1. Dr. Walsh is interested in seeing whether symptoms of depression can be manipulated using principles of classical conditioning. For several weeks of an experiment, he gives a group of patients a sweetened soda that has a mood-enhancing drug in it and notices that symptoms of depression improve significantly. Then, he removes the drug from the beverage and notices that the symptoms are still improved when the patients consume the soda. Which of the following is the conditioned stimulus in Dr. Walsh’s experiment? Choose 1 answer: A) The mood-enhancing drug B) The improved symptoms in response to the drug C) The improved symptoms in response to the soda D) The sweetened soda 2. Mary is often tired when she wakes up, so she starts drinking coffee every day at 8:00 am, which makes her feel energized. One morning she is coming home from the grocery store she notices the time - it is 8:00 am. She had not wanted coffee before she checked the time, but she suddenly feels tired and craves the drink. Mary’s sudden craving for coffee after noticing the time is an example of which of the following? Choose 1 answer: A) Conditioned response B) Unconditioned stimulus C) Unconditioned response D) Conditioned stimulus 3. Kelly and Jeff live together, and Kelly constantly yells at Jeff to clean his dishes in the kitchen. She tells him that she will stop nagging if he does the chore. He finally cleans the dishes and Kelly, in turn, stops nagging him. As a result, Jeff is more likely to clean his dishes in the future. What is this scenario an example of? Choose 1 answer: A) Negative punishment B) Negative reinforcement C) Positive reinforcement D) Positive punishment 4. Dr. Soreth is a behavioural researcher who uses pigeons in her research; she teaches the birds to peck a green button and receive a treat. She wants to try out a new schedule of reinforcement for the pigeons. She wants the birds to peck as much as possible, and to have their pecking behavioUr occur at a steady rate with very little pausing between responses. Which schedule of reinforcement would be best for her to choose? Choose 1 answer: A) Fixed interval B) Fixed ratio C) Variable interval D) Variable ratio 5. Tim is a snowboard salesman. For every 15 snowboards he sells, his company gives him a monetary bonus. What schedule of reinforcement describes Tim’s bonus arrangement? Choose 1 answer: A) Variable ratio B) Variable interval C) Fixed ratio D) Fixed interval 6. Lauren is studying for her final exam in her psychology class. For every 45 minutes that she studies, she gives herself a mini doughnut, then goes back to studying. What schedule of reinforcement is Lauren using? Choose 1 answer: A) Fixed ratio B) Variable ratio C) Variable interval D) Fixed interval 7.Which of the following strategies describes how a person would extinguish a response using principles of operant conditioning? Choose 1 answer: A) Present the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus B) Withhold all reinforcement after responses to the stimulus C) Keep subject from being exposed to the stimulus for an extended time D) Present the unconditioned stimulus without the conditioned stimulus 8.Stuart acquires a classically conditioned phobia of ducks. Now he shows a phobic response not just to ducks, but to other birds as well, especially ones that can swim. What are the changes in his phobia an example of? Choose 1 answer: A) Stimulus discrimination B) Shaped response C) Stimulus generalization D) Unconditioned response 9.Removing a pleasant stimulus after a behaviour occurs, resulting in a future decrease in that behaviour, is called A) positive reinforcement B) negative reinforcement C) punishment D) negative punishment 10. Susan works in a craftstore. She gets paid $2 for every
