PSY 520 Review Test 2 questions with verified detailed answers

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PSY 520 Review Test 2 questions with verified
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Unconditioned Stimulus (US) - correct answer✔✔A stimulus that elicits (assess) a response
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without previous pairing with another stimulus
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Unconditioned Response (UR) - correct answer✔✔A response elicited (caused) by an
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unconditioned stimulus ||




Conditioned Stimulus (CS) - correct answer✔✔A stimulus that elicits (causes) a response
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because of previous pairing with another stimulus
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Conditioned Response (CR) - correct answer✔✔A response elicited (caused) by a conditioned
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stimulus


Respondent conditioning - correct answer✔✔Pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned
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stimulus causes it to elicit the conditioned response
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Higher-order respondent conditioning - correct answer✔✔Establishing a conditioned stimulus by
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pairing a neutral stimulus with an already established conditioned stimulus
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Respondent extinction - correct answer✔✔Present the condiitoned stimulus without pairing it
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with the unconditioned stimulus, or with an already established conditioned stimulus, and the
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conditioned stimulus will lose its eliciting power || || || || || ||




Systematic desentizaton - correct answer✔✔Combining relaxation with a hierarchy of fear-
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producing stimuli arranged from least to most frightening
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Positive reinforcer (reinforcer) - correct answer✔✔A stimulus that increases the frequency of a
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response it follows || ||

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Positive reinforcement contingency (reinforcement) - correct answer✔✔The response contingent
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presentation of a reinforcer resulting in an increased frequency of that response
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Negative reinforcer (aversive stimulus) - correct answer✔✔A stimulus that increases the future
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frequency of a response that its removal (termination) follows
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Negative reinforcement contingency (escape) - correct answer✔✔The response contingent
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removal of a negative reinforcer resulting in an increased frequency of that response
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Punisher (aversive stimulus) - correct answer✔✔A stimulus that decreases the future frequency
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of a response that its presentation follows
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Positive punishment contingency (punishment) - correct answer✔✔The responses contingent
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presentation of a punisher resulting in a decreased frequency of that response
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Negative punishment contingency (penalty) - correct answer✔✔Response contingent removal of
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a reinforcer resulting in a decreased frequency of that response
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Behavioral contingency - correct answer✔✔The occasion for a response, the response, and the
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outcome of that response || || ||




Extinction - correct answer✔✔Stopping the positive or negative reinforcement contingency for a
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previously reinforced response causes the response frequency to decrease
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Rule - correct answer✔✔A description of a behavioral contingency
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Rule governed behavior - correct answer✔✔Behavior under the control of a rule
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