Exam 4: Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Significant Events

Which is an example of appetitive conditioning?

The phenomenon of blocking demonstrates that:

Frank once ate an orange and shortly afterwards he got the flu. Although the orange did not cause Frank to become ill, he no longer likes to eat oranges. What is the conditioned stimulus?

Removing the interpositus nucleus results in:

When a more salient cue within a compound acquires more of the share of the attention and learning than the less salient cue, it is known as:

If a US occurs just as often without the tone as it does in the presence of the tone, then little or no conditioning will accrue to the tone. This would suggest that animals are sensitive to _____ of the potential CS and US.

The conditioned stimulus elicits the:

Classical conditioning in Aplysia appears to involve:

Drug users sometimes experience an elevated reaction to their drug when they take it in a new environment because the:

Studies of _____ have been enormously important for understanding the biology.

For humans performing a category-learning task, Gluck and Bower's neural network model can:

Explain why the Rescorla-Wagner model is considered to be one of the most influential models of learning.

In Bower and Trabasso's study of blocking in humans, students were trained to categorize geometric figures based on shape. Blocking was demonstrated when the students could:

Dionne competes on her high school's track team. She always feels naturally nervous right before a race. She also noticed that, on days when she is not racing, just seeing the track still made her feel nervous. Her nervousness at seeing the track on non-race days is a(n):

What is the role of the Purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex? Discuss the evidence that suggests this.

Every day when Isabelle returns home from work, her son gives her a big hug as soon as she walks through the front door. Now, the sight of the front door makes Isabelle feel happy. In this example, the conditioned stimulus is:

Suppose a child in the hospital gets injections from the nurses, and the child eventually learns to cry as soon as a nurse walks into her room. What is the conditioned response?

Which statement is TRUE regarding the Rescorla-Wagner model?

Which statement is suggested by the Rescorla-Wagner model?

Suppose a parent loves jazz music. Describe how she could use classical conditioning principles to increase the likelihood that her child will also like jazz music. Be sure to identify the CS, US, CR, and UR in the description.