Psychology Chapter on Learning Theories

In classical conditioning, what does approach behavior towards a Conditioned Stimulus (CS) indicate?

What is the core difference between excitatory and inhibitory conditioning?

What does a CS-US negative contingency signify in the context of inhibitory conditioning?

In the context of multiple CSs, a CS- (inhibitory CS) is characterized by which relationship with the US?

What does the statement 'US is less likely to occur after a CS rather than before it' signify regarding the CS-US relationship?

Which of the following best describes the focus of behaviorism?

What distinguishes social learning theory from traditional behaviorism?

According to the modal model of memory, what is the correct sequence of memory stages?

Which type of memory is associated with the hippocampus?

What is the critical feature of the definition of learning?

What does the reflex arc consist of in physiological terms?

What is a modal action pattern, in contrast to typical reflexes?

What is a 'releasing stimulus' with exaggerated features called?

How does Rachlin's (1976) wood sculpture analogy relate to learning?

What characterizes a 'behavioral organization'?

Which of the following best describes appetitive behavior?

In the context of habituation, which of the following statements is correct?

What is 'spontaneous recovery' in the context of habituation?

Sensitization involves which of the following changes in behavior?

Fear-potentiated startle is considered to be a form of:

According to the Dual Process Theory, how do habituation and sensitization processes interact?

In the Dual Process Theory, the S-R system is associated with which process?

According to the Opponent Process Theory, what happens to the primary emotional reaction with repeated exposure?

In the context of the Opponent Process Theory, the secondary reaction (B-process) serves to:

According to the Opponent Process Theory, long term drug use is explained by:

Which of the following best describes a focal search mode in appetitive behavior?

What is one of the fundamental differences between habituation and sensitization?

How does attention affect habituation?

What was Ivan Pavlov primarily researching when he discovered classical conditioning?

What is a key characteristic of consummatory behavior?

Which of the following best describes the work of S.G. Vul'fson?

What is the key difference between a conditioned and an unconditioned stimulus?

In classical conditioning, what is the relationship between the unconditioned response (UR) and the conditioned response (CR)?

What does the initial reflexive response primarily involve in a classical conditioning paradigm?

What is the definition of a 'conditioned stimulus'?

What does 'sensitization' refer to in the context of stimulus response?

What is the difference between appetitive and consummatory behavior?

According to the content, what type of response is often associated with a conditioned response (CR)?

What is unique about the conditioned stimulus (CS) in sign tracking or autoshaping?

In the context of the Little Albert experiment, what served as the unconditioned stimulus (US)?

What is the purpose of using a mild shock (.5 milliamp) in modern fear conditioning with rodents?

In eyeblink conditioning, what is the role of an air puff to the eye?

When using tones to perform eyeblink conditioning, what is an example of the difference between paired and unpaired control groups?

In the Burns and Domjan (2000) experiment of auto shaping, what was the conditioned stimulus for the pigeon?

According to the provided material, what is the 'a-process' in opponent process theory?

In the context of inhibitory conditioning, what does learning to predict the absence of a US primarily involve?

Within the context of multiple conditioned stimuli (CS), what relationship develops between the CS- (inhibitory CS) and a predicted unconditioned stimulus (US)?

According to the content, how does a negative CS-US contingency impact the likelihood of a US occurring?

What differentiates an excitatory CS-US relationship from an inhibitory CS-US relationship?

In the context of inhibitory conditioning, how does learning to predict what will not happen influence behavior?

Which of the following is a core tenet of behaviorism?

What is a key characteristic of the 'interneuron' within a reflex arc?

What does the term 'species-typical' refer to in the context of modal action patterns?

How might a 'supernormal stimulus' affect behavior, as described in the provided content?

According to the content, what is the primary function of a behavioral organization?

Which of the following best describes the influence of preexisting behavior on the capacity to learn?

How does Cognitive psychology expand on behaviorism?

In the Modal Model of Memory, what is the order of information processing?

Which of the following best describes the general search mode of appetitive behavior?

What effect does repeatedly presenting the same stimulus have on a reflexive behavior that displays habituation?

According to the provided information, a change in stimulus, after the habituation of a previous stimulus, will result in:

How does attention level affect the process of habituation?

After a period without exposure to a habituated stimulus, the response may return; this effect is known as:

Which of the following best describes sensitization?

In the context of startle response, what does 'fear-potentiated startle' refer to?

According to the dual-process theory, what is the role of the 'state system'?

According to the Opponent Process Theory, what happens to the secondary emotional reaction (B-process) with repeated exposure?

According to the Opponent Process Theory, which physiological principle helps maintain emotional stability?

In the context of classical conditioning, who discovered the process of conditioning while studying digestion?

What was S.G. Vul'fson's research focused on, according to the text?

Which of the following best describes the 'a process' in opponent process theory?

Which of the following best describes a consummatory behavior?

Which of these is a defining feature of consummatory behavior, in comparison with appetitive behavior

In classical conditioning, what is the primary difference between the unconditioned response (UR) and the conditioned response (CR)?

What does the term 'sign tracking' refer to in the context of classical conditioning?

According to the material, what is a critical component of understanding classical conditioning?

In the context of the Little Albert experiment, what was the role of the loud sound?

In eyeblink conditioning, what does the air puff directed to the eye represent?

What is the significance of a spatially defined cue in autoshaping or sign tracking?

What does a conditioned stimulus (CS) initially represent before conditioning occurs?

What did S.G. Vul'fson's observations of 'psychic secretions' in dogs contribute to the development of classical conditioning?

In conditioning, what does the principle that 'conditioned = learned' imply?

According to the provided information, what is a common characteristic of the conditioned response (CR)?

What is the main distinction between paired and unpaired tones in eyeblink conditioning studies?

What is meant by the statement that the conditioned stimulus (CS) ‘could be anything’ in classical conditioning?

In the context of fear conditioning in rodents, what is typically measured as a conditioned response?

What did Pavlov think was the relationship between psychology and science?

In the Burns and Domjan (2000) study on autoshaping with pigeons, what did the light ultimately become to the pigeon in relation to the female?