Exam 8: Learning

What is a neural analogue of learning?

In the context of a blocking experiment, A is a CS which is paired with a US, leading to a CR. After some trials, A is paired with a novel CS (i.e. B), followed by a US. At the end of the experiment, B is presented in isolation. Which of the following scenarios is the MOST likely to occur?

When learning does not express into a behaviour we say that it is __________.

The sight of drug-related objects or even movies about drugs are all stimuli that can __________ cravings or the onset of ___________ symptoms in a drug addict.

What is a habit according to the instrumental conditioning perspective?

Whose theory's principles are often applied to motivate groups and individuals to comply with the objectives of an institution, government or business?

__________ potentiation is an example of synaptic plasticity.

Self-analysing drug-taking behaviour is part of an analysis called:

Only neutral stimuli that are directly associated with the drug (e.g. sight of the drug, a drug dealer) can act as CSs, whilst stimuli that have no associations with the drug (e.g. a sound, a smell) will never become CSs, even if continuously paired with the drug consumption.

To date, the Rescorla-Wagner model continues to be an influential theory of learning in both animals and humans.

According to a classical conditioning perspective, for an addict the sight of a dealer is a(n) __________ because is paired with the drug, which acts as a(n) _________. Therefore, the sight of a dealer alone will come to elicit a(n) __________.

In S-R learning proposed by Thorndike, S stands for __________ and R stands for __________.

LTD is caused by:

What is an associative LTP?

Why is the rooting reflex so important?

If only the postsynaptic or only the presynaptic neurons fire, then LTP is:

John is recovering from cocaine addiction. His last dose was three months ago, but John can still crave cocaine when he sees a red Mini, the car that his dealer used to drive. The red Mini is a(n):

One approach to treating phobias is the presentation of stimuli that are progressively more fear eliciting, in the absence of the US. This approach is called __________.

Which of the following definitions BEST describe what is learning?

Reflexes can be fast and automatic, but they are never the product of learning.