Module 28 REVIEW

Multiple-Choice Questions

  1. Paola has been classically conditioned to fear a red light because it has been paired with a loud noise. If the light is repeatedly presented without the loud noise she will eventually stop being afraid of the light. In this instance, _____ has occurred.
    1. generalization
    2. discrimination
    3. spontaneous recovery
    4. extinction
    5. acquisition
  2. Which of the following is the best advice to give parents whose young children refuse to eat their dinner?
    1. Do not allow them to watch television for a week for each day they do not eat dinner.
    2. Give the children a small reward at the end of a week in which they have eaten dinner each night.
    3. Give the children a small reward each day that they eat their dinner.
    4. Require that the children do extra chores if they do not finish dinner.
    5. Allow the children to have dessert, even if they do not eat their dinner, in the hopes that they will eat dinner the next day.
  3. The reappearance, after a rest period, of an extinguished response is called
    1. acquisition.
    2. spontaneous recovery.
    3. discrimination.
    4. operant conditioning.
    5. classical conditioning.
  4. Superstitious behavior can be produced by
    1. placing a conditioned response (CR) before a conditioned stimulus (CS).
    2. the accidental timing of rewards.
    3. possession of a large number of traditionally lucky items.
    4. cognitive awareness of superstitious behavior in others.
    5. the change in a reinforcement schedule from ratio to interval.

Practice FRQs

  1. The Shin family is eager to train their new puppy a couple of tricks. Explain how the Shins could use the following in their training:
    • Positive reinforcement
    • Schedules of reinforcement
    • Shaping

(3 points)