The Cat's Puzzle

Which brain structure plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, conditioning, and in spatial memory that enables navigation?

What is the main focus of behaviorism?

Which brain structure is responsible for feelings of fear, anxiety, and other negative emotions typically associated with the fight-or-flight response?

Which type of learning relies on mental processes such as attention, memory, and imitation?

In classical conditioning, organisms learn the association between two stimuli. What is an example of classical conditioning?

What is the unconditioned stimulus (US) in Pavlov's experiment with dogs?

What is the conditioned stimulus (CS) in classical conditioning?

Which type of reinforcer is associated with a primary reinforcer to result in a conditioned response?

What is the term for performing a reinforced behavior in a different situation?

What is the term for when an organism learns from experience that it has no control over a negative outcome?

What is the process by which a stimulus or event following a behavior increases the probability that the behavior will happen again?

According to classical conditioning, what is a conditioned response (CR)?

What is the purpose of varying the physical location where a drug is taken?

Which type of conditioning is used to explain voluntary behaviors?

What is Thorndike's Law of Effect?

Which of the following is an example of a conditioned response (CR)?

Which of the following is an example of stimulus generalization?

What is the process of learning to respond to certain stimuli and not others called?

What is the term for the weakening of the conditioned response (CR) when the unconditioned stimulus (US) is absent?

Which of the following best describes counterconditioning?

What is aversive conditioning?

Which of the following is an example of taste aversion?

What is the conditioned stimulus in the placebo effect?

Which of the following best describes discrimination in operant conditioning?

Selective disobedience occurs when a service dog:

What happens in extinction in operant conditioning?

Which brain structure plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, conditioning, and in spatial memory that enables navigation?

What is the main focus of behaviorism?

What is aversive conditioning?

What is the term for when an organism learns from experience that it has no control over a negative outcome?

Which of the following is true about conditioned responses (CR)?

What is the process of learning the connection between the unconditioned stimulus (US) and conditioned stimulus (CS) called?

What is the term for the tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus to elicit a response that is similar to the conditioned response?

What is the term for the process of learning to respond to certain stimuli and not others?

Which of the following best describes associative learning?

In classical conditioning, what is the unconditioned response (UR)?

What is the main focus of behaviorism?

What is the process of learning associations in operant conditioning called?

Which neurotransmitter is involved with reinforcement and operant learning in Skinner's approach to Operant Conditioning?

What is the term for a method of teaching/training that involves rewarding every successful step towards a goal?

What is the term for the process by which a stimulus or event following a behavior increases the probability that the behavior will happen again?

What is the term for when an organism learns from experience that it has no control over a negative outcome and leads to a particular deficit in avoidance learning even when they could actually avoid the negative outcomes?

Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning?

What is the conditioned stimulus (CS) in the placebo effect?

What is the purpose of varying the physical location where a drug is taken?

Which type of conditioning is used to explain voluntary behaviors?

Which of the following best describes taste aversion learning?

What is the unconditioned stimulus (US) in taste aversion learning?

Which of the following best describes counterconditioning?

Which of the following best describes classical conditioning's role in reducing the immune response in transplant patients?

Which of the following best describes discrimination in operant conditioning?

What is the term for when an organism learns from experience that it has no control over a negative outcome?

What is the process of learning to respond to certain stimuli and not others called?

What happens in extinction in operant conditioning?

Selective disobedience occurs when a service dog:

What is the conditioned response (CR) in classical conditioning?