Exam 2: The Modification of Instinctive Behavior

Choose the best answer.Susan has been parachute jumping weekly for 10 years.Today however,her jump was canceled due to bad weather.Susan will probably ______.

Which of the following statements describes the properties of the B state?

The tail of Aplysia is electrically shocked and elicits a strong defensive response.Following the electric shock the experimenter lightly touches the Aplysia.What type of response does Aplysia elicit?

The opponent process theory is especially helpful in understanding ______.

Having three drinks of alcohol would cause you to experience a strong ______.

Decreased anxiety due to giving several speeches is called habituation.

Susan is a skier and never worried about driving in the snow.One day on the way to the ski resort she skidded off the road after hitting some ice.Now every time that Susan has to drive in the snow she becomes very nervous and scared.This is an example of ______.

McSweeney and Murphy demonstrated that ______ can cause a reward to lose its effectiveness.

In Aplysia,______ results from an increase in neurotransmitter release in a neural circuit that produces the withdrawal response.

What is a fixed action pattern? Why is it important?

The weaker the stimulus,the more ______ you will experience.

Initially,Janice could not stand the smell of the neighbor's dog when she went to their house.After several times,Janice no longer smells the dog when she enters the house.Janice is experiencing ______.

Eating small amounts of food in a novel situation is called dehabituation.

What is dishabituation? Why is it so important?

The fact that dishabituation occur so readily suggests that ______.

One way to terminate an aversive B state is to ______.

Stimulus intensity has no impact on the rate of sensitization and habituation.

All responses create some type of initial reaction.This reaction is called ______.

According to Solomon,what must happen for a person to become addicted to a drug?

Marissa is about to take a comprehensive exam in learning.As she enters the exam she was nervous and tense.This is an example of ______.