question archive III) Learning in the Real World: Review Questions of Operant and Classical Conditioning 1a
III) Learning in the Real World: Review Questions of Operant and Classical Conditioning 1a
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III) Learning in the Real World: Review Questions of Operant and Classical Conditioning
1a. When a certain cat gets hungry, it scratches at the front door. The owner always lets it in and then feeds it.
a. Classical Conditioning b. Operant Condtioning c. Observational Learning
Explain your choices:
1b. If classical conditioning:
US = UR =
CS = CR =
1c. If operant conditioning, identify the process involved.
a. Punishment b. Negative Reinforcement c. Omission d. Positive Reinforcement
2a. A child watches a videotape of his favorite movie while medicated ear drops are administered for a painful ear infection. Later, watching the video alone can reduce the pain.
a. Classical Conditioning b. Operant Condtioning c. Observational Learning
Explain your choices:
2b. If classical conditioning:
US = UR =
CS = CR =
2c. If operant conditioning, identify the process involved.
a. Punishment b. Negative Reinforcement c. Omission d. Positive Reinforcement
3a. The first time you try anchovies, you become violently ill. Now, the smell of any
fish is enough to make you ill.
a. Classical Conditioning b. Operant Condtioning c. Observational Learning
Explain your choices:
3b. If classical conditioning:
US = UR =
CS = CR =
3c. If operant conditioning, identify the process involved.
a. Punishment b. Negative Reinforcement c. Omission d. Positive Reinforcement
4a. A baseball player is in a slump. One day, he taps his bat on home plate
three times before the next pitch. He hits the pitch for a home run. He does
the same thing during his next turn at-bat and again gets a hit. Now, he taps
home plate three times before every pitch.
a. Classical Conditioning b. Operant Condtioning c. Observational Learning
Explain your choices:
4b. If classical conditioning:
US = UR =
CS = CR =
4c. If operant conditioning, identify the process involved.
a. Punishment b. Negative Reinforcement c. Omission d. Positive Reinforcement
5a. Every time a mother takes her son to the grocery store, the boy
begs his mother for candy at thecheck-out line. If she says no, he whines
and cries. Sometimes she gives in and buys him candy so that he will be quiet.
a. Classical Conditioning b. Operant Condtioning c. Observational Learning
Explain your choices:
5b. If classical conditioning:
US = UR =
CS = CR =
5c. If operant conditioning, identify the process involved.
a. Punishment b. Negative Reinforcement c. Omission d. Positive Reinforcement
6a. A young boy watches Power Rangers alone in his room every
day after school. During the show, he practices the karate kicks
and punches performed by his favorite character, Billy the Blue Ranger.
a. Classical Conditioning b. Operant Condtioning c. Observational Learning
Explain your choices:
6b. If classical conditioning:
US = UR =
CS = CR =
6c. If operant conditioning, identify the process involved.
a. Punishment b. Negative Reinforcement c. Omission d. Positive Reinforcement
7a. An asthmatic patient receives medication for her condition when needed.
Later, on vacation,her inhaler is almost empty. A devious friend fills the inhaler
with harmless saline solution, and the asthmatic individuals still obtains relief
from the inhaler in the absence of the medicine.
a. Classical Conditioning b. Operant Condtioning c. Observational Learning
Explain your choices:
7b.If classical conditioning:
US = UR =
CS = CR =
7c. If operant conditioning, identify the process involved.
a. Punishment b. Negative Reinforcement c. Omission d. Positive Reinforcement
8a. For two weeks, a man has been working at a job where he
has to answer customer complaints on the phone all day. Now, he
gets nervous and jumpy when the phone rings, even at home.
a. Classical Conditioning b. Operant Condtioning c. Observational Learning
Explain your choices:
8b. If classical conditioning:
US = UR =
CS = CR =
8c. If operant conditioning, identify the process involved.
a. Punishment b. Negative Reinforcement c. Omission d. Positive Reinforcement
II. (Please check my answers below and explain each answer)
1. operant, positive reinforcement
2. classical w/video cs and no pain cr
3. classical w/smell cs and illness cr
4. operant-negative reinforcement
5. operant, child PR and mom NR
6. observational
7.classical w/inhaler cs and relief cr
8. classical w/phone cs and jumpy cr
