PSYC 435 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
NOTES AND TRIAL EXAMS ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ The phenomenon whereby the presence of an established conditioned
stimulus interferes with conditioning of a new conditioned stimulus.
Answer: Blocking
⫸ A complex stimulus that consists of the simultaneous presentation of
two or more individual stimuli. Answer: Compound stimulus
⫸ The sudden recovery of a conditioned response during an extinction
procedure when a novel (unfamiliar) stimulus is introduced. Answer:
Disinhibition
⫸ An experimentally produced disorder in which animals exposed to
unpredictable events develop neurotic-like symptoms. Answer:
Experimental neurosis
⫸ The process whereby a conditioned response can be weakened or
eliminated when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented in the
absence of the unconditioned stimulus; also, the procedure whereby this
happens, namely, the repeated presentation of the conditioned stimulus
in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus. Answer: Extinction (in
classical conditioning)
,⫸ The process whereby a neutral stimulus that is associated with a
conditioned stimulus (rather than an unconditioned stimulus) also
becomes a conditioned stimulus. Answer: Higher-order conditioning
⫸ The phenomenon whereby a familiar stimulus is more difficult to
condition as a conditioned stimulus than is a unfamiliar (novel) stimulus.
Answer: Latent inhibition
⫸ A procedure in which a stimulus signals whether a conditioned
stimulus is likely to be followed by an unconditioned stimulus and
thereby controls whether the conditioned stimulus will elicit a
conditioned response. Answer: Occasion setting
⫸ The phenomenon whereby the more salient member of a compound
stimulus is more readily conditioned as a conditioned stimulus and
thereby interferes with conditioning of the less salient member. Answer:
Overshadowing
⫸ The generalization of a conditioned response to verbal stimuli that are
similar in meaning to the condition stimulus. Answer: Semantic
generalization
⫸ When one stimulus is conditioned as a conditioned stimulus another
stimulus with which it was previously paired can also become a
conditioned stimulus. Answer: Sensory preconditioning
, ⫸ The reappearance of a conditioned response to a conditioned stimulus
following a rest period after extinction. Answer: Spontaneous recovery
⫸ The tendency for a response to be elicited more by one stimulus than
another. Answer: Stimulus discrimination
⫸ The tendency conditioned response to occur in the presence of a
stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus Answer: Stimulus
generalization
⫸ A process that involved the post conditioning presentation of the
unconditioned stimulus at a different level of intensity, thereby altering
the strength of response to the previously conditioned, conditioned
stimulus. Answer: Unconditioned stimulus revaluation.
⫸ In higher-order conditioning the CS2 generally elicits a _____
response that does the CS1. Answer: Weaker
⫸ The fact that you learned to fear wasps and hornets, as well as bees,
after being stung by a bee is an example of stimulus __1__. On the other
hand, if you fear only poisonous snakes and not nonpoisonous snakes,
that would be an example of stimulus __2__. Answer: 1.) Generalization
2.) Discrimination
⫸ Pavlov regarded spontaneous recovery and disinhibition as evidence
that extinction involves the _____ of the learned response. Answer:
Inhibitation
NOTES AND TRIAL EXAMS ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ The phenomenon whereby the presence of an established conditioned
stimulus interferes with conditioning of a new conditioned stimulus.
Answer: Blocking
⫸ A complex stimulus that consists of the simultaneous presentation of
two or more individual stimuli. Answer: Compound stimulus
⫸ The sudden recovery of a conditioned response during an extinction
procedure when a novel (unfamiliar) stimulus is introduced. Answer:
Disinhibition
⫸ An experimentally produced disorder in which animals exposed to
unpredictable events develop neurotic-like symptoms. Answer:
Experimental neurosis
⫸ The process whereby a conditioned response can be weakened or
eliminated when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented in the
absence of the unconditioned stimulus; also, the procedure whereby this
happens, namely, the repeated presentation of the conditioned stimulus
in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus. Answer: Extinction (in
classical conditioning)
,⫸ The process whereby a neutral stimulus that is associated with a
conditioned stimulus (rather than an unconditioned stimulus) also
becomes a conditioned stimulus. Answer: Higher-order conditioning
⫸ The phenomenon whereby a familiar stimulus is more difficult to
condition as a conditioned stimulus than is a unfamiliar (novel) stimulus.
Answer: Latent inhibition
⫸ A procedure in which a stimulus signals whether a conditioned
stimulus is likely to be followed by an unconditioned stimulus and
thereby controls whether the conditioned stimulus will elicit a
conditioned response. Answer: Occasion setting
⫸ The phenomenon whereby the more salient member of a compound
stimulus is more readily conditioned as a conditioned stimulus and
thereby interferes with conditioning of the less salient member. Answer:
Overshadowing
⫸ The generalization of a conditioned response to verbal stimuli that are
similar in meaning to the condition stimulus. Answer: Semantic
generalization
⫸ When one stimulus is conditioned as a conditioned stimulus another
stimulus with which it was previously paired can also become a
conditioned stimulus. Answer: Sensory preconditioning
, ⫸ The reappearance of a conditioned response to a conditioned stimulus
following a rest period after extinction. Answer: Spontaneous recovery
⫸ The tendency for a response to be elicited more by one stimulus than
another. Answer: Stimulus discrimination
⫸ The tendency conditioned response to occur in the presence of a
stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus Answer: Stimulus
generalization
⫸ A process that involved the post conditioning presentation of the
unconditioned stimulus at a different level of intensity, thereby altering
the strength of response to the previously conditioned, conditioned
stimulus. Answer: Unconditioned stimulus revaluation.
⫸ In higher-order conditioning the CS2 generally elicits a _____
response that does the CS1. Answer: Weaker
⫸ The fact that you learned to fear wasps and hornets, as well as bees,
after being stung by a bee is an example of stimulus __1__. On the other
hand, if you fear only poisonous snakes and not nonpoisonous snakes,
that would be an example of stimulus __2__. Answer: 1.) Generalization
2.) Discrimination
⫸ Pavlov regarded spontaneous recovery and disinhibition as evidence
that extinction involves the _____ of the learned response. Answer:
Inhibitation
