Question 1

Clark's nutcrackers can hide several thousand seeds in different caches and retrieve them much later.To accomplish this feat,the birds appear to use

Accepted Answer

A) memory for specific visual landmarks 
B) their sense of smell 
C) the appearance of the soil above a cache 
D) random trial and error 
A) memory for specific visual landmarks 
B) their sense of smell 
C) the appearance of the soil above a cache 
D) random trial and error

Question 2

According to Wagner's theory of rehearsal in animals,a surprising post-trial episode can diminish the conditioning from a CS-US pairing because

Accepted Answer

A) surprising events attract a good deal of attention 
B) short-term memory has limited capacity 
C) both rehearsal and attention make use of short-term memory 
D) all of the above 
A) surprising events attract a good deal of attention 
B) short-term memory has limited capacity 
C) both rehearsal and attention make use of short-term memory 
D) all of the above

Question 3

The peak procedure has been used to demonstrate an animal's ability

Accepted Answer

A) to discriminate between two stimuli of different durations 
B) to discriminate between two different numbers of objects 
C) to time the duration of an interval that sometimes ends with a reinforcer 
D) all of the above 
A) to discriminate between two stimuli of different durations 
B) to discriminate between two different numbers of objects 
C) to time the duration of an interval that sometimes ends with a reinforcer 
D) all of the above

Question 4

Another name for short-term memory is

Accepted Answer

A) working memory 
B) reference memory 
C) abstract memory 
D) concrete memory 
A) working memory 
B) reference memory 
C) abstract memory 
D) concrete memory

Question 5

Keeping track of what responses or tasks you need to make next is an example

Accepted Answer

A) proactive interference 
B) retroactive interference 
C) prospective coding 
D) retrospective coding 
A) proactive interference 
B) retroactive interference 
C) prospective coding 
D) retrospective coding

Question 6

Studies have shown that cats and dogs can solve problems involving

Accepted Answer

A) analogies 
B) object permanence 
C) both a and b 
D) neither a nor b 
A) analogies 
B) object permanence 
C) both a and b 
D) neither a nor b

Question 7

After learning to discriminate between two and four sounds,rats

Accepted Answer

A) need no additional training to discriminate between two and four light pulses 
B) need only a moderate amount of training to discriminate between two and four light pulses 
C) have great difficulty learning to discriminate between two and four light pulses 
D) can perform this task with no mistakes 
A) need no additional training to discriminate between two and four light pulses 
B) need only a moderate amount of training to discriminate between two and four light pulses 
C) have great difficulty learning to discriminate between two and four light pulses 
D) can perform this task with no mistakes

Clark's nutcrackers can hide several thousand seeds in different caches and retrieve them much later.To accomplish this feat,the birds appear to use

According to Wagner's theory of rehearsal in animals,a surprising post-trial episode can diminish the conditioning from a CS-US pairing because

The peak procedure has been used to demonstrate an animal's ability

Another name for short-term memory is

Keeping track of what responses or tasks you need to make next is an example

Studies have shown that cats and dogs can solve problems involving

After learning to discriminate between two and four sounds,rats

History, background, and Basic Concepts

Innate Behavior Patterns and Habituation

Basic Principles of Classical Conditioning

Theories and Research on Classical Conditioning

Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning

Reinforcement Schedules: Experimental Analyses and Applications

Avoidance and Punishment

Theories and Research on Operant Conditioning

Stimulus Control and Concept Learning

Learning by Observation

Learning Motor Skills

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Exam 10: Comparative Cognition

Clark's nutcrackers can hide several thousand seeds in different caches and retrieve them much later.To accomplish this feat,the birds appear to use

According to Wagner's theory of rehearsal in animals,a surprising post-trial episode can diminish the conditioning from a CS-US pairing because

The peak procedure has been used to demonstrate an animal's ability

Another name for short-term memory is

Keeping track of what responses or tasks you need to make next is an example

Studies have shown that cats and dogs can solve problems involving

After learning to discriminate between two and four sounds,rats

History, background, and Basic Concepts

Innate Behavior Patterns and Habituation

Basic Principles of Classical Conditioning

Theories and Research on Classical Conditioning

Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning

Reinforcement Schedules: Experimental Analyses and Applications

Avoidance and Punishment

Theories and Research on Operant Conditioning

Stimulus Control and Concept Learning

Learning by Observation

Learning Motor Skills

Choice

Filters