PSYCH 381 - Midterm Question With Complete Solutions
Which of the following is NOT a modal action pattern?
the startle response of rats
Inhibitory conditioning depends on an excitatory context,
whereas excitatory conditioning depends on:
none of these options are correct.
A loud tone is repeatedly presented to a group of rats. Initially,
there is a large startle response that decreases across trials. The
response decrease across trials may be due to:
all of the above
A sign reading "out of gas" at a restaurant does not cause the
frustration of the same sign at a service station because of which
choice below?
The excitatory context is missing at the restaurant.
Which of the following is consistent with Thomas Hobbes'
views on behaviour?
both reflexes and the operations of the mind were predictable.
,A rat is exposed to a three-second red-light stimulus. A short
while after it turns off, a food pellet is delivered to the rat. This
is an example of:
trace conditioning
Which of the following correctly describes the relative-waiting-
time hypothesis?
The relative durations of the intertrial interval and the CS-US
interval determine conditioned responding.
The stimulus specificity of sensitization is ________ that of
habituation.
less than
Suzie once encountered a snake in the woods near town, and as
a result developed a strong fear of those woods. Later, however,
with exposure therapy she stopped fearing snakes. As a result,
she immediately lost her fear of the woods. This suggests that
Suzie's fear of the woods must have been based on an ____
association.
S-S
Which of the following best characterizes Pavlov's extension of
Descartes' theory of reflexes?
, Pavlov demonstrated that new reflexes could develop through a
mechanism of association.
According to the Rescorla-Wagner model, extinction is which of
the following?
the opposite of acquisition
A rat is given 20 exposures to a red light cue. Then, the red light
is presented paired with food delivery. Compared to a rat that
did not receive the initial 20 exposures, this rat took a long time
to develop a CR to the red light. The slower learning is due to:
the latent inhibition effect
Response fatigue occurs during which of the following
conditions?
Repeated actions cause muscles to temporarily weaken
In the presence of a tone/light cue, pigeons were trained to press
a foot treadle to gain access to food or to avoid footshock.
Subsequent investigations determined that responding in
appetitive situations is more likely to be controlled by visual
cues; responding in aversive situations by auditory cues. This
demonstrates that
the type of reinforcement is a determinant of stimulus control.
Which of the following is NOT a modal action pattern?
the startle response of rats
Inhibitory conditioning depends on an excitatory context,
whereas excitatory conditioning depends on:
none of these options are correct.
A loud tone is repeatedly presented to a group of rats. Initially,
there is a large startle response that decreases across trials. The
response decrease across trials may be due to:
all of the above
A sign reading "out of gas" at a restaurant does not cause the
frustration of the same sign at a service station because of which
choice below?
The excitatory context is missing at the restaurant.
Which of the following is consistent with Thomas Hobbes'
views on behaviour?
both reflexes and the operations of the mind were predictable.
,A rat is exposed to a three-second red-light stimulus. A short
while after it turns off, a food pellet is delivered to the rat. This
is an example of:
trace conditioning
Which of the following correctly describes the relative-waiting-
time hypothesis?
The relative durations of the intertrial interval and the CS-US
interval determine conditioned responding.
The stimulus specificity of sensitization is ________ that of
habituation.
less than
Suzie once encountered a snake in the woods near town, and as
a result developed a strong fear of those woods. Later, however,
with exposure therapy she stopped fearing snakes. As a result,
she immediately lost her fear of the woods. This suggests that
Suzie's fear of the woods must have been based on an ____
association.
S-S
Which of the following best characterizes Pavlov's extension of
Descartes' theory of reflexes?
, Pavlov demonstrated that new reflexes could develop through a
mechanism of association.
According to the Rescorla-Wagner model, extinction is which of
the following?
the opposite of acquisition
A rat is given 20 exposures to a red light cue. Then, the red light
is presented paired with food delivery. Compared to a rat that
did not receive the initial 20 exposures, this rat took a long time
to develop a CR to the red light. The slower learning is due to:
the latent inhibition effect
Response fatigue occurs during which of the following
conditions?
Repeated actions cause muscles to temporarily weaken
In the presence of a tone/light cue, pigeons were trained to press
a foot treadle to gain access to food or to avoid footshock.
Subsequent investigations determined that responding in
appetitive situations is more likely to be controlled by visual
cues; responding in aversive situations by auditory cues. This
demonstrates that
the type of reinforcement is a determinant of stimulus control.
