Exam 3: Pavlovian Procedures

In studying "psychic secretions," Pavlov focused his attention on the .

What fascinated Pavlov most about his salivating dogs was that .

The Rescorla-Wagner model has been very influential, but it does not explain latent inhibition.

The word reflex is a synonym for .

One way to test for the effects of conditioning is to use test trials.

Pavlov was a/an .

Two students, Edward and Edwina, serve as subjects in a conditioning experiment.The CS is a buzzer; the US is a mild electric shock; the UR is a change in electrical conductivity called the Galvanic Skin Response.Both subjects undergo 50 trials, but the experimenter feels sorry for Edwina so periodically he lets her off without a shock.The results will indicate that .

Pavlovian conditioning is also called conditioning.

Mr.Anxiety John, "Mr.Anxiety," finally musters up the courage to ask the beautiful and popular Carole to go to the Movies.She finds the idea so ridiculous that she laughs out loud the instant he has gotten the question Out)John's face turns the color of a steamed lobster. Refer to Mr.Anxiety.Oafish Bill (John's twin brother) has heard nothing of John's unfortunate encounter with Carole, and he decides to ask her out.Just as he approaches her she bursts into laughter, apparently in response to a joke someone just told.Bill immediately pops the question and she politely declines, having decided to join a convent at the end of the semester.A week later Bill bumps into Carole on campus but feels no particular embarrassment.The pairing of Bill's request for a date and Carole's laughter is most likely an example of .

Explain the differences among trace, delay, simultaneous, and backward procedures.

Ivan Pavlov is best known for his research on the .

How has the study of Pavlovian conditioning altered your view of human nature?

A stimulus is one that consists of two or more stimuli presented simultaneously.

Explain why Pavlov became interested in psychic reflexes.

J.M.Graham and Claude Desjardins established the odor of as a CS for sexual arousal in rats.

Pavlov said that the salivary glands behaved as though they had .

The least effective conditioning procedure is .

The author of your text uses the terms unconditional reflex and conditional reflex, but he notes that most authors use the terms and reflexes.

Pavlov is best described as .

The experiment in which a dog learned to salivate at the sight of a black square after it had been paired with a CS for salivating is an example of conditioning.