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1. Teenagerus Americanus, a two-legged age indeginous to North America,
break out in a cold sweat whenever exposed to an exam. This reaction is most
likely: learned behavior
2. Variation and natural selection are the foundations of: evolution
3. In the statement "survival of the fittest" in regards to natural selection, being
the fittest means: best exploiting niche
4. The gollypod, a fictitious aquatic animal, breaks out in a cold sweat whenever
exposed to the sun. This reaction is a: reflex
5. The tendency of some animals to hoard food is probably an example of: a
general behavior trait
6. modal action patterns are elicited by events called: releasers
7. The chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting
to change is that learning: is faster
8. ____ is an increase in the intensity of a reflex response after repeated presen-
tations of the eliciting stimulus: sensitization
9. the list of human modal action patterns: has gotten shorter in recent years
10. natural selection is described as being: behind the times
11. Behavior is anything an animal or person does that can be: measured
12. A reflex is best defined as: a relationship between an event and a simple response
13. Bridger (1961) found that infants' heart rate increased when a novel sound
was presented, but that heart rate increased and less each time the sound was
presented. this is an example of: habituation
14. Learning is defined as: a change in behavior
15. The type of behavior change seen in the fox- breeding experiment is best
characterized as a change in: general behavior traits
16. Natural selection helps the individual adapt to changes in its environment
during its lifetime: false
17. Reflexes are general less variable than modal action patterns: true
18. Every known reflex contributes to the individuals's survival.: false
19. A major problem with natural selection as an adaptive mechanism i that it is
slow: true
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20. The evolution of most species is now complete.: False
21. What fascinated Pavlov most about it salivating dog was that: the dog began to
salivate before receiving food
22. Each time a buzzer sounds, a puff of air makes a rabbit blink. Soon the rabbit
blinks when it hears believes that this means the buzzer takes the place of the
air puff. George is an advocate of: stimulus substitution theory
23. Pavlov called reflexes that are present at birth: uncondititional
24. An experimenter presents a flash of light and a bell simultaneously , followed
by food. Conditioning proceeded. WHen the experimenter test the light by itself
and the bell by itself , he finds that the bell is an effective. The experimenter
has demonstrtated: Overshadowing
25. When exposure to a stimulus prior to pairing it with a US interferes with
condition, the phenomenon is called: latent inhibition
26. Presenting the CS continuously without presenting the US is called: extinction
27. the sudden appearance of a CR after the CS has been repeatedly presented
by itself is called: spontaneous recovery
28. ___ the degree to which the US depends upon the occurrence of the CS: con-
tingency
29. In pavlovian conditioning, contiguity usual refers to the: time between CS and US
30. A _____ stimulus is one that consists of two or more stimuli presented simul-
taneously: compound
31. In general the more intense the US, the: more faster conditioning proceeds
32. The studies of Carolyn and Arthur Staats demonstrating that nonsense syl-
lables become pleasant. Pleasant words are examples of: higher order conditioning
33. Two students, Edward and Edwinda, serve as subjects in a conditioning
experiment. The CR is electric shock the UR is a change in electrical conductivity
called the galvanic skin response trails, but the experimenter feels sorry for
Edwina, so periodically he lets her off without a shock. What do you predict will
happen.: The CR is stronger in Edward
34. Pavlov said that the salivary glands behaved as though they had: intelligence
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1. Teenagerus Americanus, a two-legged age indeginous to North America,
break out in a cold sweat whenever exposed to an exam. This reaction is most
likely: learned behavior
2. Variation and natural selection are the foundations of: evolution
3. In the statement "survival of the fittest" in regards to natural selection, being
the fittest means: best exploiting niche
4. The gollypod, a fictitious aquatic animal, breaks out in a cold sweat whenever
exposed to the sun. This reaction is a: reflex
5. The tendency of some animals to hoard food is probably an example of: a
general behavior trait
6. modal action patterns are elicited by events called: releasers
7. The chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting
to change is that learning: is faster
8. ____ is an increase in the intensity of a reflex response after repeated presen-
tations of the eliciting stimulus: sensitization
9. the list of human modal action patterns: has gotten shorter in recent years
10. natural selection is described as being: behind the times
11. Behavior is anything an animal or person does that can be: measured
12. A reflex is best defined as: a relationship between an event and a simple response
13. Bridger (1961) found that infants' heart rate increased when a novel sound
was presented, but that heart rate increased and less each time the sound was
presented. this is an example of: habituation
14. Learning is defined as: a change in behavior
15. The type of behavior change seen in the fox- breeding experiment is best
characterized as a change in: general behavior traits
16. Natural selection helps the individual adapt to changes in its environment
during its lifetime: false
17. Reflexes are general less variable than modal action patterns: true
18. Every known reflex contributes to the individuals's survival.: false
19. A major problem with natural selection as an adaptive mechanism i that it is
slow: true
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, psyc 387 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED 2025/2026 NEW
UPDATE
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_i25h6h
20. The evolution of most species is now complete.: False
21. What fascinated Pavlov most about it salivating dog was that: the dog began to
salivate before receiving food
22. Each time a buzzer sounds, a puff of air makes a rabbit blink. Soon the rabbit
blinks when it hears believes that this means the buzzer takes the place of the
air puff. George is an advocate of: stimulus substitution theory
23. Pavlov called reflexes that are present at birth: uncondititional
24. An experimenter presents a flash of light and a bell simultaneously , followed
by food. Conditioning proceeded. WHen the experimenter test the light by itself
and the bell by itself , he finds that the bell is an effective. The experimenter
has demonstrtated: Overshadowing
25. When exposure to a stimulus prior to pairing it with a US interferes with
condition, the phenomenon is called: latent inhibition
26. Presenting the CS continuously without presenting the US is called: extinction
27. the sudden appearance of a CR after the CS has been repeatedly presented
by itself is called: spontaneous recovery
28. ___ the degree to which the US depends upon the occurrence of the CS: con-
tingency
29. In pavlovian conditioning, contiguity usual refers to the: time between CS and US
30. A _____ stimulus is one that consists of two or more stimuli presented simul-
taneously: compound
31. In general the more intense the US, the: more faster conditioning proceeds
32. The studies of Carolyn and Arthur Staats demonstrating that nonsense syl-
lables become pleasant. Pleasant words are examples of: higher order conditioning
33. Two students, Edward and Edwinda, serve as subjects in a conditioning
experiment. The CR is electric shock the UR is a change in electrical conductivity
called the galvanic skin response trails, but the experimenter feels sorry for
Edwina, so periodically he lets her off without a shock. What do you predict will
happen.: The CR is stronger in Edward
34. Pavlov said that the salivary glands behaved as though they had: intelligence
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