Exam 8: Learning

Describe the difference between mimicry and imitation.

Which behavioural technique is often applied to influence people's behaviour towards making desirable choices or behaving in a certain way?

If extinction of a conditioned response takes place in a different context than the one where conditioning took place originally, then the CR will be more likely to re-emerge when the individual is represented with the original context.

Describe Mineka and Cook (1988) experiment on observational fear conditioning in monkeys.

What group of individuals may be especially vulnerable to conditioned taste aversion?

What is 'renewal' in the context of classical conditioning?

Spontaneous recovery refers to the re-emergence of a _______________ to a ______________ following extinction as a consequence of the passage of time.

Discuss why organisms cannot entirely rely on reflexes to interact with their environments.

Which of the following is not a type of learning?

According to the Rescorla-Wagner model, if the occurrence of the US surprising, then:

Pavlov's dogs had learned to associate the sound of a bell with getting food. This suggests that classical conditioning involves an association between:

Extinction of a conditioned response is a fragile phenomenon which can often show __________ and __________.

What type of learning is the most comparable to associative LTP?

Which of the following reflexes allows a potentially dangerous sensory input (e.g. a burning hand) to be acted upon quickly to limit damage?

In the __________, a sensory neuron projects to the spinal cord and from there onto a spinal motor, without having to pass through the brain. This allows a very __________ motor response.

The cue-exposure therapy aims to extinguish the association between the __________ and the __________, by presenting the __________ in the absence of the __________.

What are the main limitations of the Rescorla-Wagner model?

Three-year-old Kate is an extremely finicky eater. Her mother is concerned that Kate's unwillingness to try new fruits and vegetables will negatively impact her growth and development. Which of the following techniques is the best motivator for behavioural change?

Joanna loves the feeling of relaxation she feels during the first inhalations of a cigarette. The nicotine within the cigarette is a(n):

LTD stands for long-term depotentiation.