Respondent Behavior

Question 1

Examples of Human Reflexes

Answer 1

Patellar reflex
Eye blink reflex
lachrymal reflex
pupillary reflex
respiratory reflex
sneeze reflex
cough reflex
rooting reflex (infants)
sucking reflex
salivation reflex
swallowing reflex
peristalsis reflex (swallowing)
reverse peristalsis reflex (vomitting)
reflex related to low/high termperature
reflex to loud sound
withdrawl reflex
activation reflex (startle)

Question 2

Habituation

Answer 2

A temporary reduction in a reflex response due to repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus

Question 3

Adaptation

Answer 3

A reduction in the frequency or magnitude of a response or a set of responses as a result of prolonged exposure to a stimulus or an environmental context

Question 4

Potentiation

Answer 4

A temporary increase in some dimension or intensity of a reflex response due to repeated presentations of an eliciting stimulus

Question 5

Sensitization

Answer 5

The tendency of a stimulus to elicit a reflex response follwing the elicitation of that response by a different stimulus

Question 6

Respondent Conditioning

Answer 6

A stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure in which a neutral stimulus is presented with an unconditioned stimulus until the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits the conditioned response.

Question 7

Short Delay Conditioning

Answer 7

The ONSET of the CS must come first, before the ONSET of the US; very effective

Question 8

Long Delay Conditioning

Answer 8

The ONSET of the CS must come first, before the ONSET of the US; usually effective

Question 9

Trace Conditioning Procedure

Answer 9

The OFFSET of the CS must come before the ONSET of the US; sometimes effective

Question 10

Simultaneous Conditioning Procedure

Answer 10

CS and US occur at the same time; usually not effective

Question 11

Backward Conditioning Procedure

Answer 11

The ONSET of the US must come before the ONSET of the CS; almost always ineffective.

Question 12

Higher-Order Conditoning

Answer 12

A neutral stimulus is paired with a previously conditoned stimulus (CS) rather than with a US.

Question 13

Respondent Extinction

Answer 13

The process through which a conditioned reflex is weakened by discontinuing to pair the CS with the US

Question 14

Respondent Stimulus Generalization

Answer 14

The spread of the effects of respondent conditioning to stimuli other than the conditioned stimulus.