Exam 4: Classical Conditioning: Mechanisms

The stimulus substitution model predicts which of the following?

Short CS-US intervals elicit _____ behavior.Longer CS-US intervals elicit _____ behavior.

Kamin's blocking experiment demonstrates that classical conditioning occurs only when

Sensory preconditioning challenges the criterion of differential biological strength in associative learning due to which of the following?

In a sign tracking experiment,one group of pigeons will be trained with a water US,another with a food US.In a comparison of conditioned responding,you expect to find that pecking will develop in which of the following?

Compare the relative-waiting-time hypothesis and the comparator hypothesis.Include the similarities and differences of the theories and each theory's strengths and weaknesses.

A red light that signals footshock causes rats to freeze if the interstimulus interval is 10 seconds,but causes the rats to jump in a fighting posture if very short interstimulus intervals are used.This conditioned behavior is best predicted by which of the following?

Using the Rescorla-Wager model,predict V of stimulus B during conditioning trials with compound stimulus A/B when the associative value of A at the beginning of the trial is l and the associative value of B at the beginning of the trial is 0.

What is the blocking effect? Provide two theoretical mechanisms for the blocking effect.

What is the basic assumption of rate estimation theory?

The comparator hypothesis predicts that the best means of extinguishing inhibitory responding is to

Using the Rescorla-Wagner model,explain the development of conditioned inhibition.

Describe the basic idea of the Rescorla-Wagner model.What aspect of the model allows it to explain the blocking effect and make some unusual predictions?

According to Pavlov,associative learning occurs most readily when which of the following is true?

Provide two examples of belongingness in classical conditioning.

Which model suggests that whether conditioned responding reflects excitation or inhibition depends on the excitatory value of the CS and the excitatory value of contextual cues present during training?

Chicks presented with a lighted disk signaling warmth pecked at the disk,pushed the disk,and shook their heads in a snuggling manner.Their response to the heat was to nap.The conditioned response to the disk is best predicted by which of the following?

Why is CS novelty important to consider in classical conditioning situations? What are the mechanisms that underlie CS-preexposure effects?

Compare associative interference and memory interference mechanisms of CS and US preexposure effects.

According to Pearce and Hall,the attention paid to the CS is determined by which of the following?