Exam 1 practice questions

Question 1

A pigeon is exposed to a 5 second tone at the beginning of the trial. In the 7th second of the trial a piece of grain is delivered. This is an example of:

trace conditioning

long-delay conditioning

short-delay conditioning

backward conditioning

Answer 1

trace conditioning; CS happens for 5 seconds while the US happens at the 7th second

larger ISI, no overlap

Question 2

The phenomenon of contrablocking supports the rescorla-wagner model of associative learning.

True

False

Answer 2

False; contrablocking is a limitation of the rescorla-wagner model

Question 3

Your mom makes awesome cinnamon-raisin cookies. One day you eat too many raisins and you get sick. Even though your mom now makes the raisinless cookies, cinnamon cookies still make you nauseous. This is an example of

biological strength

belongingness

sensory preconditioning

counterconditioning

Answer 3

sensory preconditioning

Question 4

Every Thursday you study in the library. When your friends Kate and Franco go with you, they talk the whole time and it drives you crazy. When it’s just you and Franco, it is quiet and you get a lot more done. In this situation, if silence is the US, ______ is the CS+ and the ______ is the CS-.

context; franco

Kate; context

Franco; kate

kate; franco

Answer 4

Franco; Kate