contents of conditioning

Question 1

test to find out if learning is instrumental or classical

Answer 1

omission test

Question 2

Would pecking response to light in pigeons fail or pass the omission test

Answer 2

fail - continues after the reward is gone. Don’t need to reinforce for pecking. Seen in Long Box autoshaping test

Question 3

Is autoshaping in pigeons pavlovian or operant

Answer 3

They will peck without reinforcement - it is Pavlovian

Question 4

mediated conditioning

Answer 4

CS becomes paired with US at the first stage of its representation in the brain e.g. the initial taste when the US is food. Least adaptive stage to have pairing because it doesn’t produce the response as quickly.

Question 5

Sensory preconditioning

Answer 5

two CS paired. CS1 paired with US. CS2 elicits CR even though it was never paired with US

Question 6

How does extinction contradict Hull’s theory?

Answer 6

Because his theory doesn’t explain how decreased responding can occur after an association has been stamped in