Exam 4: Theories of Pavlovian Conditioning

In the comparator model,a conditioned stimulus paired with the unconditioned stimulus will elicit a response only if ______.

According to the Rescorla-Wagner model,why does blocking occur?

According to the Rescorla-Wagner model,the UCS preexposure effect is due to ______.

When a stimulus is first presented without an unconditioned stimulus,subsequent conditioning is impaired when that same stimulus is presented with the UCs.This is called ______.

Roxana and Martin decide to quit smoking by administering shock to their fingers each time they light up a cigarette.They desire to create an association between the cigarette and pain causing an aversion to the cigarette.Roxana has smoked for 20 years but Martin for only 6 months.According to CS preexposure effect,who will stop smoking first?

______ is a reduced sensitivity to pain,while ______ is an increased sensitivity to pain.

According to Siegel,what is drug tolerance? What evidence is available to support Siegel's model?

The conditioned response of fear activates the same sensory systems as the conditioned response for pain.

The Rescorla-Wagner model cannot successfully explain the CS preexposure affect and the UCS preexposure affect.

In drug addiction,the conditioned withdrawal reaction refers to ______.

According to Wagner,the Secondary A2 component of an unconditioned response elicited by an unconditioned stimulus ______.

According to McIntosh,preexposure to the conditioned stimulus before conditioning produces learned irrelevance to the unconditioned stimulus.

Lucy consumes gin and tonic in her local bar.Usually,she will consume three beverages over the course of 2 hr.One day,the bar ran out of tonic and instead substituted 7 Up.When Lucy consumes the same amount of Gin and 7 Up,how will she feel?

A theory to explain why some conditioned responses and conditioned responses are the same and some are different is called ______.

In Pavlov's experiment,he presented a tone with food powder.The result was salivation.Over time the tone alone elicited salivation.Pavlov believed that the salivation to the tone ______.

Thompson examining air puffs to rabbit eyes found ______.

Helen drinks wine in a local bar after work.Usually,she has three drinks over the course of an hour.After several months of this behavior,when Helen drinks she experiences minimal effects from the wine.Helen then decides to visit a different bar where she has the same amount of wine.How will Helen feel?

Explain sometimes-opponent-process theory.

Mackintosh's attentional theory claims that conditioned response strength is determined by the ability of the ______ to support conditioning.

According to Pavlov,when a conditioned stimulus is INITIALLY presented,it excites ______.