Question 1

According to frustration theory,

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A) continuous reinforcement trains an animal to be persistent in the absence of reinforcement. 
B) partial reinforcement teaches an animal the difference between rewarded and nonrewarded trials. 
C) there is nothing about continuous reinforcement that teaches an animal to respond when it expects nonreward. 
D) memory of nonreward becomes the cue for performing the instrumental response. 
A) continuous reinforcement trains an animal to be persistent in the absence of reinforcement. 
B) partial reinforcement teaches an animal the difference between rewarded and nonrewarded trials. 
C) there is nothing about continuous reinforcement that teaches an animal to respond when it expects nonreward. 
D) memory of nonreward becomes the cue for performing the instrumental response. C

Question 2

Describe various ways in which extinction performance may be enhanced.

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Question 3

The results from experiments exploring compounding extinction cues suggest that extinction may operate in part by

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A) causing enhanced forgetting. 
B) an error-correction process like that found in the Rescorla-Wagner model. 
C) a block of spontaneous recovery. 
D) impeding the development of resurgence. 
A) causing enhanced forgetting. 
B) an error-correction process like that found in the Rescorla-Wagner model. 
C) a block of spontaneous recovery. 
D) impeding the development of resurgence. B

Question 4

In sequential theory, the pattern important to the development of response perseverance is

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A) a rewarded trial following a nonrewarded trial. 
B) a nonrewarded trial following a rewarded trial. 
C) a nonrewarded trial following a nonrewarded trial. 
D) a rewarded trial following a rewarded trial. 
A) a rewarded trial following a nonrewarded trial. 
B) a nonrewarded trial following a rewarded trial. 
C) a nonrewarded trial following a nonrewarded trial. 
D) a rewarded trial following a rewarded trial.

Question 5

Describe the partial reinforcement extinction effect and major explanations of the phenomenon.

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Question 6

Sally worked hard to overcome her taste aversion to cashews.Unfortunately, she caught a stomach bug, was ill, and now finds that she cannot bear to be around cashews again.This demonstrates

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A) spontaneous recovery. 
B) renewal. 
C) reinstatement. 
D) resurgence. 
A) spontaneous recovery. 
B) renewal. 
C) reinstatement. 
D) resurgence.

Question 7

Bobby accidentally extinguished a behavior he really enjoyed his dog performing.To reinstate this behavior he should

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A) administer a protein synthesis inhibitor. 
B) expose his dog to the training US. 
C) conduct more extinction trials. 
D) none of the above will work 
A) administer a protein synthesis inhibitor. 
B) expose his dog to the training US. 
C) conduct more extinction trials. 
D) none of the above will work

Question 8

If after extinction trials a subject is exposed to the US,

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A) there will be reinstatement of conditioned responding. 
B) there will be further decreases of conditioned responding due to negative CS/US contingencies. 
C) the initial CS-US relationship will be strengthened. 
D) the context will lose excitatory strength. 
A) there will be reinstatement of conditioned responding. 
B) there will be further decreases of conditioned responding due to negative CS/US contingencies. 
C) the initial CS-US relationship will be strengthened. 
D) the context will lose excitatory strength.

Question 9

Describe the concept of behavioral momentum.What are the advantages and disadvantages of the concept?

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Question 10

Describe two ways you could reinstate conditioned responding following extinction without retraining the subject.

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Question 11

Describe the various conditions under which extinguished responding can reappear.

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Question 12

Which theory predicts that during a FR15 schedule an animal will be in conflict about whether or not to respond, but that with training the conflict will be resolved in favor of responding?

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A) frustration theory 
B) discrimination hypothesis 
C) sequential theory 
D) modern two-process theory 
A) frustration theory 
B) discrimination hypothesis 
C) sequential theory 
D) modern two-process theory

Question 13

The theory that the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to a subject's inability to notice when extinction procedures have begun is

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A) the frustration theory. 
B) the sequential theory. 
C) the discrimination hypothesis. 
D) the detection theory. 
A) the frustration theory. 
B) the sequential theory. 
C) the discrimination hypothesis. 
D) the detection theory.

Question 14

According to the concept of renewal,

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A) frustration has only minor effects on extinction. 
B) contextual cues are important only for excitatory associations. 
C) a change in context after extinction will recover acquisition performance. 
D) S-S associations are developed in acquisition and disrupted by extinction. 
A) frustration has only minor effects on extinction. 
B) contextual cues are important only for excitatory associations. 
C) a change in context after extinction will recover acquisition performance. 
D) S-S associations are developed in acquisition and disrupted by extinction.

Question 15

Excitatory conditioning is to as extinction is to .

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A) S-R; S-S 
B) S-S; S-R 
C) R-O; S-S 
D) S-S; S-O 
A) S-R; S-S 
B) S-S; S-R 
C) R-O; S-S 
D) S-S; S-O

Question 16

Evidence that protein synthesis is crucial for memory formation and consolidation is seen in

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A) studies in which protein synthesis inhibitors administered before training block the acquisition of conditioned fear. 
B) experiments in which extinction is blocked by protein synthesis inhibitors. 
C) studies in which memories have been recalled and "erased" during reconsolidation by protein synthesis inhibitors. 
D) all of the above 
A) studies in which protein synthesis inhibitors administered before training block the acquisition of conditioned fear. 
B) experiments in which extinction is blocked by protein synthesis inhibitors. 
C) studies in which memories have been recalled and "erased" during reconsolidation by protein synthesis inhibitors. 
D) all of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is not considered a paradoxical reward effect?

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A) the overtraining extinction effect 
B) the magnitude reinforcement effect 
C) the partial reinforcement extinction effect 
D) the behavioral momentum effect 
A) the overtraining extinction effect 
B) the magnitude reinforcement effect 
C) the partial reinforcement extinction effect 
D) the behavioral momentum effect

Question 18

The preponderance of evidence suggests that in extinction trials,

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A) subjects learn inhibitory S-R associations. 
B) subjects learn excitatory R-O associations. 
C) subjects learn inhibitory CS-US associations. 
D) subjects learn excitatory S-S associations. 
A) subjects learn inhibitory S-R associations. 
B) subjects learn excitatory R-O associations. 
C) subjects learn inhibitory CS-US associations. 
D) subjects learn excitatory S-S associations.

Question 19

To counteract spontaneous recovery,

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A) you can present cues present during the extinction phase. 
B) you can present cues present during the conditioning phase. 
C) you can wait approximately a week following the extinction phase before testing. 
D) you can do nothing; spontaneous recovery is remarkably robust. 
A) you can present cues present during the extinction phase. 
B) you can present cues present during the conditioning phase. 
C) you can wait approximately a week following the extinction phase before testing. 
D) you can do nothing; spontaneous recovery is remarkably robust.

Question 20

Which of the following concepts is most like Newtonian physics?

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A) behavioral momentum 
B) frustration theory 
C) sequential theory 
D) discrimination theory 
A) behavioral momentum 
B) frustration theory 
C) sequential theory 
D) discrimination theory

According to frustration theory,

Describe various ways in which extinction performance may be enhanced.

The results from experiments exploring compounding extinction cues suggest that extinction may operate in part by

In sequential theory, the pattern important to the development of response perseverance is

Describe the partial reinforcement extinction effect and major explanations of the phenomenon.

Sally worked hard to overcome her taste aversion to cashews.Unfortunately, she caught a stomach bug, was ill, and now finds that she cannot bear to be around cashews again.This demonstrates

Bobby accidentally extinguished a behavior he really enjoyed his dog performing.To reinstate this behavior he should

If after extinction trials a subject is exposed to the US,

Describe the concept of behavioral momentum.What are the advantages and disadvantages of the concept?

Describe two ways you could reinstate conditioned responding following extinction without retraining the subject.

Describe the various conditions under which extinguished responding can reappear.

Which theory predicts that during a FR15 schedule an animal will be in conflict about whether or not to respond, but that with training the conflict will be resolved in favor of responding?

The theory that the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to a subject's inability to notice when extinction procedures have begun is

According to the concept of renewal,

Excitatory conditioning is to as extinction is to .

Evidence that protein synthesis is crucial for memory formation and consolidation is seen in

Which of the following is not considered a paradoxical reward effect?

The preponderance of evidence suggests that in extinction trials,

To counteract spontaneous recovery,

Which of the following concepts is most like Newtonian physics?

Introduction

Elicited Behavior, Habituation, and Sensitization

Classical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Conditioning

Schedules of Reinforcement and Choice Behavior

Instrumental Conditioning

Stimulus Control of Behavior

Averse Control

Comparative Cognition I

Comparative Cognition Ii

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Exam 9: Extinction of Conditioned Behavior

According to frustration theory,

Describe various ways in which extinction performance may be enhanced.

The results from experiments exploring compounding extinction cues suggest that extinction may operate in part by

In sequential theory, the pattern important to the development of response perseverance is

Describe the partial reinforcement extinction effect and major explanations of the phenomenon.

Sally worked hard to overcome her taste aversion to cashews.Unfortunately, she caught a stomach bug, was ill, and now finds that she cannot bear to be around cashews again.This demonstrates

Bobby accidentally extinguished a behavior he really enjoyed his dog performing.To reinstate this behavior he should

If after extinction trials a subject is exposed to the US,

Describe the concept of behavioral momentum.What are the advantages and disadvantages of the concept?

Describe two ways you could reinstate conditioned responding following extinction without retraining the subject.

Describe the various conditions under which extinguished responding can reappear.

Which theory predicts that during a FR15 schedule an animal will be in conflict about whether or not to respond, but that with training the conflict will be resolved in favor of responding?

The theory that the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to a subject's inability to notice when extinction procedures have begun is

According to the concept of renewal,

Excitatory conditioning is to as extinction is to .

Evidence that protein synthesis is crucial for memory formation and consolidation is seen in

Which of the following is not considered a paradoxical reward effect?

The preponderance of evidence suggests that in extinction trials,

To counteract spontaneous recovery,

Which of the following concepts is most like Newtonian physics?

Introduction

Elicited Behavior, Habituation, and Sensitization

Classical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Conditioning

Schedules of Reinforcement and Choice Behavior

Instrumental Conditioning

Stimulus Control of Behavior

Averse Control

Comparative Cognition I

Comparative Cognition Ii

Filters