Classical Conditioning: Terminology Practice
Natalie goes to the park and is playing near a tree.
She bumps into a branch that just happens to house a squirrel that proceeds to attack her.
After she recovers from her squirrel attack, she refuses to go near the park.
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Sharks are scary.
“Big Girls Don’t Cry” doesn’t usually scare you.
“Big Girls Don’t Cry” plays when sharks are approaching.
“Big Girls Don’t Cry” plays, and you get nervous.
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What is acquisition? Define the term in your own words and apply it to the example above.
Trips on cruise ships make you sick.
The sound of a foghorn doesn’t make you sick.
The foghorn blows while you are on the cruise ship getting sick.
Foghorns make you want to throw up.
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What is extinction? Define the term in your own words. How could you apply it to the example above?
What is spontaneous recovery? Define the term in your own words. How could you apply it to the example above?
Eating pickles makes you salivate.
The word “pickle” doesn’t make you salivate.
Before even eating the pickle, you think to yourself “Mmm…pickles!”
The thought of pickles makes you salivate.
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What is stimulus generalization? Define the term in your own words and apply it to the example above.
John’s mother was a great baker.
When he was a boy, she would spend all Saturday baking while listening to AC/DC.
The smell of cakes, breads, and cookies and the sound of music would fill the house.
Twenty years later, John can’t listen to AC/DC without getting hungry.
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What is stimulus discrimination/distinction? Define the term in your own words and apply it to the example above.
Jeannie was sitting in a Chinese restaurant with her fiancé when he told her he was leaving her for a chorus girl from Las Vegas named Cherries Flambé.
Now, whenever she walks past a Chinese restaurant, she gets very, very sad.
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What is higher-order conditioning? Define the term in your own words and apply it to the example above.
Little Jimmy goes to Grandma and Grandpa’s, and every time, he gets knocked down by their new dog Fluffy.
Jimmy soon becomes terrified of going to his grandparents’, screaming louder the closer he comes to the front door.
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Susan and Dan hear the song “Crank Dat” by Soldja Boy during their first date, which, as it turns out, was wonderful. Now when Susan hears the song, she gets goosebumps and her heart flutters.
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