baby, was carried out by:

  1. B. F. Skinner
  2. Albert Bandura
  3. John Watson and Rosalie Rayner
  4. Ivan Pavlov

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