Question 1

Which of the following is a general rule?

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A) Select red after exposure to red. 
B) Select blue after exposure to yellow. 
C) Select horizontal lines after exposure to vertical lines. 
D) Select a stimulus that is the same as the sample. 
A) Select red after exposure to red. 
B) Select blue after exposure to yellow. 
C) Select horizontal lines after exposure to vertical lines. 
D) Select a stimulus that is the same as the sample. D

Question 2

Prospective coding refers to events

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A) that must happen in the future. 
B) that have occurred in the immediate past. 
C) that have occurred in the distant past. 
D) that are no longer stored in working memory. 
A) that must happen in the future. 
B) that have occurred in the immediate past. 
C) that have occurred in the distant past. 
D) that are no longer stored in working memory. A

Question 3

Describe the delayed matching-to-sample procedure and alternative strategies that can be used to respond accurately in such a procedure.How can these response strategies be distinguished experimentally?

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Answer not provided

Question 4

Radial arm mazes are used primarily to test

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A) performance in spatial memory tasks. 
B) performance in delayed matching to sample trials. 
C) performance in food preference trials. 
D) performance in locomotor preference trials. 
A) performance in spatial memory tasks. 
B) performance in delayed matching to sample trials. 
C) performance in food preference trials. 
D) performance in locomotor preference trials.

Question 5

Compare the memory consolidation and retrieval-failure hypotheses of retrograde amnesia.What evidence allows researchers to decide between the two hypotheses?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare the memory consolidation and retrieval-failure hypotheses...

Question 6

Bob asks you to come over to play video games.He tells you he lives right under the large green billboard visible from campus.To get to his house you must use

Accepted Answer

A) beacon following. 
B) landmarks. 
C) geometric cues. 
D) spatial coding. 
A) beacon following. 
B) landmarks. 
C) geometric cues. 
D) spatial coding.

Question 7

The difference between using beacons and landmarks to find a goal is that

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A) beacons are more salient than landmarks. 
B) landmarks are at the goal site; beacons are not. 
C) beacons are at the goal site; landmarks are not. 
D) landmarks are more salient than beacons. 
A) beacons are more salient than landmarks. 
B) landmarks are at the goal site; beacons are not. 
C) beacons are at the goal site; landmarks are not. 
D) landmarks are more salient than beacons.

Question 8

The duration of spatial memory in rats appears

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A) to be for about as long as the rat remains in a maze. 
B) to be about 5 to 10 minutes. 
C) to be about 3 to 4 hours. 
D) to last for over a day. 
A) to be for about as long as the rat remains in a maze. 
B) to be about 5 to 10 minutes. 
C) to be about 3 to 4 hours. 
D) to last for over a day.

Question 9

The retrieval failure hypothesis of retrograde amnesia suggests that amnesia results from

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A) retention failure. 
B) general memory loss. 
C) loss of information from short-term memory 
D) altered coding of relatively recent memories. 
A) retention failure. 
B) general memory loss. 
C) loss of information from short-term memory 
D) altered coding of relatively recent memories.

Question 10

Reminder treatments can increase responding that is low due to

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A) latent inhibition. 
B) overshadowing. 
C) blocking. 
D) all of the above 
A) latent inhibition. 
B) overshadowing. 
C) blocking. 
D) all of the above

Question 11

Learning is not possible without memory.However, studies of learning do differ from those of memory.For example, in most studies of learning, , but in studies of memory, .

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A) retention intervals vary; the retrieval phase is varied 
B) the retrieval phase varies; the acquisition phase is varied 
C) the acquisition phase varies; retention intervals are varied 
D) retention intervals vary; the acquisition phase is varied 
A) retention intervals vary; the retrieval phase is varied 
B) the retrieval phase varies; the acquisition phase is varied 
C) the acquisition phase varies; retention intervals are varied 
D) retention intervals vary; the acquisition phase is varied

Question 12

In studies of memory, which stage of an experiment is usually held constant?

Accepted Answer

A) retrieval 
B) retention 
C) acquisition 
D) trace-delay 
A) retrieval 
B) retention 
C) acquisition 
D) trace-delay

Question 13

After three right­hand turns, Sally remembers that to get to Beth's house she must next make a left­hand turn.To remember the left-hand turn, Sally is using

Accepted Answer

A) prospection. 
B) retrospection. 
C) introspection. 
D) rehearsal memory. 
A) prospection. 
B) retrospection. 
C) introspection. 
D) rehearsal memory.

Question 14

Stimulus coding is primarily a task that occurs during

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A) retention. 
B) retrieval. 
C) extinction. 
D) acquisition. 
A) retention. 
B) retrieval. 
C) extinction. 
D) acquisition.

Question 15

In what order are stimuli usually presented in a delayed matching to sample task?

Accepted Answer

A) sample stimulus; delay; test stimuli; start cue 
B) sample stimulus; test stimuli; delay; start cue 
C) start cue; delay; sample stimulus; test stimulus 
D) start cue; sample stimulus; delay; test stimulus 
A) sample stimulus; delay; test stimuli; start cue 
B) sample stimulus; test stimuli; delay; start cue 
C) start cue; delay; sample stimulus; test stimulus 
D) start cue; sample stimulus; delay; test stimulus

Question 16

Describe three ways current techniques in genetics are contributing to our understanding of learning and behavior.

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The answer of Describe three ways current techniques in genetics...

Question 17

Animal cognition is most correctly defined as

Accepted Answer

A) the application of stimulus-response learning to explain complex chains of behavior. 
B) the use of voluntary or conscious reflection to direct behavior. 
C) the use of an internal representation, or model, of some past experience as a basis for behavior. 
D) the use of overt classically or instrumentally conditioned responses to direct behavior. 
A) the application of stimulus-response learning to explain complex chains of behavior. 
B) the use of voluntary or conscious reflection to direct behavior. 
C) the use of an internal representation, or model, of some past experience as a basis for behavior. 
D) the use of overt classically or instrumentally conditioned responses to direct behavior.

Question 18

In order for a rat to transfer learning from one set of stimuli in a matching to sample task to another set of stimuli, the rat must learn

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A) an S-R relationship. 
B) an R-O relationship. 
C) an S(R-O) relationship. 
D) a general rule. 
A) an S-R relationship. 
B) an R-O relationship. 
C) an S(R-O) relationship. 
D) a general rule.

Question 19

Of the following behaviors, which would not be included in a study of animal cognition by experimental psychologists?

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A) consciousness 
B) forgetting 
C) stimulus coding 
D) cognitive maps 
A) consciousness 
B) forgetting 
C) stimulus coding 
D) cognitive maps

Question 20

Sign tracking is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) beacon following. 
B) landmark navigation. 
C) using the relations between landmarks to guide behavior. 
D) a complex cognitive map. 
A) beacon following. 
B) landmark navigation. 
C) using the relations between landmarks to guide behavior. 
D) a complex cognitive map.

Which of the following is a general rule?

Prospective coding refers to events

Describe the delayed matching-to-sample procedure and alternative strategies that can be used to respond accurately in such a procedure.How can these response strategies be distinguished experimentally?

Radial arm mazes are used primarily to test

Compare the memory consolidation and retrieval-failure hypotheses of retrograde amnesia.What evidence allows researchers to decide between the two hypotheses?

Bob asks you to come over to play video games.He tells you he lives right under the large green billboard visible from campus.To get to his house you must use

The difference between using beacons and landmarks to find a goal is that

The duration of spatial memory in rats appears

The retrieval failure hypothesis of retrograde amnesia suggests that amnesia results from

Reminder treatments can increase responding that is low due to

Learning is not possible without memory.However, studies of learning do differ from those of memory.For example, in most studies of learning, , but in studies of memory, .

In studies of memory, which stage of an experiment is usually held constant?

After three righthand turns, Sally remembers that to get to Beth's house she must next make a lefthand turn.To remember the left-hand turn, Sally is using

Stimulus coding is primarily a task that occurs during

In what order are stimuli usually presented in a delayed matching to sample task?

Describe three ways current techniques in genetics are contributing to our understanding of learning and behavior.

Animal cognition is most correctly defined as

In order for a rat to transfer learning from one set of stimuli in a matching to sample task to another set of stimuli, the rat must learn

Of the following behaviors, which would not be included in a study of animal cognition by experimental psychologists?

Sign tracking is an example of

Introduction

Elicited Behavior, Habituation, and Sensitization

Classical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Conditioning

Schedules of Reinforcement and Choice Behavior

Instrumental Conditioning

Stimulus Control of Behavior

Extinction of Conditioned Behavior

Averse Control

Comparative Cognition Ii

Filters

Exam 11: Comparative Cognition I

Which of the following is a general rule?

Prospective coding refers to events

Describe the delayed matching-to-sample procedure and alternative strategies that can be used to respond accurately in such a procedure.How can these response strategies be distinguished experimentally?

Radial arm mazes are used primarily to test

Compare the memory consolidation and retrieval-failure hypotheses of retrograde amnesia.What evidence allows researchers to decide between the two hypotheses?

Bob asks you to come over to play video games.He tells you he lives right under the large green billboard visible from campus.To get to his house you must use

The difference between using beacons and landmarks to find a goal is that

The duration of spatial memory in rats appears

The retrieval failure hypothesis of retrograde amnesia suggests that amnesia results from

Reminder treatments can increase responding that is low due to

Learning is not possible without memory.However, studies of learning do differ from those of memory.For example, in most studies of learning, , but in studies of memory, .

In studies of memory, which stage of an experiment is usually held constant?

After three right­hand turns, Sally remembers that to get to Beth's house she must next make a left­hand turn.To remember the left-hand turn, Sally is using

Stimulus coding is primarily a task that occurs during

In what order are stimuli usually presented in a delayed matching to sample task?

Describe three ways current techniques in genetics are contributing to our understanding of learning and behavior.

Animal cognition is most correctly defined as

In order for a rat to transfer learning from one set of stimuli in a matching to sample task to another set of stimuli, the rat must learn

Of the following behaviors, which would not be included in a study of animal cognition by experimental psychologists?

Sign tracking is an example of

Introduction

Elicited Behavior, Habituation, and Sensitization

Classical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Conditioning

Schedules of Reinforcement and Choice Behavior

Instrumental Conditioning

Stimulus Control of Behavior

Extinction of Conditioned Behavior

Averse Control

Comparative Cognition Ii

Filters

After three righthand turns, Sally remembers that to get to Beth's house she must next make a lefthand turn.To remember the left-hand turn, Sally is using