PSYC 100, midterm 2 exam questions with all
detailed answers
change in an organism's behavior or thought as a result of experience - answers✔✔learning
process of responding less strongly over time to repeated stimuli - answers✔✔Habituation
form of learning in which animals come to respond to a previously neutral stimulus that had
been paired with another stimulus that elicits an automatic response - answers✔✔classical
conditioning
automatic response to a nonneutral stimulus that does not need to be learned -
answers✔✔unconditioned response(UCR)
stimulus that elicits an automatic response - answers✔✔unconditioned stimulus(UCS)
response previously associated with a nonneutral stimulus that is elicited by a neutral stimulus
through conditioning - answers✔✔Conditioned response (CR)
initially neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a response as a result of association with an
unconditioned stimulus - answers✔✔conditioned stimulus (CS)
learning phase during which a conditioned response is established - answers✔✔acquisition
, gradual reduction and eventual elimination of the conditioned response after the conditioned
stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus - answers✔✔extinction
sudden reemergence of an extinct conditioned response after a delay in exposure to the
conditioned stimulus - answers✔✔spontaneous recovery
sudden reemergence of a conditioned response following extinction when an animal is returned
to the environment in which the conditioned response was acquired - answers✔✔renewal
effect
process by which conditioned stimuli similar, but not identical, to the original conditioned
stimulus elicits a conditioned response - answers✔✔Stimulus generalization
developing a conditioned response to a conditioned stimulus by virtue of its association with
another conditioned stimulus - answers✔✔higher-order conditioning
difficulty in establishing classical conditioning to a conditioned stimulus we've repeatedly
experienced alone, that, is without the unconditioned stimulus - answers✔✔latent inhibition
sexual attraction to nonliving things - answers✔✔fetishism
learning controlled by the consequences of the organism's behavior - answers✔✔operant
conditioning
principle asserting that if a stimulus followed by a behavior results in a reward, the stimulus is
more likely to give rise to the behavior in the future - answers✔✔law of effect
grasping the underlying nature of a problem - answers✔✔insight
detailed answers
change in an organism's behavior or thought as a result of experience - answers✔✔learning
process of responding less strongly over time to repeated stimuli - answers✔✔Habituation
form of learning in which animals come to respond to a previously neutral stimulus that had
been paired with another stimulus that elicits an automatic response - answers✔✔classical
conditioning
automatic response to a nonneutral stimulus that does not need to be learned -
answers✔✔unconditioned response(UCR)
stimulus that elicits an automatic response - answers✔✔unconditioned stimulus(UCS)
response previously associated with a nonneutral stimulus that is elicited by a neutral stimulus
through conditioning - answers✔✔Conditioned response (CR)
initially neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a response as a result of association with an
unconditioned stimulus - answers✔✔conditioned stimulus (CS)
learning phase during which a conditioned response is established - answers✔✔acquisition
, gradual reduction and eventual elimination of the conditioned response after the conditioned
stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus - answers✔✔extinction
sudden reemergence of an extinct conditioned response after a delay in exposure to the
conditioned stimulus - answers✔✔spontaneous recovery
sudden reemergence of a conditioned response following extinction when an animal is returned
to the environment in which the conditioned response was acquired - answers✔✔renewal
effect
process by which conditioned stimuli similar, but not identical, to the original conditioned
stimulus elicits a conditioned response - answers✔✔Stimulus generalization
developing a conditioned response to a conditioned stimulus by virtue of its association with
another conditioned stimulus - answers✔✔higher-order conditioning
difficulty in establishing classical conditioning to a conditioned stimulus we've repeatedly
experienced alone, that, is without the unconditioned stimulus - answers✔✔latent inhibition
sexual attraction to nonliving things - answers✔✔fetishism
learning controlled by the consequences of the organism's behavior - answers✔✔operant
conditioning
principle asserting that if a stimulus followed by a behavior results in a reward, the stimulus is
more likely to give rise to the behavior in the future - answers✔✔law of effect
grasping the underlying nature of a problem - answers✔✔insight
