Chapter 4 classical Conditioning BASIC CONDITIONING PHENOMENA

Question 1

The process of strengthening a conditioned response through repeated pairings of an NS with a US. Is known as ________

In general conditioning proceeds more _______ during the early trials of a conditioning procedure

Answer 1

Acquisition

Rapidly

Question 2

The maximum amount of learning that can take place in a given situation is known as the ________ of learning

Answer 2

Asymptote

Question 3

In general a ________ intense US produces better condition inning

Answer 3

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Question 4

In general a ________ intense NS produces better conditioning

Answer 4

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Question 5

In the process of extinction a conditioned response grows weaker because….

Answer 5

The conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly in the absence of the US

Question 6

The procedure of extinction involves…..

Answer 6

Presenting the CS without the US

Question 7

Once the CR has been extinguished requisition if that response tends to occur ________ rapidly than the original conditioning

Answer 7

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Question 8

The sudden recovery of an extinguished repose following some delay after extinction is knos as _______ _________

Answer 8

Spontaneous recovery

Question 9

With repeated sessions of extinction each time a repose recovers it is usually _______ and extinguishes more _______

Answer 9

Weaker

Quickly but

Question 10

Pavlov believed that this phenomenon indicated that extinction involved the _____ of a conditioned response

Answer 10

Inhibition

Question 11

The sudden recovery of a response during an extinction procedure when a novel stimulus is introduced is called _______

Answer 11

Disinhibition

Question 12

Stimulus generalisation is the tendency for a ____ to occur in the presence of stimuli that are similar to the original ______

In general the more ______ the stimulus us the stronger the response

Answer 12

CR
CS

SIMILAR

Question 13

The generalisation of a conditioned response to stimuli that are similar in meaning to a verbal CS is called ________ generalisation

Answer 13

Semantic

Question 14

The opposite of stimulus generalisation is stimulus ________ this can be defined as

Answer 14

Discrimination

The tendency for a response to be elicited more by one stimulus than another

Question 15

Feeling anxious around all objects that look like a rattle snake is an example of stimulus ________ whereas feeling anxious only around rattlesnakes is an example of stimulus ________

Answer 15

Generalisation

Distinction

Question 16

Suppose cart dislikes his physics instructor and as a result came to dislike all science instructions this is an example that illustrates the process of ________

Answer 16

overgeneralisation

Question 17

What occurs in discrimination training?

Answer 17

2900Hz becomes CS+ as it is paired with food = salivation

2800Hz becomes CS- presented with no food = no salivation

Question 18

In shenger-krestovnikova’s experiment the animal suffered a nervous breakdown when epodes to CS+ and a CS- that were made progressively _________ similar

Answer 18

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Question 19

Pavlov referee to this nervous breakdown as _________ n_______,_! Experimentally produced disorder in which animals exposed to _________ events develo _______ like symptoms

Answer 19

Experimental neurosis
Unpredictable
Neurotic

Question 20

Pavlov believed that these differences between dogs reflected ______ differences in ________

Answer 20

Inherited

Temperament

Question 21

In eysencks theory introverts are _______ reactive to external stimulation than extroverts are and they therefore ______ tolerate leave doses of stimulation

Answer 21

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Cannot

Question 22

Introverts also condition _______ easily than extroverts

Answer 22

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Question 23

Introverts seem to develo ________ type symptoms in reaction to stress whereas extroverts develop _______ type symptoms

Answer 23

Anxiety

Physical

Question 24

Psychopaths are extreme _________ who condition ____—- they therefore feel little or no continued ________ when harming or manipulating others

Answer 24

Extroverts
Very poorly
Anxiety