Question

QUESTION 33

The procedure by which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus is known as ________.

		operant conditioning
		priming
		classical conditioning
		extinction

QUESTION 34

Punishment, whether positive or negative, ________ the likelihood of a response; reinforcement, whether positive or negative, ________ it.

		decreases; increases
		increases; decreases
		decreases; guarantees
		guarantees; decreases

QUESTION 35

The Stanford prison study demonstrates how a person's ________ affects behavior.

		past experience
		role
		beliefs
		values

QUESTION 36

In Milgram's obedience study, many participants who administered the highest shock adopted the attitude "It's his problem, I'm just following orders." This is an example of which factor that causes people to obey when they would rather not?

		Allocating responsibility to authority
		Routinizing the task
		Wanting to be polite
		Having a moral obligation to continue

Answer 1

• The procedure by which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus is known as classical conditioning.

• According to John B Watson - human behavior is a collection of conditioned responses.

  Reinforcement:INCREASES the likelihood of a response .

  Punishment:DECREASES the likelihood of a response.

• The Stanford prison study demonstrates how a person's "role" affects behavior.

• In Milgram's obedience study, many participants who administered the highest shock adopted the attitude "It's his problem, I'm just following orders." This is an example of which factor that causes people to obey when they would rather not?

Ans - Allocating responsibility to the authority