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Miquel loves baseball and was excited to join a local team. However, he often missed the
ball when he swung, and could not direct where the ball went when he hit it. He studied
what his teammates did, and listened to advice from his coach, and within a few weeks he
consistently hit the ball to where he wanted it to go. Miquel improved his skills in baseball
through a process called ANSW ✔✔ learning
Which type of learning is considered to be the simplest form of learning? ANSW ✔✔
Habituation
While driving to class, Rabeya heard the sound of a car horn and the squealing of tires. She
immediately slowed down and looked for the source of the noise. How can Rabeya's
response to these stimuli be described? ANSW ✔✔ Orienting reflex
Why do humans and many animals exhibit orienting reflexes? ANSW ✔✔ Self-protection
Dajhia is studying in her dorm room and can hear her neighbor's music playing. She
eventually can block out the music and focuses on her studying. What process is responsible
for Dajhia's ability to ignore this music over time? ANSW ✔✔ Habituation
Why is habituation an important tool in our ability to respond to, or ignore, a stimulus?
ANSW ✔✔ It protects our brain from overstimulation.
Nour has suffered from migraine headaches since she was young. What might be the
relationship between her migraines and her ability to habituate? ANSW ✔✔ Nour has less
ability to tune out stressful stimuli.
After getting out of the army, Lee frequently experienced episodes of post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). He would jump and use evasive action when a car backfired, or when loud,
sudden noises were on television. How can mindfulness-based stress reduction and
habituation therapy help Lee with his PTSD? ANSW ✔✔ They can lessen the physiological
response to stressors
, Montazar had become used to the worker installing new tile in the hallway of his dorm. He
did not notice when the worker went to lunch and quit working. However, Montazar
immediately noticed when the worker came back and started working again. Montazar is
exhibiting _____. ANSW ✔✔ dishabituation
L'Meese wants to experiment with classical conditioning for a coursework assignment. She
wants to replicate Pavlov's experiments using all new stimuli. When choosing her stimuli
what should she identify first? ANSW ✔✔ A stimulus that naturally and reliably causes
some response in the organism
A stimulus that causes a reflexive response, that is, one where there is no association
between the stimulus and the response, is referred to as a(n) ANSW ✔✔ unconditioned
stimulus.
What is the process of learning to associate two stimuli so that the neutral stimulus
becomes a conditioned stimulus? ANSW ✔✔ Classical conditioning
According to studies, how much time should ideally pass between the unconditioned
stimulus and the conditioned stimulus in order to create learning? ANSW ✔✔ A few
seconds
Conditioning requires a high degree of consistency between the nonconditioned stimulus
and the conditioned stimulus for learning to occur. Which of the following is the name for
that degree of consistency? ANSW ✔✔ Contingency
Indira became afraid of snakes as a child when her brother would chase her with small
snakes in his hands. Last week, Indira went for a hike on a new trail. During the hike, she
came across a nest of snakes, and she immediate experienced fear. Indira is now afraid to
hike that trail and has decided never to do so again. Which of the following has occurred in
Indira? ANSW ✔✔ Higher-order classical conditioning
Raj ate an entire bag of spicy, bar-b-cue potato chips. Shortly after he become sick, and
vomited several times. Now, he refuses to eat any potato chips because he associates them
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Miquel loves baseball and was excited to join a local team. However, he often missed the
ball when he swung, and could not direct where the ball went when he hit it. He studied
what his teammates did, and listened to advice from his coach, and within a few weeks he
consistently hit the ball to where he wanted it to go. Miquel improved his skills in baseball
through a process called ANSW ✔✔ learning
Which type of learning is considered to be the simplest form of learning? ANSW ✔✔
Habituation
While driving to class, Rabeya heard the sound of a car horn and the squealing of tires. She
immediately slowed down and looked for the source of the noise. How can Rabeya's
response to these stimuli be described? ANSW ✔✔ Orienting reflex
Why do humans and many animals exhibit orienting reflexes? ANSW ✔✔ Self-protection
Dajhia is studying in her dorm room and can hear her neighbor's music playing. She
eventually can block out the music and focuses on her studying. What process is responsible
for Dajhia's ability to ignore this music over time? ANSW ✔✔ Habituation
Why is habituation an important tool in our ability to respond to, or ignore, a stimulus?
ANSW ✔✔ It protects our brain from overstimulation.
Nour has suffered from migraine headaches since she was young. What might be the
relationship between her migraines and her ability to habituate? ANSW ✔✔ Nour has less
ability to tune out stressful stimuli.
After getting out of the army, Lee frequently experienced episodes of post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). He would jump and use evasive action when a car backfired, or when loud,
sudden noises were on television. How can mindfulness-based stress reduction and
habituation therapy help Lee with his PTSD? ANSW ✔✔ They can lessen the physiological
response to stressors
, Montazar had become used to the worker installing new tile in the hallway of his dorm. He
did not notice when the worker went to lunch and quit working. However, Montazar
immediately noticed when the worker came back and started working again. Montazar is
exhibiting _____. ANSW ✔✔ dishabituation
L'Meese wants to experiment with classical conditioning for a coursework assignment. She
wants to replicate Pavlov's experiments using all new stimuli. When choosing her stimuli
what should she identify first? ANSW ✔✔ A stimulus that naturally and reliably causes
some response in the organism
A stimulus that causes a reflexive response, that is, one where there is no association
between the stimulus and the response, is referred to as a(n) ANSW ✔✔ unconditioned
stimulus.
What is the process of learning to associate two stimuli so that the neutral stimulus
becomes a conditioned stimulus? ANSW ✔✔ Classical conditioning
According to studies, how much time should ideally pass between the unconditioned
stimulus and the conditioned stimulus in order to create learning? ANSW ✔✔ A few
seconds
Conditioning requires a high degree of consistency between the nonconditioned stimulus
and the conditioned stimulus for learning to occur. Which of the following is the name for
that degree of consistency? ANSW ✔✔ Contingency
Indira became afraid of snakes as a child when her brother would chase her with small
snakes in his hands. Last week, Indira went for a hike on a new trail. During the hike, she
came across a nest of snakes, and she immediate experienced fear. Indira is now afraid to
hike that trail and has decided never to do so again. Which of the following has occurred in
Indira? ANSW ✔✔ Higher-order classical conditioning
Raj ate an entire bag of spicy, bar-b-cue potato chips. Shortly after he become sick, and
vomited several times. Now, he refuses to eat any potato chips because he associates them
