Question 1

Which of the following is a function of preexposure to the CS or the US?

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A)   has little effect on later associative learning
B)   facilitates later associative learning
C)   retards later associative learning
D)   CS-preexposure facilitates later associative learning; US preexposure retards later learning.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

US-devaluation experiments suggest that for many first-order conditioning procedures,which of the following is true?

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A)   The stimulus-substitution model is correct.
B)   The CS activates the CR directly.
C)   The CS activates the UR directly.
D)   The CS activates a US representation.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Your friend is afraid of dogs because he was bitten as a child.One day while he was playing catch in a park,a large pack of dogs wandered into his view.Now he avoids parks.His change in behavior is likely due to which of the following?

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A)   habituated associations
B)   CS intensity
C)   higher-order conditioning
D)   US intensityE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Thirsty pigeons are presented with keylight-water pairings and begin to peck the keylight.Once keypecking develops,the birds are allowed to drink freely.Their keypeck behavior drops off dramatically.This suggests their response to the key is mediated by

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A)   S-S learning.
B)   S-R learning.
C)   second-order conditioning.
D)   R-R learning.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 5

What,if any,limits are there on the kinds of stimuli that can serve as conditioned and unconditioned stimuli in Pavlovian conditioning?

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Question 6

The drug dinitrophenol causes increased oxygen consumption.According to the compensatory-response model,which of the following is true regarding exposure to cues associated with dinitrophenol?

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A)   will also increase oxygen consumption
B)   will decrease oxygen consumption
C)   will not alter oxygen consumption
D)   will not actually alter oxygen consumption, but subjects will report a change in the affective aspects of oxygen consumptionE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Detail how the CS,the US,and the timing of the presentation of these stimuli can affect classically conditioned responding.

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Question 8

How does the comparator hypothesis explain the blocking effect?

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Question 9

In what respects are attentional theories of learning different from other theories?

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Question 10

The blocking effect demonstrates which of the following?

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A)   that temporal contiguity is sufficient for associative learning
B)   that CS-US pairings are sufficient for associative learning
C)   that contiguity and CS-US pairings, when they occur together, are sufficient for associative learning
D)   that CS-US pairings are insufficient for associative learningE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

A rat is given 20 exposures to a red light cue.Then,the red light is presented paired with food delivery.Compared to a rat that did not receive the initial 20 exposures,this rat took a long time to develop a CR to the red light.The slower learning is due to

Accepted Answer

A)   the US-preexposure effect.
B)   the latent-inhibition effect.
C)   the latent-excitation effect.
D)   the CS relevance effect.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Belongingness effects have been demonstrated to reflect which of the following?

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A)   extensive experience with the stimuli
B)   sensitization effects of CS preexposure
C)   sensitization effects of US preexposure
D)   genetic predispostionsE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

A major difference between attentional models and the Rescorla-Wagner model is described by which of the following choices?

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A)   In attentional models, US surprisingness has only a proactive influence on conditioning.
B)   In the Rescorla-Wagner model, US surprisingness has only a proactive influence on conditioning.
C)   Attentional models are US-reduction theories.
D)   The Rescorla-Wagner model cannot predict blocking on the first trial of Phase 2 of the blocking experiment.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

What evidence suggests that drug tolerance may be in part due to classical conditioning mechanisms? Does this evidence challenge stimulus substitution models?

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Question 15

Describe a higher-order conditioning situation from common human experience.Make sure you note the initial CS and US.

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Question 16

Using the Rescorla-Wager model,predict  V of stimulus B during conditioning trials with compound stimulus A/B when the associative value of A at the beginning of the trial is 1/2 l and the associative value of B at the beginning of the trial is 1/2 l.

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A)   0
B)   1/4 l
C)   1/2 l
D)   lE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Studies that have used live rats as the CS paired with a food-US on trials presented to other rats demonstrate which of the following?

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A)   The shape of the CR can be determined by the UR.
B)   The shape of the CR can be determined by the US.
C)   The shape of the CR can be determined by the CS.
D)   The shape of the CR can be independent of other stimuli.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Which of the following best represents how pigeons learn about food as compared to peripheral pain?

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A)   Pigeons associate food cues most readily with auditory cues; pain with visual cues.
B)   Pigeons associate food cues most readily with visual cues: pain with auditory cues.
C)   Pigeons associate food and pain most readily with visual cues.
D)   Pigeons associate food and pain most readily with auditory cues.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

According to studies of belongingness,rats conditioned with

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A)   illness learn a stronger aversion to audiovisual cues than to taste.
B)   shock learn a stronger aversion to taste than to audiovisual cues.
C)   illness learn a stronger aversion to taste than to audiovisual cues.
D)   either shock or illness learn stronger aversions to audiovisual cues than to taste.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

According to the Rescorla-Wagner model,inhibition is which of the following?

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A)   the opposite of excitation
B)   the same as excitation
C)   unrelated to excitation
D)   unpredictable with the modelE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Exam 4: Classical Conditioning: Mechanisms

According to the Rescorla-Wagner model,inhibition is which of the following?

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Studies that have used live rats as the CS paired with a food-US on trials presented to other rats demonstrate which of the following?

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Which of the following is a function of preexposure to the CS or the US?

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Belongingness effects have been demonstrated to reflect which of the following?

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Thirsty pigeons are presented with keylight-water pairings and begin to peck the keylight.Once keypecking develops,the birds are allowed to drink freely.Their keypeck behavior drops off dramatically.This suggests their response to the key is mediated by

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The blocking effect demonstrates which of the following?

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What evidence suggests that drug tolerance may be in part due to classical conditioning mechanisms? Does this evidence challenge stimulus substitution models?

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What,if any,limits are there on the kinds of stimuli that can serve as conditioned and unconditioned stimuli in Pavlovian conditioning?

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Which of the following best represents how pigeons learn about food as compared to peripheral pain?

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Your friend is afraid of dogs because he was bitten as a child.One day while he was playing catch in a park,a large pack of dogs wandered into his view.Now he avoids parks.His change in behavior is likely due to which of the following?

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A rat is given 20 exposures to a red light cue.Then,the red light is presented paired with food delivery.Compared to a rat that did not receive the initial 20 exposures,this rat took a long time to develop a CR to the red light.The slower learning is due to

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Detail how the CS,the US,and the timing of the presentation of these stimuli can affect classically conditioned responding.

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How does the comparator hypothesis explain the blocking effect?

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In what respects are attentional theories of learning different from other theories?

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According to studies of belongingness,rats conditioned with

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Using the Rescorla-Wager model,predict V of stimulus B during conditioning trials with compound stimulus A/B when the associative value of A at the beginning of the trial is 1/2 l and the associative value of B at the beginning of the trial is 1/2 l.

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US-devaluation experiments suggest that for many first-order conditioning procedures,which of the following is true?

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The drug dinitrophenol causes increased oxygen consumption.According to the compensatory-response model,which of the following is true regarding exposure to cues associated with dinitrophenol?

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A major difference between attentional models and the Rescorla-Wagner model is described by which of the following choices?

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Describe a higher-order conditioning situation from common human experience.Make sure you note the initial CS and US.

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