Exam 6: Generalization, Discrimination Learning, and Concept Formation

Training in which presentation of two stimuli together as a compound results in a later tendency to generalize what is known about one of these stimuli to the other is known as:

A detector for a unique configuration of two cues such as a certain tone and light is known as:

In people with schizophrenia, antipsychotic medications appear to:

If a tone and shock are repeatedly paired, neurons in A1:

Which statement is TRUE regarding configural nodes?

Sienna learned that many vegetables tend to be green in color. When she later learned in school that vegetables are healthy, she inferred that foods that are green are healthy. That she made this inference is an example of:

The mediation of behavior through responses to cues in the world is known as:

Sleep experts routinely advise good sleep hygiene that consist of:

Which model(s) can account for generalization?

The central tendency of an idealized version of a concept or category is referred to as the:

The discrete-component model and the distributed model differ in that only the:

Draw a generalization gradient that would occur for a yellow light before discrimination training. On the same graph, draw a generalization gradient that would occur for a yellow light after discrimination training.

Preston enjoys listening to piano music, and he enjoys listening to violin music, but he dislikes hearing both instruments played together in a duet. This is an example of:

The mediation of behavior through responses to cues in the world is known as:

The hippocampal region seems to be important for:

Negative patterning is difficult to learn because it requires the organism to suppress its tendency to:

_____ is a logical inference that is probably true and is usually based on attempts to draw a general rule from one or more specific instances or premises.

Suppose researchers train a rat to press a bar when a 1000 Hz tone sounds and a person trains the same rat NOT to press the bar when a 1200 Hz tone sounds. Finally, they test for generalization using the following sounds: (a) 900 Hz, (b) 1000 Hz, (c) 1100 Hz, and (d) 1200 Hz. Draw a graph showing the excitatory and inhibitory gradients and the summation curve showing the peak shift.

In a sensory preconditioning experiment, lesions to the hippocampal area lead to a(n) _____ in the CR in the _____ exposure condition.

If one tells a person with schizophrenia that both Julie and Stephanie like apples more than oranges, and Julie also likes carrots more than peppers, what would the patient have the MOST trouble with?