Exam 6: Are the Laws of Conditioning General

Though not discussed in the textbook, it is an established phenomenon that we are particularly adept at recognizing faces. That is, we learn about them especially well. Which statement best characterizes this ability?

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Which of the following fundamental phenomena have researchers failed to demonstrate in honeybees?

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Describe what a module is and how specialization and generalization can result from them.

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A module is a specialized system of learning that is shaped by evolution to work with its own type of environmental input. Specialization can occur because each module is tuned to different inputs. Generalization can occur because the way that the inputs are learned about and organized in each module can be generally the same.
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In general, examination of the question "How general are the laws of learning?" has found that

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Travis is listening to new loud music on his phone and accidentally steps into traffic and gets hit by a car. For several days later he experiences fear in seemingly random places-that is, he doesn't know what makes him afraid. What could have happened?

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Question 5

Taste aversion learning can occur with a substantial delay between the taste and illness because

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Question 6

In causal learning, subjects learn

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In a connectionist model, the CS and US can be analogous to

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Seligman refers to learning that has been specially designed by evolution to take place easily and quickly as

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Question 9

Which phenomenon or class of phenomena presents the most current challenges to conditioning theories?

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A taste-reactivity test is used to determine the

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Question 11

List five conditioning phenomena that have been demonstrated in honeybees.

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Question 12

While researchers have demonstrated a number of classic learning phenomena in honeybees, the failure to readily find evidence of _______ in honeybees raises the question of whether all the laws of learning in vertebrates apply to invertebrates.

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Describe the assumptions of the probabilistic contrast model and how it can explain backward blocking effects. Then contrast this explanation with Dickinson & Burke's 1996 modification of Wagner's SOP theory.

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What is the biggest problem with the probabilistic contrast model?

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The "relative validity effect" refers to a learning phenomenon in which

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Question 16

In a conditioned taste aversion study, we are most likely to see compound potentiation when a salient _ is paired with a less salient _.

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The term "module" refers to

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Question 18

Which of the following was not a special characteristic that appeared to make taste aversion learning a unique form of learning?

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Associations are negligible or absent when a long delay between CS-US pairings is used in most classical conditioning preparations. This finding has been attributed to

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Though not discussed in the textbook, it is an established phenomenon that we are particularly adept at recognizing faces. That is, we learn about them especially well. Which statement best characterizes this ability?

Which of the following fundamental phenomena have researchers failed to demonstrate in honeybees?

Describe what a module is and how specialization and generalization can result from them.

In general, examination of the question "How general are the laws of learning?" has found that

Travis is listening to new loud music on his phone and accidentally steps into traffic and gets hit by a car. For several days later he experiences fear in seemingly random places-that is, he doesn't know what makes him afraid. What could have happened?

Taste aversion learning can occur with a substantial delay between the taste and illness because

In causal learning, subjects learn

In a connectionist model, the CS and US can be analogous to

Seligman refers to learning that has been specially designed by evolution to take place easily and quickly as

Which phenomenon or class of phenomena presents the most current challenges to conditioning theories?

A taste-reactivity test is used to determine the

List five conditioning phenomena that have been demonstrated in honeybees.

While researchers have demonstrated a number of classic learning phenomena in honeybees, the failure to readily find evidence of _______ in honeybees raises the question of whether all the laws of learning in vertebrates apply to invertebrates.

Describe the assumptions of the probabilistic contrast model and how it can explain backward blocking effects. Then contrast this explanation with Dickinson & Burke's 1996 modification of Wagner's SOP theory.

What is the biggest problem with the probabilistic contrast model?

The "relative validity effect" refers to a learning phenomenon in which

In a conditioned taste aversion study, we are most likely to see compound potentiation when a salient _ is paired with a less salient _.

The term "module" refers to

Which of the following was not a special characteristic that appeared to make taste aversion learning a unique form of learning?

Associations are negligible or absent when a long delay between CS-US pairings is used in most classical conditioning preparations. This finding has been attributed to

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

Behavior and Its Consequences

How Stimuli Guide Instrumental Action

The Motivation of Instrumental Action

A Synthetic Perspective on Instrumental Action

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Exam 6: Are the Laws of Conditioning General

Though not discussed in the textbook, it is an established phenomenon that we are particularly adept at recognizing faces. That is, we learn about them especially well. Which statement best characterizes this ability?

Which of the following fundamental phenomena have researchers failed to demonstrate in honeybees?

Describe what a module is and how specialization and generalization can result from them.

In general, examination of the question "How general are the laws of learning?" has found that

Travis is listening to new loud music on his phone and accidentally steps into traffic and gets hit by a car. For several days later he experiences fear in seemingly random places-that is, he doesn't know what makes him afraid. What could have happened?

Taste aversion learning can occur with a substantial delay between the taste and illness because

In causal learning, subjects learn

In a connectionist model, the CS and US can be analogous to

Seligman refers to learning that has been specially designed by evolution to take place easily and quickly as

Which phenomenon or class of phenomena presents the most current challenges to conditioning theories?

A taste-reactivity test is used to determine the

List five conditioning phenomena that have been demonstrated in honeybees.

While researchers have demonstrated a number of classic learning phenomena in honeybees, the failure to readily find evidence of _______ in honeybees raises the question of whether all the laws of learning in vertebrates apply to invertebrates.

Describe the assumptions of the probabilistic contrast model and how it can explain backward blocking effects. Then contrast this explanation with Dickinson & Burke's 1996 modification of Wagner's SOP theory.

What is the biggest problem with the probabilistic contrast model?

The "relative validity effect" refers to a learning phenomenon in which

In a conditioned taste aversion study, we are most likely to see compound potentiation when a salient _______ is paired with a less salient _______.

The term "module" refers to

Which of the following was not a special characteristic that appeared to make taste aversion learning a unique form of learning?

Associations are negligible or absent when a long delay between CS-US pairings is used in most classical conditioning preparations. This finding has been attributed to

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

Behavior and Its Consequences

How Stimuli Guide Instrumental Action

The Motivation of Instrumental Action

A Synthetic Perspective on Instrumental Action

Filters

In a conditioned taste aversion study, we are most likely to see compound potentiation when a salient _ is paired with a less salient _.