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Why is it difficult to identify the type of conditioning procedure that produces the best conditioning?

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Question 2

How does classical conditioning contribute to our understanding of causal judgments?

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Question 3

The rationale for the retardation of acquisition test is found in which of the following choices?

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A)  The rate of acquisition of an excitatory CR should be retarded if the CS is a conditioned inhibitor.
B)  The rate of acquisition of an excitatory UR should be retarded if the CS is a conditioned inhibitor.
C)  The rate of acquisition of an excitatory CR should be facilitated if the CS is a conditioned inhibitor.
D)  The rate of acquisition of an excitatory UR should be facilitated if the CS is a conditioned inhibitor.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

A test trial in classical conditioning consists of presenting which of the following?

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A)  the CS alone
B)  the US alone
C)  the CS and US in reverse order
D)  neither the CS nor the USE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

A sign reading "out of gas" at a restaurant does not cause the frustration of the same sign at a service station because of which choice below?

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A)  The restaurant is excitatory.
B)  The excitatory context is missing at the restaurant.
C)  The excitatory context is missing at the service station.
D)  The restaurant is inhibitory.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above B

Question 6

Normally, you eat breakfast every morning at Sam's Diner. For the past three mornings, a large yellow banner has stated that Sam's is closed. Now, every time you see a yellow banner you turn away from the banner. Your conditioning is an example of

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A)  short-delayed conditioning.
B)  differential inhibition.
C)  Pavlov's procedure for conditioned inhibition.
D)  a negative CS-US contiguity.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Instances in which exposure to the US is sufficient to create CR-like responses to the CS are called

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A)  pseudo-conditioning.
B)  habituation.
C)  pseudo-habituation.
D)  Pavlovian conditioning.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Inhibitory conditioning depends on an excitatory context, whereas excitatory conditioning depends on

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A)  an inhibitory context.
B)  an excitatory context.
C)  an explicitly unpaired control.
D)  None of the aboveE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

The cells that act as "teachers" selecting the connections to be modified in the cerebellum due to eyeblink conditioning are which of the following?

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A)  the climbing fibers
B)  the mossy fibers
C)  the cells of the red nucleus
D)  the cells of the hippocampusE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Describe similarities and differences among habituation, sensitization, and classical conditioning.

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Question 11

To conclude that an association has been established in a classical conditioning experiment, one must ensure which of the following?

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A)  that the subject responds every time the CS is presented
B)  that the subject responds every time the US is presented
C)  that changes in behavior are due to the US presentation
D)  that changes in behavior are not due to prior separate presentations of the CS and USE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

The temporal coding hypothesis suggests that a subject will do which of the following?

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A)  will not learn CS-US associations
B)  will learn CS-US associations and learn when the US occurs in relation to the CS
C)  will learn temporal relations only in short-delay situations, accounting for the strong conditioning that occurs in this procedure
D)  will learn temporal relations only in long-delay situations, accounting for the one trial learning seen in taste-aversion conditioningE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

In order for food to be presented in an autoshaping procedure, the pigeon must do which of the following?

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A)  approach the food hopper before the food is delivered
B)  approach the signal light before the food is delivered
C)  avoid the signal light until after the food is delivered
D)  There are no requirements for the pigeon.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above D

Question 14

Which of the following is not a measure of classically conditioned responding?

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A)  counting the number of drops of saliva elicited by a bell tone
B)  counting the number of lever presses made to receive food
C)  counting how often a rabbit blinks when a tone sounds
D)  counting the time that elapses between presentation of a tone and a rabbit's eyeblinkE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

What is object learning, and how is it similar or different from conventional classical conditioning?

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Question 16

Which of the following is not true of sign tracking?

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A)  The subject need not do anything to receive the US.
B)  Sign tracking appears to be limited to rodent species.
C)  Sign tracking can occur even if the CS and US delivery area are separated by a distance.
D)  Individual differences in sign tracking correlate with factors associated with drug abuse.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Which of the following best describes the "trace interval" in trace conditioning?

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A)  the time between the start of the CS and the end of the US
B)  the time between the start of the CS and the start of the US
C)  the time between the end of the CS and the end of the US
D)  the time between the end of the CS and the start of the USE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 18

The most successful control procedure in classical conditioning is

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A)  pseudo-conditioning.
B)  sensitization.
C)  random control.
D)  explicitly unpaired control.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 19

In negative CS-US contingency procedures of conditioned inhibition, what serves as the excitatory context?

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A)  the simultaneously presented CS +
B)  the CS -
C)  the background cues
D)  all of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

In studies of sexual sign tracking in male Japanese quail, what happens when the CS is separated from the hen delivery door?

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A)  Males switch from sign tracking to goal tracking if they must travel more than 6 inches.
B)  Males switch from sign tracking to goal tracking if they must travel more that 6 feet.
C)  Males sign track even at distances greater than 6 feet.
D)  Males always goal track.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) C

Exam 3: Classical Conditioning

Why is it difficult to identify the type of conditioning procedure that produces the best conditioning?

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How does classical conditioning contribute to our understanding of causal judgments?

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The rationale for the retardation of acquisition test is found in which of the following choices?

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A test trial in classical conditioning consists of presenting which of the following?

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A sign reading "out of gas" at a restaurant does not cause the frustration of the same sign at a service station because of which choice below?

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Normally, you eat breakfast every morning at Sam's Diner. For the past three mornings, a large yellow banner has stated that Sam's is closed. Now, every time you see a yellow banner you turn away from the banner. Your conditioning is an example of

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Instances in which exposure to the US is sufficient to create CR-like responses to the CS are called

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Inhibitory conditioning depends on an excitatory context, whereas excitatory conditioning depends on

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The cells that act as "teachers" selecting the connections to be modified in the cerebellum due to eyeblink conditioning are which of the following?

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Describe similarities and differences among habituation, sensitization, and classical conditioning.

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To conclude that an association has been established in a classical conditioning experiment, one must ensure which of the following?

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The temporal coding hypothesis suggests that a subject will do which of the following?

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Which of the following is not a measure of classically conditioned responding?

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What is object learning, and how is it similar or different from conventional classical conditioning?

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Which of the following is not true of sign tracking?

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Which of the following best describes the "trace interval" in trace conditioning?

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The most successful control procedure in classical conditioning is

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In negative CS-US contingency procedures of conditioned inhibition, what serves as the excitatory context?

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