A) the act of actively avoiding a novel object. B) novel object recognition. C) the fear of experimentation. D) the fear of repetition. A) the act of actively avoiding a novel object. B) novel object recognition. C) the fear of experimentation. D) the fear of repetition.

A) has not received much attention in learning and memory research. B) is known to exist only in primates and rodents. C) is much larger in birds than in rodents. D) lies just beneath the temporal lobe in primates. A) has not received much attention in learning and memory research. B) is known to exist only in primates and rodents. C) is much larger in birds than in rodents. D) lies just beneath the temporal lobe in primates.

A) when blood flow to a region of the brain stops. B) a failure in the heart. C) a heart attack. D) None of the answers is correct. A) when blood flow to a region of the brain stops. B) a failure in the heart. C) a heart attack. D) None of the answers is correct.

Exam 3: Habituation, Sensitization, and Familiarization: Learning About Repeated Events

Suppose one has become bored with the meal one regularly eats. How might one make use of dishabituation to remedy this problem?

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Question 81

Neophobia refers to:

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Question 82

When prior exposure to a stimulus improves an organism's ability to respond to that stimulus later on, it is known as:

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Question 83

When Michelle and Patrick met, she was bothered by his height, but after 15 years of marriage she barely notices it anymore. This is an example of:

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Question 84

An example of a sensory prosthesis is a:

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Question 85

Which disorder can be viewed as an exaggerated response to a potentially scary stimulus, resulting when sensitization to stress associated with fear-inducing situations amplifies an individual's emotional response?

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Question 86

Suppose a person never buys eggs because he doesn't like them. One weekend, he has guests who love eggs, and so he decides to buy some at the store. Even though he has never bought eggs at this store, he knows exactly where they are in the store from all the times he has shopped there before. The fact that he has learned where the eggs are during those past trips is an example of:

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Question 87

Over the first several weeks of teaching a class, the teacher becomes better at telling her students apart. This is an example of:

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Question 88

Cortical neurons that are physically close together are tuned to similar stimulus features. This is known as:

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Question 89

If a loud noise is presented repeatedly to a rat, the rat's acoustic startle reflex will:

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Question 90

Under which condition would there be a skin-conductance response to reveal sensitization?

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Question 91

Studies involving repeated presentation of two simultaneous touches on the finger have shown that the ability to discriminate the positions of the two touches:

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Question 92

In Aplysia touching the siphon causes the gill to withdraw. If the siphon is touched repeatedly, eventually the gill will not withdraw anymore. This is an example of:

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Question 93

Which theory provides the BEST account of short-term habituation and sensitization effects?

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Question 94

Susan's daughter was constantly calling "Mommy" throughout the day, until Susan eventually barely noticed her daughter's calls. The next day, when Susan's daughter called "Mommy" for the first time, Susan did hear her. This is an example of:

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Question 95

A young girl observes how much her sister worries about her car being scratched. She waits for the moment she sits down to yell out "a branch fell on your car!" Her sister runs to check on her car and realizes it was a joke and walks away upset. The young girl continues this numerous times. One day, she looks out the window and notices that a branch is about to fall on the car. She calls out to her sister and is ignored. This is an example of the dangers of:

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Question 96

The hippocampus:

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Question 97

A stroke is:

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Question 98

Which statement demonstrates perceptual learning?

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Question 99

Describe an example of mere exposure learning from everyday life.

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Suppose one has become bored with the meal one regularly eats. How might one make use of dishabituation to remedy this problem?

Neophobia refers to:

When prior exposure to a stimulus improves an organism's ability to respond to that stimulus later on, it is known as:

When Michelle and Patrick met, she was bothered by his height, but after 15 years of marriage she barely notices it anymore. This is an example of:

An example of a sensory prosthesis is a:

Which disorder can be viewed as an exaggerated response to a potentially scary stimulus, resulting when sensitization to stress associated with fear-inducing situations amplifies an individual's emotional response?

Over the first several weeks of teaching a class, the teacher becomes better at telling her students apart. This is an example of:

Cortical neurons that are physically close together are tuned to similar stimulus features. This is known as:

If a loud noise is presented repeatedly to a rat, the rat's acoustic startle reflex will:

Under which condition would there be a skin-conductance response to reveal sensitization?

Studies involving repeated presentation of two simultaneous touches on the finger have shown that the ability to discriminate the positions of the two touches:

In Aplysia touching the siphon causes the gill to withdraw. If the siphon is touched repeatedly, eventually the gill will not withdraw anymore. This is an example of:

Which theory provides the BEST account of short-term habituation and sensitization effects?

Susan's daughter was constantly calling "Mommy" throughout the day, until Susan eventually barely noticed her daughter's calls. The next day, when Susan's daughter called "Mommy" for the first time, Susan did hear her. This is an example of:

The hippocampus:

A stroke is:

Which statement demonstrates perceptual learning?

Describe an example of mere exposure learning from everyday life.

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