Exam 8: Learning

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John is recovering from cocaine addiction. His last dose was three months ago, but John can still crave cocaine when he sees a red Mini, the car that his dealer used to drive. His therapist is using the cue-exposure therapy to help John extinguishing the cravings. The psychologist is repeatedly showing John __________.

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What is a drug paraphernalia?

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Reflexes are:

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Humans, but not animals, represent stimuli in a configural manner.

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In Carew et al.'s (1983) study on classical conditioning in sea slugs, the slight touch on the slug's siphon was the __________, while the mild electric shock delivered immediately after on the slug's tail was the __________.

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Classical conditioning is at 'behavioural level' as __________ is at the 'neural level'.

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Which of the following statements regarding discrimination learning is INACCURATE?

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LTP is caused by ____________ neural stimulation. On the other hand, LTD is caused by ____________ neural stimulation.

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In the famous "puzzle box" experiments, the cat would find the way to open the cage's door relatively quickly.

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What is surprise according to Rescorla and Wagner?

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Which of the following phenomena can be explained by the Rescorla-Wagner model?

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Extinction of a conditioned response is context-sensitive, as shown by the phenomenon of __________.

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According to the principles of classical conditioning, which of the forms of therapy would be most effective at treating a person with a conditioned phobia for white rats?

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Which of the following descriptions correctly defines a "phobia"?

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Extinction is:

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Which of the following is an example of a basic form of learning?

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What 2 common phenomena of extinction of a conditioned response can explain why the cue-exposure therapy is so ineffective?

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With reference to extinction in the context of classical conditioning, which of the following statements is INACCURATE?

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Mirror neurons fire only when a monkey observes a co-specific performing a given action.

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Why is the reflex arc so fast?

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