Question 1

Which statement about a polymorphous concept is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is open-ended and complex because it has fuzzy boundaries. 
B)  It is readily learned by a variety of species after minimal training. 
C)  It is biologically relevant or significant to all members of a given species. 
D)  It is associated with a variety of different but similarly valued outcomes (e.g., money, fame). 
A)  It is open-ended and complex because it has fuzzy boundaries. 
B)  It is readily learned by a variety of species after minimal training. 
C)  It is biologically relevant or significant to all members of a given species. 
D)  It is associated with a variety of different but similarly valued outcomes (e.g., money, fame).

Question 2

Imagine a maze in which the floor of each arm is a different texture, but the walls are all perfectly white. After rats have learned to navigate the maze, the walls are removed. One rat walks straight to the goal. The other rat follows the cues provided by the floor textures to reach the goal. The first rat is using the _______ system, while the second is using the ________ system.

Accepted Answer

A)  operant; S-R 
B)  locale; taxon 
C)  taxon; Locale 
D)  geometry module; dead reckoning 
A)  operant; S-R 
B)  locale; taxon 
C)  taxon; Locale 
D)  geometry module; dead reckoning

Question 3

Explain how a transfer test is conducted and why it is used to test for concept learning.

Accepted Answer

In a transfer test, a new example of a c

Question 4

In a study of scrub jays, the observation that the jays have knowledge of _______ would indicate that the birds had episodic memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  the type of food they had cached and where they had cached it 
B)  where they had cached the food and when they had cached it 
C)  the type of food they preferred and where they had cached it 
D)  what they had cached, where they had cached it, and when they had cached it 
A)  the type of food they had cached and where they had cached it 
B)  where they had cached the food and when they had cached it 
C)  the type of food they preferred and where they had cached it 
D)  what they had cached, where they had cached it, and when they had cached it

Question 5

Refer to the scenario below to answer the questions that follow.
Clayton and Dickinson demonstrated episodic memory in scrub jays. The birds were allowed to hide worms (their preferred food) and peanuts. They then were allowed to retrieve the cached items 4 hours later and 124 hours later. For the experimental group, the cached worms were "spoiled" by the researcher just before the 124-hour retrieval. On subsequent trials, after a 4-hour period, the jays search for worms (the preferred food) more than for peanuts, but after a 124-hour period, they search for peanuts (the less preferred food) more than worms.
-If the scrub jays had only procedural memory, what would they have done on the two tests. Justify your answer.

Accepted Answer

If the jays had only procedural memory,

Question 6

Travis correctly identifies a painting he has not seen before as a Picasso. When asked how he recognized the painter, he points to the cubes as a characteristic element in of Picasso's paintings. Travis's behavior would support which theory of category learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Geon 
B)  Feature 
C)  Prototype 
D)  Exemplar 
A)  Geon 
B)  Feature 
C)  Prototype 
D)  Exemplar

Question 7

In which situation has a "peak shift" phenomenon occurred?

Accepted Answer

A)  Discrimination training using an orange SD and yellow-orange SΔ light produces maximal responding to a red stimulus. 
B)  Discrimination training results in a flat peak, with equal responding to the original training stimulus and several similar stimuli on either side of it. 
C)  Discrimination training using a loud tone and a bright light produces maximal responding to comparison tones and lights of moderate intensity. 
D)  Discrimination training produces two peaks in responding, one occurring at the SD and the other at the SΔ. 
A)  Discrimination training using an orange SD and yellow-orange SΔ light produces maximal responding to a red stimulus. 
B)  Discrimination training results in a flat peak, with equal responding to the original training stimulus and several similar stimuli on either side of it. 
C)  Discrimination training using a loud tone and a bright light produces maximal responding to comparison tones and lights of moderate intensity. 
D)  Discrimination training produces two peaks in responding, one occurring at the SD and the other at the SΔ.

Question 8

Peak shift is said to occur when two

Accepted Answer

A)  stimuli are so similar that subjects have difficulty distinguishing between them, and thus the peak of the responses shifts so that they respond similarly to both. 
B)  discriminative stimuli are very similar and produce maximal responding to a stimulus near the SD and away from the SΔ. 
C)  similar stimuli are reinforced and produce a broader peak of maximal responding to more stimuli than would have occurred if only one stimulus had been reinforced. 
D)  discriminative stimuli are dissimilar and produce maximal responding to a stimulus midway between the SD and the SΔ. 
A)  stimuli are so similar that subjects have difficulty distinguishing between them, and thus the peak of the responses shifts so that they respond similarly to both. 
B)  discriminative stimuli are very similar and produce maximal responding to a stimulus near the SD and away from the SΔ. 
C)  similar stimuli are reinforced and produce a broader peak of maximal responding to more stimuli than would have occurred if only one stimulus had been reinforced. 
D)  discriminative stimuli are dissimilar and produce maximal responding to a stimulus midway between the SD and the SΔ.

Question 9

Which statement about generalization gradients is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Generalization gradients produced by discrimination training are steeper than those produced by a single stimulus exposure. 
B)  Responding always falls off reliably as the difference between the test and training stimuli increases. 
C)  Generalization gradients become increasingly sharper or steeper the more similar the two training stimuli are. 
D)  The peak of responding on a generalization gradient is less likely to be at the SD training stimulus as the SD and SΔ become more similar. 
A)  Generalization gradients produced by discrimination training are steeper than those produced by a single stimulus exposure. 
B)  Responding always falls off reliably as the difference between the test and training stimuli increases. 
C)  Generalization gradients become increasingly sharper or steeper the more similar the two training stimuli are. 
D)  The peak of responding on a generalization gradient is less likely to be at the SD training stimulus as the SD and SΔ become more similar.

Which statement about a polymorphous concept is true?

Explain how a transfer test is conducted and why it is used to test for concept learning.

In a study of scrub jays, the observation that the jays have knowledge of _______ would indicate that the birds had episodic memory.

Travis correctly identifies a painting he has not seen before as a Picasso. When asked how he recognized the painter, he points to the cubes as a characteristic element in of Picasso's paintings. Travis's behavior would support which theory of category learning?

In which situation has a "peak shift" phenomenon occurred?

Peak shift is said to occur when two

Which statement about generalization gradients is false?

Learning Theory: What It Is and How It Got This Way

Learning and Adaptation

The Nuts and Bolts of Classical Conditioning

Theories of Conditioning

What Ever Happened to Behavior Anyway

Are the Laws of Conditioning General

Behavior and Its Consequences

The Motivation of Instrumental Action

A Synthetic Perspective on Instrumental Action

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Exam 8: How Stimuli Guide Instrumental Action

Which statement about a polymorphous concept is true?

Explain how a transfer test is conducted and why it is used to test for concept learning.

In a study of scrub jays, the observation that the jays have knowledge of _______ would indicate that the birds had episodic memory.

Travis correctly identifies a painting he has not seen before as a Picasso. When asked how he recognized the painter, he points to the cubes as a characteristic element in of Picasso's paintings. Travis's behavior would support which theory of category learning?

In which situation has a "peak shift" phenomenon occurred?

Peak shift is said to occur when two

Which statement about generalization gradients is false?

Learning Theory: What It Is and How It Got This Way

Learning and Adaptation

The Nuts and Bolts of Classical Conditioning

Theories of Conditioning

What Ever Happened to Behavior Anyway

Are the Laws of Conditioning General

Behavior and Its Consequences

The Motivation of Instrumental Action

A Synthetic Perspective on Instrumental Action

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