Exam 6: Generalization, Discrimination Learning, and Concept Formation

A distributed representation is one in which:

_____ is a tendency to ignore information that conflicts with prior belief and focus on information that is consistent with that belief.

If one lesions the primary auditory cortex of a cat, the generalization gradient:

Larry is visiting his grandmother and cooking dinner for her. Since his grandmother has a different model of microwave oven than his, he has learned that he needs to push a different sequence of buttons on his grandmother's microwave oven when he wants to use it for cooking. This is an example of:

Freda once became sick after eating pepperoni pizza. Based on the idea of a generalization gradient, which food would she be MOST likely to avoid in the future?

The process by which animals and humans learn to classify stimuli into categories is known as:

A psychological representation of a category of objects, events, or people in the world is referred to as a:

If one trains a distributed model to respond to a blue light and then presents it with a blue-green light, it responds to the blue-green light because:

Martha studied hard for her math test and found that she learned some study habits that helped her study for her physics test. This is an example of:

The homunculus in S1:

Errorless discrimination learning does have some significant drawbacks. While it produces _____ and _____ learning of discriminations, later studies have shown that it is rigid and inflexible.

If one lesions the primary auditory cortex of a cat, the cat will:

Suppose one gives the following information to a patient with schizophrenia: Joe is taller than Frank; Frank is taller than Jim; Jim is taller than Mike; and Mike is taller than Steve. With which comparison would the patient have the MOST difficulty?

The form in which information about stimuli is encoded within a model or brain is:

If one trains a discrete-component model to respond to a blue light, how will it respond to a blue-green light?

_____ is a neurotransmitter that has many functions in the brain, including the promotion of neural plasticity.

In the peak-shift effect, the maximum response during generalization is:

Suppose one trains a dog to come running for food when one whistles a 60 dB whistle and also trains the same dog to NOT come running when one whistles a 70 dB whistle. According to the peak-shift effect, which whistle would then lead to the dog's fastest running?

Which characteristic is seen in people with schizophrenia?

Which finding confirms Gluck and Myers's prediction regarding the role of the hippocampus in generalization?