Quiz: Associative Learning
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In Pavlov's experiments, the food is the
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
Unconditioned stimulus (US)
Conditioned response (CR)
Unconditioned response (UR)
In Pavlov's experiments, the dog's salivation when in the presence of the food is the
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
Unconditioned stimulus (US)
Conditioned response (CR)
Unconditioned response (UR)
In Pavlov's experiments, the bell or the researcher are the:
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
Unconditioned stimulus (US)
Conditioned response (CR)
Unconditioned response (UR)
The rule "Cells that fire together wire together" is also known as
Pavlovian conditioning
Instrumental conditioning
Hebb's Rule
Operant conditioning
Rescorla's finding that a rat's CR reduced following an outcome devaluation procedure indicates that presentation of the CS activates a representation of the US.
True
False
Instrumental conditioning is a type of conditioning where organisms learn that specific events in the environment predict the occurrence of significant events.
True
False
If my dog Winston receives a reward, on average every 6th time that he "shakes hands" then I am conditioning Winston on a
variable ratio schedule
fixed ratio schedule
variable interval schedule
fixed interval schedule
My cat Leonardo annoyingly meows when he wants to be fed. Annoyed by his constant meowing and wanting peace and quiet, I feed him. I notice that this works so I will probably do this again next time. From my perspective, this is an example of
Negative punishment
Punishment
Negative reinforcement
Positive reinforcement
My cat Leonardo meow's when he wants to be fed. When I hear his meowing, I feed him. Leonardo notices that this meowing works so he will probably meow next time he wants to be fed. From Leonardo's perspective, this is an example of
Punishment
Negative punishment
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
An animal that reduces responding for a devalued outcome demonstrates that
the animal knows that the response causes the outcome to occur, and, that the animal is aware of the current value of the outcome.
the animal knows the causal relationship between the response and the outcome
the animal is aware of the current value of the outcome
the animal responds in a reflexive like manner