Exam 2: Elicited Behavior Habituation and Sensitization

The opponent-process theory predicts that couples who have spent many years together

In Aplysia , habituation of the gill withdrawal effect due to stimulation of the siphon

Which of the following describes the difference between a general search and a focal search?

Repeated presentations of a tactile stimulus make the skin receptors less sensitive, and responding decreases across trials. This is an example of

What factors influence the elicitation of a modal action pattern?

Response fatigue occurs during which of the following conditions?

According to the dual-process theory, when rats were tested with a relatively quiet background noise, their response to a startling tone

Compare the dual-process theory to the opponent-process theory of motivation. What is the goal of each theory? What similarities do you notice in the mechanisms? Differences? How does each account for habituation effects?

Compare and contrast appetitive and consummatory behavior, and describe how these are related to general search, focal search, and food handling.

Describe two changes in neurons of aplysia that are associated with habituation.

How does the opponent-process theory of motivation explain drug tolerance and addictive behaviors? What is the evidence for the underlying mechanisms?

Your friend is surprised by his grandmother's reaction to the unfortunate passing of her husband. Although for years she had shown her husband no overt signs of affection, his death has left her devastated. You explain to your friend that according to the opponent-process theory this change is due to

Describe the two processes of the dual-process theory of habituation and sensitization and the differences between these processes.

Explain how two different reflexes can promote the well being of an organism.

Elicited behaviors are interesting to researchers studying learning because of which following result?

Explain why repeated presentations of the same stimulus can elicit responses that decrease in one group of subjects and increase in another group of subjects.

Which of the following is the simplest form of elicited behavior?

The stimulus specificity of sensitization is _____ that of habituation.

The opponent-process theory suggests that alcoholics continue drinking to

Spontaneous recovery from habituation occurs