Question 1

In eyeblink conditioning,a tone is sounded immediately before air is puffed into a participant's eye.After a number of tone-air puff pairings,which factor is the conditioned response?

Accepted Answer

A) the perception of the tone 
B) the air puff 
C) blinking when the tone sounds 
D) blinking when air is puffed into the eye 
A) the perception of the tone 
B) the air puff 
C) blinking when the tone sounds 
D) blinking when air is puffed into the eye

Question 2

Benjamin recently moved to Mexico.Although he did not know how to speak Spanish,within a few weeks,he was speaking grammatically correct sentences,even though he couldn't articulate the grammatical rules.This BEST illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A) implicit learning. 
B) habituation. 
C) the cognitive aspects of operant conditioning. 
D) the acquisition of an artificial grammar. 
A) implicit learning. 
B) habituation. 
C) the cognitive aspects of operant conditioning. 
D) the acquisition of an artificial grammar.

Question 3

Which item is a primary reinforcer?

Accepted Answer

A) the exclamation "Good job!" 
B) a compliment about one's physical appearance 
C) escaping the frigid cold by going inside 
D) stickers given to a child for good behaviour 
A) the exclamation "Good job!" 
B) a compliment about one's physical appearance 
C) escaping the frigid cold by going inside 
D) stickers given to a child for good behaviour

Question 4

What was the UR in the Little Albert study?

Accepted Answer

A) crying when exposed to a loud noise 
B) fear of a white rat 
C) fear of anything white and furry 
D) Little Albert's natural temperament of being "stolid and unemotional" 
A) crying when exposed to a loud noise 
B) fear of a white rat 
C) fear of anything white and furry 
D) Little Albert's natural temperament of being "stolid and unemotional"

Question 5

Most animals that respond to a conditioned stimulus will continue to respond if that stimulus is varied slightly,an adaptive process known as:

Accepted Answer

A) discrimination. 
B) generalization. 
C) extinction. 
D) second-order conditioning. 
A) discrimination. 
B) generalization. 
C) extinction. 
D) second-order conditioning.

Question 6

Once a conditioned response has been extinguished,it will not occur again unless the CS-US pairings are reintroduced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Sarah wants to learn French to prepare for an upcoming vacation in Paris.She buys an English-to-French dictionary and begins memorizing words.This BEST illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A) implicit learning. 
B) explicit learning. 
C) the cognitive aspects of operant conditioning. 
D) the acquisition of an artificial grammar. 
A) implicit learning. 
B) explicit learning. 
C) the cognitive aspects of operant conditioning. 
D) the acquisition of an artificial grammar.

Question 8

Judgements of learning are:

Accepted Answer

A) a feature of massed practice. 
B) a feature of distributed practice. 
C) examples of subjective assessments. 
D) scores given by the evaluator on assessments. 
A) a feature of massed practice. 
B) a feature of distributed practice. 
C) examples of subjective assessments. 
D) scores given by the evaluator on assessments.

Question 9

_____ in an experiment were reinforced if they selected paintings by cubist artist Picasso over paintings by French impressionist Monet.Subsequently,they demonstrated _____ and selected paintings from another cubist artist,Matisse,over other paintings by Monet.

Accepted Answer

A) Pigeons;discrimination 
B) Pigeons;generalization 
C) Children;discrimination 
D) Children;generalization 
A) Pigeons;discrimination 
B) Pigeons;generalization 
C) Children;discrimination 
D) Children;generalization

In eyeblink conditioning,a tone is sounded immediately before air is puffed into a participant's eye.After a number of tone-air puff pairings,which factor is the conditioned response?

Benjamin recently moved to Mexico.Although he did not know how to speak Spanish,within a few weeks,he was speaking grammatically correct sentences,even though he couldn't articulate the grammatical rules.This BEST illustrates:

Which item is a primary reinforcer?

What was the UR in the Little Albert study?

Most animals that respond to a conditioned stimulus will continue to respond if that stimulus is varied slightly,an adaptive process known as:

Once a conditioned response has been extinguished,it will not occur again unless the CS-US pairings are reintroduced.

Sarah wants to learn French to prepare for an upcoming vacation in Paris.She buys an English-to-French dictionary and begins memorizing words.This BEST illustrates:

Judgements of learning are:

_ in an experiment were reinforced if they selected paintings by cubist artist Picasso over paintings by French impressionist Monet.Subsequently,they demonstrated _ and selected paintings from another cubist artist,Matisse,over other paintings by Monet.

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In eyeblink conditioning,a tone is sounded immediately before air is puffed into a participant's eye.After a number of tone-air puff pairings,which factor is the conditioned response?

Benjamin recently moved to Mexico.Although he did not know how to speak Spanish,within a few weeks,he was speaking grammatically correct sentences,even though he couldn't articulate the grammatical rules.This BEST illustrates:

Which item is a primary reinforcer?

What was the UR in the Little Albert study?

Most animals that respond to a conditioned stimulus will continue to respond if that stimulus is varied slightly,an adaptive process known as:

Once a conditioned response has been extinguished,it will not occur again unless the CS-US pairings are reintroduced.

Sarah wants to learn French to prepare for an upcoming vacation in Paris.She buys an English-to-French dictionary and begins memorizing words.This BEST illustrates:

Judgements of learning are:

_____ in an experiment were reinforced if they selected paintings by cubist artist Picasso over paintings by French impressionist Monet.Subsequently,they demonstrated _____ and selected paintings from another cubist artist,Matisse,over other paintings by Monet.

Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Methods in Psychology

Neuroscience and Behavior

Sensation and Perception

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_ in an experiment were reinforced if they selected paintings by cubist artist Picasso over paintings by French impressionist Monet.Subsequently,they demonstrated _ and selected paintings from another cubist artist,Matisse,over other paintings by Monet.