AP Psychology
Chapter 7 Learning
PRS
Questions -
DIRECTIONS: This is an essay!
Include a brief introduction to the
topic. Answer in the order presented. Cite research and its
conclusions in your
response.
Include a brief conclusion to your essay.
Your PRS should never begin, "The answer is D
because....".
1. Danny ate a tuna salad sandwich
that had become tainted from being
in the sun too long. Not long after eating, Danny became
extremely
nauseated and felt awful. After that, even the sight of a tuna
sandwich caused Danny to feel nauseated. In this scenario
what is the
conditioned response (CR)? UCS, UCR, CS?
a.
Tuna
b.
Nausea
c.
Mayonnaise
d. Sight of any sandwich
2. Joseph likes to shower in the
men’s locker room after working out.
During a shower he hears a toilet flushing nearby. Suddenly
boiling
hot water comes out of the showerhead, causing Joseph serious
discomfort. Later on in the shower, he hears another toilet flush
and
he immediately jumps out from under the showerhead. In this
scenario,
what is the unconditioned response (UCR)? UCS? CS CR? Explain.
a. Jumping out of the
shower
b. Sound of the
toilet flushing
c. Pain avoidance
d. Boiling hot water
3. For some
children who bite themselves or bang their heads, squirting
water into their faces when they hurt themselves has been observed to
decrease the frequency of these self-abusive behaviors. This best
illustrates the potential value of which of the following? Do the
other choices relate to this scenario? Explain and do not forget
to use the research and its results in your answer..
a.
punishment.
b. conditioned
reinforcers.
c. negative
reinforcers.
d. latent learning.
4. Petey, Jr. is sent to his room
with
no access to his computer or cell phone because he presented a
bad report card to his parents (GASP!). The parent’s intent was
to
___.
Explain how the other operant conditioing principles function.
a. Punish poor academic
performance
b. Negatively reinforce poor
academic performance
c. Extinguish poor academic
performance
d. Partially reinforce poor
academic performance
5. The predictability of an association between a CS and a UCS
facilitates an organism's ability to anticipate the occurrence of the
UCS. This fact is most likely to be highlighted by a(n) ________
perspective. Explain how the other perspectives might view
classical conditioning.
a.
evolutionary
b.
behaviorist
c.
cognitive
d. neuroscience
6. If you get violently ill a couple of hours after eating contaminated
food, you will probably develop an aversion to the taste of that food
but not to the sight of the restaurant where you ate or to the sound of
the music you heard there. This best illustrates that associative
learning is constrained by___. What role, if any, do the other play in
this scenario?
a. intrinsic
motivation. b.
spontaneous
recovery.
c. biological
predispositions.
d. conditioned reinforcers.