Question 1

What is pseudo-conditioning? Describe two control procedures that help to differentiate true conditioning from pseudo-conditioning.

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Question 2

In order for sign tracking to occur,which of the following must be true?

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A)   The food must be available for only a short time.
B)   The CS and the US should be presented at random intervals in relation to each other.
C)   The CS must be of proper modality and configuration.
D)   Visual CS must be accompanied by auditory stimuli.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Taste aversion learning can occur under which of the following circumstances?

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A)   after just one CS-US pairing
B)   only if the subject is hungry
C)   only with very long delays between the CS and US
D)   only with tastes the subject knows wellE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Decreasing suppression ratios indicates which of the following?

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A)   increasing fear
B)   decreasing fear
C)   less pre-CS responding
D)   more CS respondingE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Which of the following best describes eyeblink conditioning?

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A)   rapid and sure to elicit a CR
B)   rapid and results in a CR being produced on many but not all trials
C)   slow but sure to elicit a CR
D)   slow and results in a CR being produced on many but not all trialsE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

In the standard procedure for conditioned inhibition,which of the following is true?

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

Question 8

Which of the following is not a measure of conditioned responding?

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A)   counting the number of drops of saliva elicited by a bell tone
B)   counting the number of lever presses made to receive food
C)   counting how often a rabbit blinks when a tone sounds
D)   counting the time that elapses between presentation of a tone and a rabbit's eyeblinkE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

No fear is indicated by a suppression ratio of ________.

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A)   
B)   0.0
C)   .5
D)   1.0E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Which of the following CS-US intervals produces the strongest taste aversion learning?

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A)   6 hours
B)   12 hours
C)   18 hours
D)   > 18 hoursE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following is not a result of Pavlovian sexual conditioning in males?

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A)   more successful competition for the female
B)   more offspring produced
C)   more reproductive frustration
D)   more courtship behaviorE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

To measure conditioned inhibition in non-bidirectional response systems,you could use

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A)   the response blocking test.
B)   the differential-inhibition test.
C)   the compound-stimulus test.
D)   the compound-inhibitory test.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

Why is an excitatory context necessary for inhibitory conditioning? Describe two inhibitory conditioning procedures and identify the excitatory context in each procedure.

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Question 15

In eyeblink conditioning,the CS information is conveyed in the cerebellum via which of the following?

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A)   climbing fibers
B)   mossy fibers
C)   cranial motor neurons
D)   olivary neuronsE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Surveys of human eating behavior suggest which of the following?

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A)   If you know that a food did not cause your illness, you will not form a taste aversion.
B)   Even if you are certain that a food did not cause your illness, you are likely to develop an aversion to the taste of that food.
C)   If you are made aware of the mechanisms of taste aversion conditioning, your behavior becomes more rational.
D)   It usually takes more than one exposure to an illness-producing food for an aversion to develop in humans.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

The results of backward conditioning experiments demonstrate which of the following?

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A)   Backward conditioning results in inhibition of conditioned responding.
B)   Backward conditioning results in excitation of conditioned responding.
C)   The factors that determine the outcome of backward conditioning may depend on factors other than the CS being a good signal for the onset of the US.
D)   Simultaneous and backward conditioning procedures are similar.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Which of the following is not true of sign tracking?

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A)   The subject need not do anything to receive the US.
B)   Learning proceeds most rapidly when the CS is presented just before the US.
C)   Subjects will approach the CS even if the CS and the US are presented at random times in relation to each other.
D)   Sign tracking has been demonstrated in a variety of species, including human children.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following is not a bidirectional response system?

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A)   taste preferences
B)   heart rates
C)   rabbit eyeblinks
D)   temperaturesE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

The cells that act as "teachers" selecting the connections to be modified in the cerebellum due to eyeblink conditioning are which of the following?

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A)   the climbing fibers
B)   the mossy fibers
C)   the cells of the red nucleus
D)   the cells of the hippocampusE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Exam 3: Classical Conditioning: Foundations

Which of the following is not a result of Pavlovian sexual conditioning in males?

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Which of the following is not a measure of conditioned responding?

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The results of backward conditioning experiments demonstrate which of the following?

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

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No fear is indicated by a suppression ratio of ________.

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Which of the following CS-US intervals produces the strongest taste aversion learning?

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Why is an excitatory context necessary for inhibitory conditioning? Describe two inhibitory conditioning procedures and identify the excitatory context in each procedure.

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The cells that act as "teachers" selecting the connections to be modified in the cerebellum due to eyeblink conditioning are which of the following?

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Decreasing suppression ratios indicates which of the following?

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Which of the following best describes eyeblink conditioning?

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To measure conditioned inhibition in non-bidirectional response systems,you could use

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In eyeblink conditioning,the CS information is conveyed in the cerebellum via which of the following?

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In order for sign tracking to occur,which of the following must be true?

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Which of the following is not a bidirectional response system?

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Which of the following is not true of sign tracking?

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Taste aversion learning can occur under which of the following circumstances?

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

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What is pseudo-conditioning? Describe two control procedures that help to differentiate true conditioning from pseudo-conditioning.

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Surveys of human eating behavior suggest which of the following?

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In the standard procedure for conditioned inhibition,which of the following is true?

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