Exam 6: Learning

Which of the following is NOT an example of learning?

Eric Kandel's study of learning in invertebrate animals provided evidence for neuronal alteration during the behaviors of:

Olds and Milner utilized intracranial self-stimulation in rats to investigate:

When,after extensive extinction trials,the presentation of the conditioned stimulus briefly produces a conditioned response,this process is known as:

Based on his work,Pavlov believed that _____ was the critical element needed for acquisition to occur during conditioning.

Allie is afraid of her neighbor's large dog.She then becomes afraid of any dog she sees on the street,and eventually she fears even pictures of dogs or toy dogs.This change in her fear of dogs represents:

When an animal hears a new sound or sees a novel object in the distance,its first reaction will be a(n):

You are trying to get your roommate to keep things neater,so you leave a nice note after she makes any attempt to pick things up.After a while,you leave a note only after she has stacked the dirty dishes,then only after she has brought them to the kitchen,and finally only when she puts them in the dishwasher.This process is an example of:

Conditioned food aversions are especially likely to occur when the stimulus is a(n):

A term sometimes used to represent the storage of learning by the neural systems of the brain is:

What anxiety disorder is seen as an acquired fear that is out of proportion to the real threat?

You know that genetics has given your new baby sister innate traits,such as how to suckle and cry.Yet some people tell you that she is born knowing nothing.These people believe in _____,which says that the environment teaches infants everything.

If you trained a rat to fear a flashing light by pairing it with a painful electric shock,what would be the conditioned stimulus?

Token economies are widely used in _____,an area that involves the application of operant-conditioning procedures to help people engage in better behaviors.

Dr.Shaw has a patient with a phobia to spiders.The patient enjoys doing puzzles.Dr.Shaw exposes the patient to spiders briefly while having the patient complete a fun puzzle.What technique is Dr.Shaw using?

According to Siegel's research,drug tolerance is greatest when the drug is taken in the same location as a prior use because:

Which of the following does NOT reflect the role of classical conditioning in drug addiction?

According to Skinner,what consequence is most conducive to learning?

Money is NOT a primary reinforcer because:

What is the process whereby the conditioned response is weakened when it is no longer presented with the unconditioned stimulus?