AP Psychology:: Unit 4 - Learning

Which fundamental learning principle or psychological concept is described below?

*In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers an unlearned, involuntary response (e.g., meat powder causing a dog to salivate).*

**A)** Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
**B)** Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
**C)** Neutral Stimulus (NS)
**D)** Conditioned Response (CR)

Which fundamental learning principle or psychological concept is described below?

*In classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring automatic reaction to an unconditioned stimulus (e.g., salivating in response to food).*

**A)** Unconditioned Response (UCR)
**B)** Conditioned Response (CR)
**C)** Operant Response
**D)** Discriminative Stimulus

Which fundamental learning principle or psychological concept is described below?

*An originally neutral stimulus (e.g., bell) that, after repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS), comes to trigger a learned conditioned response (CR).*

**A)** Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
**B)** Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
**C)** Primary Reinforcer
**D)** Negative Reinforcer

Which fundamental learning principle or psychological concept is described below?

*The initial learning stage in classical conditioning when a neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, establishing the conditioned response.*

**A)** Acquisition
**B)** Extinction
**C)** Spontaneous Recovery
**D)** Generalization

Which fundamental learning principle or psychological concept is described below?

*The diminishing and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.*

**A)** Extinction
**B)** Habituation
**C)** Spontaneous recovery
**D)** Negative punishment

Which fundamental learning principle or psychological concept is described below?

*The sudden reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a rest period without any additional conditioning trials.*

**A)** Spontaneous recovery
**B)** Stimulus generalization
**C)** Higher-order conditioning
**D)** Shaping

Which fundamental learning principle or psychological concept is described below?

*The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses (e.g., Little Albert fearing all white furry objects).*

**A)** Stimulus generalization
**B)** Stimulus discrimination
**C)** Extinction
**D)** Shaping

Which fundamental learning principle or psychological concept is described below?

*In classical and operant conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other irrelevant stimuli that do not signal the unconditioned stimulus.*

**A)** Stimulus discrimination
**B)** Stimulus generalization
**C)** Extinction
**D)** Chaining