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Application Quiz

1 .       B.F. Skinner is to operant conditioning as Ivan Pavlov is to: 



2 .       In which procedure does classical conditioning occur the quickest?  



3 .       What did Watson and Rayner's (1920) study of Little Albert demonstrate?  



4 .       If you take an aspirin to relieve a headache, and the headache disappears, you are likely to take aspirin again the next time you have a headache. Your relief from the headache serves as a:  



5 .       A book club that offers a free book after every tenth purchase operates on a:  



6 .       "Precision teaching" is a technique based on the principles of: 



7 .       Snowball the cat always got her dinner right after the clock chimed at five o'clock. As a result, she began to salivate as soon as the clock chimed five times. Her owner recently switched jobs and is no longer feeding Snowball at five o'clock. Now, Snowball does not salivate when the clock chimes at five o'clock. Snowball's response has been:  



8 .       You have volunteered for a psychology experiment. During the study, the experimenter presses a buzzer and then shoots a puff of air into your eyes, making you blink. After a few trials, you blink as soon as you hear the sound of the buzzer. The buzzer has become the __________ and the puff of air is the __________.  



9 .       A girl's parents allow her to skip her chores when she gets an "A" on a test. The removal of chores serves as a: 



10 .       Edward Thorndike used a puzzle box to study cats' behavior. The task of the hungry cat placed inside the box was to learn how to get out for a food reward. The changes in the cats' behavior that occurred over a series of trials let Thorndike to propose the:  



11 .       The other day, I adopted a new kitten and gave him to a friend. As it turns out, this kitten loves canned cat food. Whenever he smells the food, he comes running to it ready to eat. My friend named the kitten Oliver and when she would want to feed him, she would call out "Oliver," and then put the food down. Over time, what do you expect will happen?  



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