Psychology questions 🧠

Some quick refreshers for you! Today’s topic: Learning and Cognition

(answer key upside-down at the bottom, don’t peek!)

Q1: Whenever Eddie walks into his room, he always eats one of his favourite chocolates from a big bowl on his bedside table. One day, to his utter dismay, he realised that all of his chocolates were gone. Despite the absence of his beloved bowl of chocolates, he noticed that he started to crave chocolates each time he walked into his room.

Which of the following regarding classical conditioning is correct:

A: 

• NS - Seeing his big bowl of chocolates

• UCS - Eating a chocolate

• UCR - Feeling of enjoyment from eating a chocolate

• CS - Seeing his big bowl of chocolates

• CR - Eating a chocolate

C:

• NS - Seeing his big bowl of chocolates

• UCS - Eating a chocolate

• UCR - Feeling of enjoyment from eating a chocolate

• CS - Seeing his big bowl of chocolates

• CR - Craving a chocolate

B:

• NS - Walking into his room

• UCS - Eating a chocolate

• UCR - Feeling of enjoyment from eating a chocolate

• CS - Walking into his room

• CR - Craving a chocolate

D:

• NS - Walking into his room

• UCS - Eating a chocolate

• UCR - Feeling of enjoyment from eating a chocolate

• CS - Walking into his room

• CR - Eating a chocolate

Q2: A child throws a tantrum so that their parents give them one more candy. If the parent is at the receiving end of conditioning, then, this is an example of _______.

A: positive punishment

B: positive reinforcement

C: negative reinforcement

D: negative punishment

Q3: "Swearing is punished in the classroom, but rewarded in different social contexts"

What kind of stimulus does the context become? 
A: an antecedent stimulus 

B: a non-occurrence stimulus
C: a response cost stimulus
D: a discriminant stimulus