psych of learning exam 1 Flashcards
BF Skinner blanks the role of genetic influences on behavior
clearly recognized
The statement “A person is both a physical being and a spiritual being” agrees with the approach to psychology proposed by
Descartes
William James was a blank, while Titchener was a
James = functionalist
Titchener = structuralist
An individual who believes that humans and animals are fundamentally different would most likely agree with the views of
Descartes
Removing the magazines from your room so that you will not be distracted by them while studying is an example of what Skinner called
countercontrol
“Sean walks quickly to the cafeteria as he is hungry due to food deprivation”. This statement illustrates blank brand of behaviorism
Hull’s
According to John Watson, a major problem with the study of internal events is that
one has to make inferences that are often unreliable
-introspection is unreliable because it is not observable
which of the following personal characteristics most directly influenced Skinner’s work as a psychologist?
inventiveness
Neal is a golden retriever who is taught to salivate in response to a click. His behavior illustrates
classical conditioning
The process of blank tends to generalize to other stimuli
Sensitization
The more often you try to attract your cats attention, the less attention it pays to you. This is an example of
habituation
The inborn tendency of a dog to scratch dirt after it urinates is an example of a
fixed action pattern
The blank stimulus for a male stickleback’s aggressive actions is not the presence of the other male but the sight of its red underbelly
sign stimulus
when you first move to your new home, you are quite bothered by the sound of aircrafts taking off from the military base nearby. After a few weeks, however, it does not bother you anymore. This scenario is an example of:
long-term habituation
Long-term vs Short-term Habituation
Long-term: Occurs over longer periods of time, with response decreases between sessions. It’s a more durable process that persists for days or weeks, with little or no spontaneous recovery
Short-term: Occurs within a single session, with stimulus presentations at short intervals of sub-seconds to a few minutes. It’s a temporary process that’s reversible within minutes
Which of the following is illustrated by a deer’s tendency to run in a zigzag manner when being pursued by a predator?
fixed action pattern
a faint vibration is likely to result in blank, while an extremely strong vibration is likely to result in blank
habituation; sensitization
During an exam, Vinita eventually stopped noticing that the student next to her was repeatedly sniffling. At one point, however, the lights in the room went off, after which she again noticed the sniffling. The reappearance of her reaction to the sniffling is as an example of:
dishabituation
A weakening of an elicited behavior following repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus refers to _____, while a strengthening of an elicited behavior following repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus refers to _____.
habituation; sensitization
Under what conditions would you expect to be able to habituate more readily to a loud stimulus but not a quiet one?
If the loud stimulus is safe but the quiet stimulus is dangerous
The flexion response that happens when you step on a tack is a(n) ______ while the experience of the tack piercing your foot is a(n) ______
unconditioned response; unconditioned stimulus
Feeling strongly attracted to a person following some romantic encounters is an example of _____ conditioning.
appetitive
During his study of the digestive process, Pavlov noted that the _____ of saliva could vary depending on the type of substance placed in a dog’s mouth.
quantity AND quality
If we wanted to associate a tone with an electric shock, we would first present the tone, and then, while it is still on, present a brief shock. This type of conditioning procedure is called _____ conditioning.
Delayed
Delayed Conditioning
In delayed conditioning, the onset of the NS precedes the onset of the US, and the two stimuli overlap. For example, if we want a rat to associate a tone with a brief shock, we first present the tone and then, while the tone is still on, present a shock.
-This is the most effective type of pairing procedure
The conditioned response (CR) is blank the unconditioned response (UR)
often similar to
Svitlana once received a bite while holding her hamster and is now quite fearful each time she holds it. In this example, the act of holding the hamster has become a(n) _____ stimulus.
conditioned
In _____, two stimuli are paired together with the result that one of the stimuli comes to elicit a response that it did not originally elicit.
classical conditioning
Which of the following can sometimes result in inhibitory conditioning?
A shock followed by a tone
Backward Conditioning Procedure
Backward conditioning can sometimes result in conditioning of an inhibitory response. For example, if a tone sounds just before a shock is terminated, then the tone reliably predicts the removal of shock.
Inhibitory Conditioning
Conditioning procedure in which a stimulus is associated with the absence or removal of a US, and therefore (as a CS) inhibits a certain response.
A(n) _____ stimulus is a stimulus that naturally elicits a response.
Unconditioned
In _____ conditioning, the _____ is an event that is usually considered pleasant or satisfying.
appetitive; unconditioned stimulus
Appetitive Conditioning
In appetitive conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus is an event that is usually considered pleasant or satisfying.
According to the latent inhibition effect, a _____ stimulus is more readily conditioned as a CS than a familiar stimulus.
novel
-According to the latent inhibition effect, a novel or unfamiliar stimulus is more readily conditioned as a CS than a familiar stimulus.
In classical conditioning, acquisition refers to the process of developing and strengthening a conditioned response through repeated pairings of an NS with a(n) _____.
US
Spontaneous recovery tends to _____ across repeated sessions of extinction.
decrease
A useful procedure for determining the sensory capacities of animals is _____.
discrimination training
To Pavlov, the existence of spontaneous recovery indicated that extinction is NOT simply a process of
unlearning
Broader is to narrower as
generalization is to discrimination
Consider the following sequence of events: (1) A: B —>C; (2) A —> C; (3) D: A —> C; (4) D —> C. This is most similar to
higher-order conditioning
While playing tennis one day, you suffer a minor ankle sprain. Two weeks later you severely twist your ankle while stepping off a curb. The next time you play tennis, you find yourself surprisingly worried about spraining your ankle. This is an example of _________.
US revaluation
Zoe has had her pet terrier, Roscoe, for several years. Although Zoe has twice been bitten by Roscoe recently, she is completely unafraid of him. This is most likely an example of the _____ effect.
latent inhibition
In _____, the more salient member of a compound stimulus is more readily conditioned as a CS.
overshadowing
Don was equally attracted to Sasha and Dominique, whom he dated separately. Over time, he learned to become very aroused by Sasha’s style of dress and by Dominique’s perfume. Later, he struck up a relationship with Marnie, who dressed like Sasha and wore the same perfume as Dominique. According to the Rescorla-Wagner theory, the amount of arousal Don experiences from the perfume alone will most likely _____.
decrease
Heather was mildly nervous about skiing after she slightly twisted her ankle during a skiing session. Later, she suffered a serious and painful leg injury in a boating accident. After full recovery, she is now fearful of both boating and skiing. Heather’s behavior illustrates the process of _____.
US revaluation
In the Watson and Rayner experiment with Little Albert, the CS was a _____.
rat
Given that each drink contains the same amount of alcohol and that you drink each drink at the same rate, you will most likely get drunk quickly if you are drinking a(n) _____ drink.
unfamiliar
-novel stimuli work better
The major difficulty with Pavlov’s stimulus-substitution theory is that the _____ are sometimes quite _____.
CR and UR; different
The ease with which a conditioned fear response is acquired can be affected by _____.
temperament, observational learning, and selective sensitization