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In Pavlov's procedure for conditioned inhibition, which of the following is true?


A) The CS+ and CS- occur during the same trial.
B) The CS+ and CS- occur on different trials.
C) The CS- and US closely follow one another.
D) The CS+ and US occur only when separated by a length of time.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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A buzzer sounds every time food is made available for a pigeon.The buzzer starts when food is in the hopper, and stops when food is removed.The food is available for 3 minutes.This is an example of


A) short-delayed conditioning.
B) long-delayed conditioning.
C) backward conditioning.
D) simultaneous conditioning.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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The is necessary for delay eyeblink conditioning; the is necessary if there is a trace.


A) hippocampus; cerebellum
B) frontal cortex; cerebellum
C) cerebellum; hippocampus
D) cerebellum; frontal cortex

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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How is learning in classical conditioning procedures measured?

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Advertisers like to show images of the products they promote with attractive, well-liked celebrities.This is a form of


A) counter-conditioning
B) evaluative conditioning
C) accentuate conditioning
D) none of the above

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is not a result of classical conditioning?


A) milk-letdown when a baby cries
B) more offspring produced
C) judgments of causality
D) all have been reported to result from classical conditioning

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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D

X-market uses a red light commonly found at traffic intersections to indicate a sale price.Y-market uses a blue light rarely seen by its customers to indicate a sale price.The customers at Y-market learn to run to the sale item much sooner than those at X-market.This is an example of


A) a bidirectional response.
B) the compound-stimulus principle.
C) retardation of acquisition.
D) inhibitory conditioning.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following is not true of sign tracking?


A) The subject need not do anything to receive the US.
B) Sign tracking appears to be limited to rodent species.
C) Sign tracking can occur even if the CS and US delivery area are separated by a distance.
D) Individual differences in sign tracking correlate with factors associated with drug abuse.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following best describes backward conditioning?


A) The US follows the CS.
B) The US begins with the CS and continues after the CS terminates.
C) The CS follows the US.
D) The CS begins with the US and continues after the US terminates.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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One reason there is no best classical conditioning procedure is


A) because we are still determining the best interstimulus interval.
B) because we are still determining the best intertrial interval.
C) because subjects learn about CS-US associations and CS-US timing.
D) because eyeblink conditioning always leads to the strongest responses.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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A test trial in classical conditioning consists of presenting which of the following?


A) the CS alone
B) the US alone
C) the CS and US in reverse order
D) neither the CS nor the US

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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The interstimulus interval is usually the intertrial interval.


A) the same as
B) shorter than
C) longer than
D) not determined in any way by

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Conditional Stimulus is to Unconditional Stimulus as


A) unlearned is to learned.
B) eliciting stimulus is to orienting stimulus.
C) trained is to untrained.
D) independent is to dependent.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Pavlov supplemented the funds for his laboratory by which of the following?


A) training dogs for the upper class
B) selling stomach juice
C) teaching pitch recognition
D) inserting fistulas into obese individuals

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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There has been a renewed interest in human eyeblink conditioning because of which choice below?


A) Animals are expensive to maintain.
B) Progress has been made in understanding the neurobiological substrate of this type of learning.
C) We understand so little about this type of learning.
D) It is a very complex behavior that we can easily observe.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Normally, you eat breakfast every morning at Sam's Diner.For the past three mornings, a large yellow banner has stated that Sam's is closed.Now, every time you see a yellow banner you turn away from the banner.Your conditioning is an example of


A) short-delayed conditioning.
B) differential inhibition.
C) Pavlov's procedure for conditioned inhibition.
D) a negative CS-US contiguity.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Compare the effectiveness of short-delay and long-delay conditioning.What factors influence the effectiveness of each procedure?

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In order for food to be presented in an autoshaping procedure, the pigeon must do which of the following?


A) approach the food hopper before the food is delivered
B) approach the signal light before the food is delivered
C) avoid the signal light until after the food is delivered
D) There are no requirements for the pigeon.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following is commonly used as a measure in studies of fear conditioning?


A) freezing behavior
B) conditioned suppression
C) lick-suppression
D) all of the above

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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D

A rat is trained to press a lever for a small amount of food.While pressing the lever at a steady rate, the rat is presented with a tone-light stimulus that had been previously paired with foot-shock.When the tone-light stimulus is on, the rat decreases its rate of lever pressing.This decrease is an example of


A) sign tracking.
B) conditioned suppression.
C) conditioned repression.
D) unconditioned fear responding.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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B

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