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Name: __________________________ Date: _____________ 1.The learning process involves the _____ of new knowledge, skills, or responses as a function of _____. A) development; time B) growth; maturity C) acquisition; experience D) gradual accumulation; education 2.Which of these is NOT an essential feature of learning? A) It is based on experience. B) It requires language. C) It produces changes in the learner. D) It produces changes that are relatively permanent. 3.A general process in which the repeated presentation of a stimulus leads to a gradual decrease in responding is termed: A) habituation. B) classical conditioning. C) sensitization. D) association. 4.A general process in which the presentation of a stimulus leads to an increased response to a later stimulus is termed: A) habituation. B) classical conditioning. C) sensitization. D) association. 5.Which school of psychology is MOST associated with pioneering research on learning? A) functionalism B) evolutionary psychology C) cognitive psychology D) behaviorism 6.When a neutral stimulus evokes a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally evokes a response, the result is an example of which phenomena? A) classical conditioning B) semantic conditioning C) episodic conditioning Page 1 D) operant conditioning 7.A speck of dirt that gets into your eye will naturally cause a blinking reflex. The speck of dirt is a(n): A) conditioned stimulus. B) unconditioned stimulus. C) neutral stimulus. D) second-order stimulus. 8.A reflexive reaction that is reliably elicited by an unconditioned stimulus is called a(n) _____ response. A) reinforced B) sensitized C) unconditioned D) conditioned 9.The smell of a particular perfume scent causes Juan's heart to flutter because it is the same scent as his girlfriend's. The perfume is a(n): A) US. B) UR. C) CS. D) CR. 10.Last week, Harry drank too much tequila and this made him vomit. Now, just the smell of tequila makes his stomach a bit queasy. Vomiting is an example of a(n): A) US. B) UR. C) CS. D) CR. 11.In Pavlov's research, what was the US? A) food B) the humming of a tuning fork C) salivating at the sound of a bell D) a tube inserted into the salivary gland 12.In Pavlov's research, what was the UR? A) food B) salivating upon food presentation C) a tuning fork Page 2 D) salivating at the sound of a bell 13.In Pavlov's research, what was the CS? A) food B) a dog C) a ringing bell D) the salivary reflex 14.In Pavlov's research, what was the CR? A) pricking ears at the sound of the bell B) salivating upon food presentation C) a bell D) salivating at the sound of a bell 15.Your friend's mother was always baking ginger-flavored cookies whenever you were at their house. You loved those cookies, and would eat several each time you visited. One day, you noticed that you started to salivate as you walked up the front steps to the house, before you smelled the cookies. The reason for this is that the house has become a(n): A) unconditioned response. B) unconditioned stimulus. C) conditioned response. D) conditioned stimulus.

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