A psychologist is interested in people’s reaction to cancer treatments. He is currently studying Karl, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. A short while ago Karl began chemotherapy treatments which made him sick. After a couple of treatments, he began to feel nauseous and sick as soon as he entered the waiting room before his treatment had actually begun. Now, when he noticed Mary, the waiting room receptionist, at the supermarket, he also began to feel nauseous.

1.What type of study is this?

A) correlation 


B) case study 


C) naturalistic observation 


D) survey 


E) experimental 


2.This is an example of:

A) classical conditioning 


B) operant conditioning 


C) observational learning 


D) higher order conditioning 


E) stimulus discrimination 


3.The original US is:

A) cancer 


B) chemotherapy 


C) waiting room 


D) nausea & sickness 


E) Mary 


4.The new US is:

A) cancer 


B) waiting room 


C) chemotherapy 


D) nausea & sickness 


E) Mary 


5.The CS2 is:

A) cancer 


B) waiting room 


C) chemotherapy 


D) nausea & sickness 


E) Mary 


6.The CR is:

A) nausea & sickness to chemotherapy 


B) nausea & sickness to waiting room 


C) nausea & sickness in general 


D) cancer 


E) none of the above 


 

7. The fact that Karl shows anticipation in his learning is evidence against which early approach in psychology?

A) psychoanalysis 


B) behaviorism 


C) humanism 


D) cognitive 


E) neuroscience