Exam 5: Procedural Learning I: Classical Conditioning

Compared with learning of conscious memories, classical conditioning of motor reflexes occurs ____________.

The time between the successive presentation of CS and US pairs is called the interstimulus interval.

In Pavlov's experiment the food was the __________.

When examining the CR as a measure of learning in the eyeblink reflex, researchers most commonly use _________.

In a study, rats are classically conditioned to respond to a 1200 Hz tone. During testing, if the rat only responds to that tone and not a 800 Hz tone we can say that the animal has ___________ between them.

Explain how the hippocampus is necessary for different types of conditioning. Use research findings to support your answer.

When an animal eventually stops responding to a CS when the CS is presented without the US, it is due to forgetting.

If the food is paired with a bell at the same time in a study, Pavlov would have called this ___________ conditioning.

If the dogs in Pavlov's experiment began salivating before the food entered the stomach and as early as when the research door opened, the sound of the door would be called the _____________.

When a CR can be retrained more quickly following extinction than during initial training it is called _________.