Exam 5: Procedural Learning I: Classical Conditioning

Early speculations by Pavlov were that there were specific ______ in the brain for the US, CS, and the UR.

When the CS appears then disappears before the US is presented it is called ___________.

Which of the following is one of the main parameters of classical conditioning identified by Pavlov in his initial studies?

Discuss why response extinction is not the same as forgetting.

Johnny was bitten by a German Shepherd but now he now scared of all dogs, even little ones. Johnny has ___________ his fear of German Shepherds to all dogs.

The time between the onset of the CS and the US is called the ___________.

The association between an arbitrary stimulus and the response-generating mechanism is typically called the ________.

Learning is best when the US is presented just before the CS.

The Rescorla-Wagner can explain all but the following phenomenon in classical conditioning:

When two events occur close in time we would say they had contiguity.

When the CS and US are generally presented alone, but without notice they are presented together or in close proximity, it is called ___________.

In which ISI training session is learning best?

Briefly describe the changes that occur within the presynaptic membrane during classical conditioning in the Aplysia during mantle stimulation.

Salivation in response to the food is the _______________.

After a non-reinforced response disappears and then reappears after isolation it is called __________.

Taste aversion has also been called ________.

If a researcher wanted to see if the order of the CS and the US is important to learning he might use __________ conditioning to test this.

When the US ceases to follow the CS it is called ___________.

Generally, for learning to occur, the CS should be presented first and then overlapped with the US near the end of testing.

A dog is trained to associate his master's car with the arrival of his master and gets excited when this happens. At the same time, the mail carrier has started to come to the house just seconds before his master comes home. If the dog gets excited when the mail truck arrives it is called _____________.