Exam 2: Learning and Adaptation

Monica places a hot dog in her mouth, chews it, and swallows. She very much enjoys the taste, and her hunger pains go away. Subsequent overeating might be supported by

How can a conditioned compensatory response help support drug abuse?

Tinbergen observed that the number of black-headed gull eggs taken from a nest was a function of the distance of the nest from broken eggs. This experiment

Following a behavior with a desirable event would be called a(n) _______ procedure.

Which term does not belong with the others in the list?

Karen talks back to her mother every time she is asked to do something. How might her mother change this behavior?

In rats, freezing

When an animal or human experiences a taste or odor that is associated with illness, they learn to avoid contact with that taste or odor in the future. This conditioning procedure is referred to as

The figure below shows the results of the seminal work by Garcia and Koelling demonstrating preparedness. Describe the experiment and the results, referencing the figure and what the experiment tells us about preparedness.

Which example below represents sign tracking?

Which behavior likely involves a response that a subject is highly prepared to learn?

The process of negative reinforcement is defined by

Which term does not belong with the others?

Escape and avoidance are forms of

Omission involves the _______ of _______ stimulus following a response.

Which of the following studies would not be conducted by ethologists?

Monarch butterflies taste nasty to predators due to the presence of cardenolide aglycones in their system. Viceroy butterflies, which look much like Monarchs, are more tasty. Ethologists have argued that the Viceroy's appearance mimics that of the Monarch because predators avoid those that look like Monarchs and thus Viceroys pass on their genes to offspring. How might you test this evaluative approach?

At the end of your first two months in your new apartment, you rearrange the bathroom and move the clothes hamper from one corner to the other. For the next two weeks, you accidentally throw your clothes in the wrong corner, but by the end of the third week you are tossing the clothes in the correct location. After spending Thanksgiving break at home with your parents, you again find yourself pitching your dirty clothes in the corner where the hamper used to be, and you think, "Wow, _______ really does occur."

Which statement about classical conditioning and food cues is true?

Punishment and _______ are methods for producing _______ in a behavior.