Question 1

Compare extinction to forgetting. What procedures characterize each?

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Question 2

According to frustration theory, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to

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A) not immediately noticing when reinforcers are omitted. 
B) learning to respond in the face of no expected reinforcement. 
C) the aggression that accompanies the onset of extinction. 
D) a subject's memories of whether or not it was rewarded for performing the instrumental response in the recent past. 
A) not immediately noticing when reinforcers are omitted. 
B) learning to respond in the face of no expected reinforcement. 
C) the aggression that accompanies the onset of extinction. 
D) a subject's memories of whether or not it was rewarded for performing the instrumental response in the recent past.

Question 3

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 4

A pigeon has been trained to peck a key for food reinforcement on a continuous schedule of reinforcement. If the pigeon is allowed to peck the key but food is no longer provided, what will happen?

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A) The pigeon will begin to vary its responses. 
B) The pigeon will learn that pecking does not lead to food. 
C) The pigeon will learn that the key and food are no longer associated. 
D) The pigeon will steadily increase its conditioned response rate. 
A) The pigeon will begin to vary its responses. 
B) The pigeon will learn that pecking does not lead to food. 
C) The pigeon will learn that the key and food are no longer associated. 
D) The pigeon will steadily increase its conditioned response rate.

Question 5

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 6

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.

Question 7

Spontaneous recovery following extinction of a classically conditioned response

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A) typically restores responding to pre-extinction levels. 
B) typically leads to incomplete recovery of responding. 
C) demonstrates that CS-US relationships are disrupted due to extinction. 
D) demonstrates that subjects unlearn only excitatory associations. 
A) typically restores responding to pre-extinction levels. 
B) typically leads to incomplete recovery of responding. 
C) demonstrates that CS-US relationships are disrupted due to extinction. 
D) demonstrates that subjects unlearn only excitatory associations.

Question 8

Compare three mechanisms of PREE. What evidence supports, or refutes, each mechanism?

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Question 9

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.

Question 10

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 11

Resurgence of an extinguished response occurs when

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A) time simply passes. 
B) other responses are also extinguished. 
C) subjects are inadvertently exposed to the training US. 
D) subjects are exposed to the training contexts. 
A) time simply passes. 
B) other responses are also extinguished. 
C) subjects are inadvertently exposed to the training US. 
D) subjects are exposed to the training contexts.

Question 12

People stop putting money into soda machines after one or two non-reinforced trials, but will put money into slot machines over and over without any payoff. A likely explanation is

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A) the extinction burst. 
B) the partial reinforcement extinction effect. 
C) the partial reinforcement burst. 
D) frustrative aggression. 
A) the extinction burst. 
B) the partial reinforcement extinction effect. 
C) the partial reinforcement burst. 
D) frustrative aggression.

Question 13

Sally put her money in the soda machine but nothing came out. To her brother's surprise, she gave the machine a powerful kick. You realize she was demonstrating

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A) an extinction burst. 
B) frustrative aggression. 
C) the partial reinforcement extinction effect. 
D) differential reinforcement of a low rate. 
A) an extinction burst. 
B) frustrative aggression. 
C) the partial reinforcement extinction effect. 
D) differential reinforcement of a low rate.

Question 14

The effect of compounding two extinction stimuli is to

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A) deepen the extinction of the two cues. 
B) impede extinction learning about the two cues. 
C) cause resurgence effects. 
D) none of the above 
A) deepen the extinction of the two cues. 
B) impede extinction learning about the two cues. 
C) cause resurgence effects. 
D) none of the above

Question 15

Describe the various ways in which control of behavior by contextual cues is relevant to the behavioral effects of extinction.

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Question 16

Describe the various conditions under which extinguished responding can reappear.

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Question 17

The theory that assumes that during intermittent reinforcement training, the memory of nonreward becomes a cue for performing the instrumental response is

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

Question 18

According to the discrimination hypothesis, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to

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A) the extinction burst that occurs at the beginning of extinction trials. 
B) learning to respond in the face of expected nonreward. 
C) a subject's memories of whether or not it was rewarded for performing the instrumental response in the recent past. 
D) a subject's decreased ability to notice when extinction procedures begin. 
A) the extinction burst that occurs at the beginning of extinction trials. 
B) learning to respond in the face of expected nonreward. 
C) a subject's memories of whether or not it was rewarded for performing the instrumental response in the recent past. 
D) a subject's decreased ability to notice when extinction procedures begin.

Question 19

Which of the following associations is most likely impacted by extinction training?

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

Question 20

What are the two major behavioral effects of conducting an extinction procedure? Provide an example from everyday life to illustrate these effects.

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Compare extinction to forgetting. What procedures characterize each?

According to frustration theory, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to

Excitatory conditioning is to _ as extinction is to _.

A pigeon has been trained to peck a key for food reinforcement on a continuous schedule of reinforcement. If the pigeon is allowed to peck the key but food is no longer provided, what will happen?

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

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

Spontaneous recovery following extinction of a classically conditioned response

Compare three mechanisms of PREE. What evidence supports, or refutes, each mechanism?

According to frustration theory,

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?

Resurgence of an extinguished response occurs when

People stop putting money into soda machines after one or two non-reinforced trials, but will put money into slot machines over and over without any payoff. A likely explanation is

Sally put her money in the soda machine but nothing came out. To her brother's surprise, she gave the machine a powerful kick. You realize she was demonstrating

The effect of compounding two extinction stimuli is to

Describe the various ways in which control of behavior by contextual cues is relevant to the behavioral effects of extinction.

Describe the various conditions under which extinguished responding can reappear.

The theory that assumes that during intermittent reinforcement training, the memory of nonreward becomes a cue for performing the instrumental response is

According to the discrimination hypothesis, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to

Which of the following associations is most likely impacted by extinction training?

What are the two major behavioral effects of conducting an extinction procedure? Provide an example from everyday life to illustrate these effects.

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

Compare extinction to forgetting. What procedures characterize each?

According to frustration theory, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to

Excitatory conditioning is to _____ as extinction is to _____.

A pigeon has been trained to peck a key for food reinforcement on a continuous schedule of reinforcement. If the pigeon is allowed to peck the key but food is no longer provided, what will happen?

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

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

Spontaneous recovery following extinction of a classically conditioned response

Compare three mechanisms of PREE. What evidence supports, or refutes, each mechanism?

According to frustration theory,

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?

Resurgence of an extinguished response occurs when

People stop putting money into soda machines after one or two non-reinforced trials, but will put money into slot machines over and over without any payoff. A likely explanation is

Sally put her money in the soda machine but nothing came out. To her brother's surprise, she gave the machine a powerful kick. You realize she was demonstrating

The effect of compounding two extinction stimuli is to

Describe the various ways in which control of behavior by contextual cues is relevant to the behavioral effects of extinction.

Describe the various conditions under which extinguished responding can reappear.

The theory that assumes that during intermittent reinforcement training, the memory of nonreward becomes a cue for performing the instrumental response is

According to the discrimination hypothesis, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to

Which of the following associations is most likely impacted by extinction training?

What are the two major behavioral effects of conducting an extinction procedure? Provide an example from everyday life to illustrate these effects.

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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Excitatory conditioning is to _ as extinction is to _.