Psychology 387 - Learning (Athabasca) – Final
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When the CS (Conditioned Stimulus) and US (Unconditioned Stimulus)
overlap, and the US appears before the CS disappears, this is called:
a. Trace conditioning
b. Delayed conditioning
c. Simultaneous conditioning
d. Backward conditioning
ANSWER: Delayed conditioning
When the CS and US are presented at the same time, this is known as:
a. Trace conditioning
b. Delayed conditioning
c. Simultaneous conditioning
d. Backward conditioning
ANSWER: Simultaneous conditioning
When the CS follows the US, this is an example of:
a. Trace conditioning
b. Delayed conditioning
c. Simultaneous conditioning
,d. Backward conditioning
ANSWER: Backward conditioning
When one event (X) occurs only if another event (Y) occurs, this relationship
is known as:
a. Contingency
b. Continuity
c. Pseudoconditioning
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Contingency
True or False: A compound stimulus occurs when two or more stimuli are
presented simultaneously.
ANSWER: True
The phenomenon that suggests we are more likely to develop aversions to
novel foods than to familiar ones is called:
a. Overshadowing
b. Blocking
c. Latent inhibition
d. Counterconditioning
ANSWER: Latent inhibition
The failure of a conditioned response (CR) to appear due to prior
presentation of the CS without the US is known as:
ANSWER: Latent inhibition
, Ivan Pavlov is best known for his research on the:
a. Psychic reflex
b. Partition complex
c. Operant responses
d. Digestive process
ANSWER: Psychic reflex
Which of the following does not belong with the others?
a. Latent inhibition
b. Overshadowing
c. Blocking
d. Higher-order conditioning
ANSWER: Higher-order conditioning
Research by Bovjerg and colleagues shows that when women are receiving
chemo, return to the hospital, they show:
a. increased immune functioning
b. decreased immune functioning
c. no change in immune functioning
d. incidental conditional response - ANSWER decreased immune functioning
John, finally musters up the courage to ask beautiful and popular Carol to go to
the movies. She finds the idea so ridiculous that she laughs out loud the instant he
has gotten the question out. John blushes. A week later, John bumps into Carol
and feels his face turn red and recalls the embarrassing earlier encounter. Carol
has become:
a. CS for blushing
, b. US for blushing
c. CR to John
d. a good candidate for training as a behaviour researcher - ANSWER CS for
blushing
A follow-up of exhibitionists treated by Barry Maletzky with a variation of
aversion therapy showed that those who had undergone treatment involuntarily
____________.
a. improved the same amount as voluntary patients
b. improved, but not as much as voluntary patients
c. improved during treatment but soon reverted back to their old ways
d. did not improve - ANSWER improved the same amount as voluntary
patients
Each time a buzzer sounds, a puff of air makes a rabbit blink. Soon the rabbit
blinks when it hears the buzzer. George believes that this means the buzzer takes
the place of the air puff. George is an advocate of ________.
a. stimulus substitution theory
b. exchange
c. preparatory response theory
d. stimulus response theory - ANSWER stimulus substitution theory
The studies of Carole and Arthur Staats demonstrated that neutral words paired
with pleasant words, results in the neutral words become pleasant is an example
of:
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When the CS (Conditioned Stimulus) and US (Unconditioned Stimulus)
overlap, and the US appears before the CS disappears, this is called:
a. Trace conditioning
b. Delayed conditioning
c. Simultaneous conditioning
d. Backward conditioning
ANSWER: Delayed conditioning
When the CS and US are presented at the same time, this is known as:
a. Trace conditioning
b. Delayed conditioning
c. Simultaneous conditioning
d. Backward conditioning
ANSWER: Simultaneous conditioning
When the CS follows the US, this is an example of:
a. Trace conditioning
b. Delayed conditioning
c. Simultaneous conditioning
,d. Backward conditioning
ANSWER: Backward conditioning
When one event (X) occurs only if another event (Y) occurs, this relationship
is known as:
a. Contingency
b. Continuity
c. Pseudoconditioning
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Contingency
True or False: A compound stimulus occurs when two or more stimuli are
presented simultaneously.
ANSWER: True
The phenomenon that suggests we are more likely to develop aversions to
novel foods than to familiar ones is called:
a. Overshadowing
b. Blocking
c. Latent inhibition
d. Counterconditioning
ANSWER: Latent inhibition
The failure of a conditioned response (CR) to appear due to prior
presentation of the CS without the US is known as:
ANSWER: Latent inhibition
, Ivan Pavlov is best known for his research on the:
a. Psychic reflex
b. Partition complex
c. Operant responses
d. Digestive process
ANSWER: Psychic reflex
Which of the following does not belong with the others?
a. Latent inhibition
b. Overshadowing
c. Blocking
d. Higher-order conditioning
ANSWER: Higher-order conditioning
Research by Bovjerg and colleagues shows that when women are receiving
chemo, return to the hospital, they show:
a. increased immune functioning
b. decreased immune functioning
c. no change in immune functioning
d. incidental conditional response - ANSWER decreased immune functioning
John, finally musters up the courage to ask beautiful and popular Carol to go to
the movies. She finds the idea so ridiculous that she laughs out loud the instant he
has gotten the question out. John blushes. A week later, John bumps into Carol
and feels his face turn red and recalls the embarrassing earlier encounter. Carol
has become:
a. CS for blushing
, b. US for blushing
c. CR to John
d. a good candidate for training as a behaviour researcher - ANSWER CS for
blushing
A follow-up of exhibitionists treated by Barry Maletzky with a variation of
aversion therapy showed that those who had undergone treatment involuntarily
____________.
a. improved the same amount as voluntary patients
b. improved, but not as much as voluntary patients
c. improved during treatment but soon reverted back to their old ways
d. did not improve - ANSWER improved the same amount as voluntary
patients
Each time a buzzer sounds, a puff of air makes a rabbit blink. Soon the rabbit
blinks when it hears the buzzer. George believes that this means the buzzer takes
the place of the air puff. George is an advocate of ________.
a. stimulus substitution theory
b. exchange
c. preparatory response theory
d. stimulus response theory - ANSWER stimulus substitution theory
The studies of Carole and Arthur Staats demonstrated that neutral words paired
with pleasant words, results in the neutral words become pleasant is an example
of:
