Chapter 4: Pavlovian Application

Question 1

Aversion therapy

Answer 1

A form of counterconditioning in which a CS is paired with an aversive US, often nausea-inducing drugs.

Question 2

Conditioned emotional response (CER)

Answer 2

An emotional response to a stimulus that is acquired through Pavlovian conditioning. Abbreviated CER.

Question 3

Conditioned suppression

Answer 3

A reduction in the rate of responding due to the noncontingent presentation of an aversive CS.

Question 4

Conditioned taste aversion

Answer 4

An aversion, acquired through Pavlovian conditioning, to foods with a particular flavor.

Question 5

Counterconditioning

Answer 5

The use of Pavlovian conditioning to reverse the unwanted effects of prior conditioning.

Question 6

Exposure therapy

Answer 6

Any of several forms of counterconditioning in which a person is gradually exposed to a feared stimulus.

Question 7

Preparatory response theory

Answer 7

Theory of Pavlovian conditioning that proposes that the CR prepares the organism for the occurrence of the US.

Question 8

Systematic desensitization

Answer 8

A procedure for treating phobias in which a person imagines progressively stronger forms of the frightening CS while relaxed. It is a form of counterconditioning.

Question 9

Virtual reality exposure therapy

Answer 9

A variation of exposure therapy in which virtual reality technology is used.