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Learning - Ch 6

Question 1 of 8

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The process of learning does not involve any chemical changes in our brains

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 2 of 8

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

the process by which we respond less strongly over time to repeated stimuli and which is studied by sweat as an indicator of our anxiety

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Question 3 of 8

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Extinction is a passive process in which the CR is inhibited and instead the absence of a specific behavior emerges

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 4 of 8

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spontaneous recovery is:

Select one of the following:

  • Related to acquisition

  • Occurs when we extinguish a response in a setting that is different from the one in which an animal acquired it. However, when the animal returns to the original setting, the response reappears.

  • A result of phobias

  • When a previously extinct conditioned response reappears

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Question 5 of 8

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Pavlov and other Psychologists have demonstrated that classical conditioning occurs in which three stages?

Select one of the following:

  • acquisition, extinction and spontaneous recovery

  • extinction, stimulus generalization, higher order conditioning

  • acquisition, higher order conditioning and spontaneous recovery

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Question 6 of 8

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latent inhibition is when we have experienced a CS alone many times and thus it is difficult to classically condition it to another stimulus.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 7 of 8

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Operant conditioning:

Select one of the following:

  • is elicited automatically, reward is contingent on behavior, and behavior depends on voluntary motor behavior (skeletal muscles)

  • is emitted voluntarily, reward is contingent on behavior, and behavior depends on voluntary motor behavior (skeletal muscles)

  • is elicited voluntarily, reward is provided unconditionally, and behavior depends on autonomic nervous system

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Question 8 of 8

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The law of effect was put forth by ____ and proposes that____

Select one of the following:

  • Skinner; cats are able to escape a puzzle box through their insight – by understanding the link between the S-R (stimulus - response).

  • Pavlov; punishment is a relatively ineffective mode of changing behavior

  • Thorndike; learning occurs through trial and error from learned associations between a stimulus (S) and response (R). If rewarded for a response to a stimulus, we are more likely to repeat that response in the future – it’s stamped in.

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