Matching: Write the letter of the vocabulary word that matches the description

1. behaviors that are natural, automatic, or reflexive. A. stimulus

2. a daily, cyclic behavior, like sleep-awake cycles for humans B. rewards
3. a cell that can carry sensory or motor signals through an animal’s body C. punishments
4. behaviors developed through experience, practice, and conditioning D. neuron
E. learned behaviors
5. an event that causes a behavior (fire alarm, pain, hunger, etc.)
F. neurotransmitters
6. chemicals that slow down or stop nerve signals
G. innate behaviors
7. negative consequences that reduce a behavior H. circadian rhythm
8. positive consequences that tend to increase a behavior

Indicate if these are examples of “classical conditioning” (A), or “operant conditioning” (B)

9. Jamie scratches her dog on the head any time he obeys her commands.
10. Rudy cries whenever he hears the name “Wanda”.
11. Students who score 100% on their spelling test will get extra recess time.
12. Pavlov’s dog created saliva when it heard a bell.
13. Students who skip class must attend Saturday School.
14. A computer company has a famous athlete advertise their computers

WHAT ARE THE MAIN PARTS OF THIS CELL?

15. Dendrites
16. Cell Body
17. Terminal
18. Axon

Match the behavior with its description

A. defensive
19. Robins feed worms to baby robins. B. territorial
C. parental care
20. Zebras run when a predator attacks them. D. communication
21. A male cougar might kill another cougar that enters its space. E. foraging
F. cyclical behavior
22. A grizzly bear grabs a salmon; a deer searches for acorns. G. courtship & mating
23. Honey-bees have elaborate dances to signal other bees where to fly. H. altruism
 TRUE or FALSE:
24. Choking, heart attacks, and poisons are dangerous because they kill the muscle cells that produce
important neurotransmitters in the brain.

25. To train an animal, a trainer must first know what consequences the animal likes, and then use these to
reward the behaviors that the trainer wants.
26. Operant conditioning is effective with animals, but usually doesn’t change human behavior.
27. An action potential enters a neuron through the terminals, and exits through the dendrites.
28. In animals, behaviors are primarily controlled by the nervous system.
29. Spinal cord injuries may cause paralysis because they might stop integration between sensory and
motor signals.
30. In the experiments with Pavlov’s dog, the bells, lights and noise the Pavlov used to cause saliva in the
dog were examples of a conditioned stimulus.
31. The British game show Golden Balls, where contestants must split or steal the prize money,
challenges people’s altruistic motivations.
32. Before a neuron receives a stimulus, it is in “resting potential”.

Label this diagram with the parts of the behavior cycle.

33 stimulus
34 response
35 motor signal
36 sensory signal
37 integration

38. What causes smokers to advance from 1-pack-a-day addiction to 2-packs-a-day?

A) pheromones in cigarettes B) depressants in the nicotine C) withdrawal D) tolerance

39. Which of these ions is most significant for nerve signals? A) Carbon B) Sodium C) Silicon

40. Which of these chemicals stimulates more and stronger nerve signals?
A) alcohol B) pain relief medicines (Tylenol, Advil) C) cocaine D) sleeping pills

41. Why are narcotics addictive?

A) they are negative reinforcers that change innate behaviors
B) they change unconditioned stimulus into a learned behaviors
C) they change how the synapses in brain neurons work

42. Julio did a lab experiment in school, where he tested his reaction times by catching a falling meter
stick. In this experiment, his hand action is an example of…
A) unconditioned stimulus B) sensory signal C) response D) integration
 ANSWERS:

1. G 22. E
2. H 23. D
3. D 24. FALSE
4. E 25. TRUE
5. A 26. FALSE
6. F 27. FALSE
7. C 28. TRUE
8. B 29. TRUE
9. OPERANT 30. TRUE
10. CLASSICAL 31. TRUE
11. OPERANT 32. TRUE
12. CLASSICAL 33. E
13. OPERANT 34. A
14. CLASSICAL 35. B
15. A 36. D
16. B 37. C
17. D 38. D
18. C 39. B
19. C 40. C
20. A 41. C
21. B 42. C