Exam 10: Stimulus Control of Behavior

I train a rat to discriminate between a circle and an octagon.Every time the rat presses the octagon switch,I give it a piece of cheese.Soon the rat chooses the octagon on every trial.Then I give the rat a choice between the original octagon and a significantly larger octagon.The rat then chooses the larger octagon.This is an example of ______.

The distribution of responding around the S- represents ______.

After discrimination training with two stimuli (S+ and S-),a researcher might graph the results of a test responding to many other stimuli.This graph is called a ______.

An auditory stimulus (CS)is paired with ethanol (UCS)in rats in one context and is then extinguished in a second context.When the responding in the first context occurs following the presentation of the conditioned stimulus,this is called ______.

An auditory stimulus (CS)is first paired with ethanol (UCS)in rats in one context.Once established,the auditory stimulus is then extinguished in a second context.When the rat is placed in the original context,what will occur?

The ______ model contends animals generalize their responding from one stimulus to other stimuli because they cannot tell the difference between the two stimuli.

The parietal lobe and the central hippocampus play an important role in acquiring and maintaining occasion-setting stimuli.

Excitation and inhibition gradually increase during the acquisition of a discrimination.This position is called ______.

In a two-choice discrimination situation,animals were trained to respond to a S^D (red light)but not the a S (green light).As a result,the responding to the red light increased.However,during the discrimination phase of the study when responding to the green light decreased,the animals also increased their responding to the S^D (red light).This is called ______.

A person was in a car wreck.Now,2 months later,this individual has difficulty with discrimination learning.Which brain structure has this individual damaged?

Which of the following is correct about inhibitory generalization?

Which is a stage of Sutherland and MacKintosh's explanation for discrimination learning?

When individuals respond in the same way to similar stimuli,this is called ______.