Exam 7: Learning

Habituation is to ___ as sensitization is to ___.

What kind of learning has NOT been demonstrated prenatally or shortly after birth?

Often,a conditioned response may be elicited NOT only by the original CS,but also by a similar one.This is known as stimulus ___.

Macy is looking for her suitcase at the airport among all the suitcases travelling around on the carousel.What condition would cause a pop-out effect for her suitcase?

Name two factors that influence the acquisition stage of learning.

Madelyn is making faces at her three-day-old infant daughter.What response could Madelyn expect from her daughter?

Dr.Ali is timing how long it takes each of his rats to run a complex maze from start to finish.Suppose Dr.Ali ran each rat on the first 15 trials without any food at the finish,and then on trial 16 the rat found a little piece of cheese at the finish.What do you predict would happen on the 16?? trial?

Your text states that,"[Pavlov's] dogs had learned to associate the appearance of a lab assistant with getting food." This suggests that classical conditioning involves an association between

Learning that occurs without awareness is called ___.

___ occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency when the CS is presented in the absence of the US.

Evidence that the CS-US pairing still exists after extinction training can be recognized when the CR re-emerges at a later date in a phenomenon known as ___.

The principles of operant conditioning can explain self-injurious behaviour by saying that people who self-injure

Jack has been using heroin in his apartment every day for the past two months.He finds that now it takes more heroin to get him high.He is planning on using heroin tonight at a party at his friend's apartment.Which of the following is the most likely outcome?

What learning phenomenon involves administering an unpleasant consequence?

According to recent research,students who study while using Facebook have lower grade point averages.This means there is a ___ correlation between Facebook use and GPA.

Producing taste aversion requires several pairings of the US and CS.

Suppose Geraldine was part of DeCasper and Spence's (1986)study,and she was required to read the Dr.Seuss book 'Cat in the Hat' out loud for the last 2 months of her pregnancy.If Geraldine's newborn behaved as most of the infants in the study,which of the following do you think the infant would prefer hearing?

Rats exploring a maze without being reinforced is an example of latent learning.

Which of the following are the optimal conditions for acquisition to take place?

The first time Nayab purchased a coffee from the local coffee shop,she noticed the warning,"Caution! Beverage is hot!" Now,after three years of regularly stopping by that coffee shop for coffee,she no longer notices the warning message.What has occurred?