Classical Conditioning Answers

During the process of classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus (NS) is converted into the __________.

Classical conditioning occurs when the unconditioned stimulus evokes a response from a neutral stimulus.

In classical conditioning, the __________ stimulus causes an unconditioned response.

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows. A vervent monkey is in a tree eating bugs that are crawling along the branches. The vervent monkey sees a hawk circling overhead. The hawk is a predator of the monkeys. The vervent monkey cries out, warning the other monkeys to descend to the ground below the trees. In this scenario, what is the unconditioned stimulus for the vervent monkey’s behavior?

How does advertising use classical conditioning to help sell products?

A neutral stimulus causes no response.

Watson’s “Little Albert” experiment demonstrated which of the following pairs of classical conditioning processes?

When a response becomes generalized, then someone will react to things that remind them of the first stimuli that caused a response.

Behaviors never come back once they have been extinguished.

One of the implications of John B. Watson’s work was that human phobias might be the result of classical conditioning.