LEARNING & BEHAVIOR CH. 3: CLASSICAL
CONDITIONING
acquisition phase - ANS -part of a conditioning experiment in which the
subject first experiences a series of CS-US pairings, and during which
the CR gradually appears and increases in strength, is called this--
Extinction - ANS -simple technique for producing a reduction and
eventual disappearance of the CR is this--
spontaneous recovery - ANS -reappearance of conditioned responding--
Disinhibition - ANS -evidence that extinction is not the complete erasure
of previous learning comes from this phenomenon--
Conditioned inhibitor - ANS -a CS prevents the occurrence of a CR or it
reduces the size of the CR from what it would otherwise be--
aversive counterconditioning is a procedure that attempts to decrease
unwanted behaviors through conditioning and its effectiveness is
consistently positive for all behavior problems - ANS -FALSE
, The sizes but NOT the temporal patterns of the CR and UR may differ. -
ANS -FALSE
Rescorla's results showed that whenever the probability of shock was
greater when the tone was on than when it was off, the tone became an
excitatory CS. - ANS -TRUE
in human eyeblink conditioning, the fastest acquisition occurs with a
delay of about 0.4 seconds if the subjects are young adults, but with
older adults, conditioning is faster with a delay closer to 1 second - ANS
-TRUE
The strong nature of backward conditioning points to a strength of the
contiguity principle; that is, besides their temporal proximity, the order
of the stimuli is important. - ANS -FALSE
The technique of decreasing the effectiveness of the CS after an
excitatory US has been applied is called US devaluation. - ANS -FALSE
something is referred to as a conditioned response (CR) when it occurs
without the conditioning procedure - ANS -FALSE
CONDITIONING
acquisition phase - ANS -part of a conditioning experiment in which the
subject first experiences a series of CS-US pairings, and during which
the CR gradually appears and increases in strength, is called this--
Extinction - ANS -simple technique for producing a reduction and
eventual disappearance of the CR is this--
spontaneous recovery - ANS -reappearance of conditioned responding--
Disinhibition - ANS -evidence that extinction is not the complete erasure
of previous learning comes from this phenomenon--
Conditioned inhibitor - ANS -a CS prevents the occurrence of a CR or it
reduces the size of the CR from what it would otherwise be--
aversive counterconditioning is a procedure that attempts to decrease
unwanted behaviors through conditioning and its effectiveness is
consistently positive for all behavior problems - ANS -FALSE
, The sizes but NOT the temporal patterns of the CR and UR may differ. -
ANS -FALSE
Rescorla's results showed that whenever the probability of shock was
greater when the tone was on than when it was off, the tone became an
excitatory CS. - ANS -TRUE
in human eyeblink conditioning, the fastest acquisition occurs with a
delay of about 0.4 seconds if the subjects are young adults, but with
older adults, conditioning is faster with a delay closer to 1 second - ANS
-TRUE
The strong nature of backward conditioning points to a strength of the
contiguity principle; that is, besides their temporal proximity, the order
of the stimuli is important. - ANS -FALSE
The technique of decreasing the effectiveness of the CS after an
excitatory US has been applied is called US devaluation. - ANS -FALSE
something is referred to as a conditioned response (CR) when it occurs
without the conditioning procedure - ANS -FALSE
